Nov. 08, 2007

Gov. Perry Awards $11.5 Million from State Criminal Justice Planning Funds

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry awarded more than $11.5 million in grants to 128 programs across Texas that aim to reduce crime and improve the state’s criminal and juvenile justice systems. These grants are awarded through the State Criminal Justice Planning Fund, distributed by the Governor's Criminal Justice Division (CJD).

"Texas is tough on crime and will remain dedicated to equipping our law enforcement and justice systems with the resources needed to make our communities as safe as possible," said Gov. Perry.

The State Criminal Justice Planning Fund supports cost-effective programs that use broad approaches to improving Texas’ criminal and juvenile justice systems. Recipients of the State Criminal Justice Planning Fund grants complement the governor's strategy for creating effective support programs that reduce the number of crimes committed and provide accountability in the criminal justice system.

Each year, CJD awards more than $113 million in grants to fund juvenile justice, criminal justice and victim services programs. The awards may be given to private and public organizations, including local government entities, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, and law enforcement agencies.

The State Criminal Justice Planning funds are awarded to:

Award Amount	Recipient	Project Title
$42,074	Advocacy Center for Crime Victims and Children	Children's Advocacy Center
$589,723	Alamo Area Council of Governments	Regional Police Training Academy
$20,000	Any Baby Can of Austin Inc.	Family Literacy Program
$84,953	Ark-Tex Council of Governments	Regional Law Enforcement Training
$37,200	Austin County	Crime Victims Liaison Officer
$14,295	Bastrop County Women's Shelter	Teen Violence Intervention Program
$41,720	Bastrop County Women's Shelter	Sexual Assault Integrated Nursing Team (SAINT)
$57,004	Bexar County Juvenile Board	Gang Intelligence Officer
$19,381	Big Brothers Big Sisters of El Paso Inc.	Prevention Mentors
$34,400	Boys and Girls Club of Bellville	Junior Staff Career Development Program
$44,939	Brazoria County Alliance for Children	Reality (Part II)
$80,000	Brazos Valley Council of Governments	Law Enforcement Training and Education
$45,048	Bridgehaven Children's Advocacy Center	Community Awareness, Prevention, and Education (CAPE)
$60,070	Caldwell County	First Minor Offender Program
$34,568	Cameron County	Safe Transport Program
$320,934	Capital Area Council of Governments	Regional Training Academy
$84,935	Centers for Children and Families Inc.	Midland/Odessa Counseling Center
$89,235	Central Texas Council of Governments	Regional Peace Officer Training
$24,360	Children's Advocacy Center of Hidalgo County	Champion for Kids Project
$85,786	Children's Advocacy Centers of Texas Inc.	Expand Capacity to Serve Abused Children Statewide
$65,350	City of Arlington	Additional Response Team Counselor
$112,220	City of Aubrey	Multi-Agency Communications and Data Accessibility
$302,244	City of Austin	Comprehensive Victim Services Program
$47,100	City of Cedar Hill	Sex Offender Registration and Compliance Officer
$27,890	City of Cibolo	City of Cibolo Police Dept. Patrol Equipment Project
$65,914	City of Corpus Christi	Sex Offender Investigative Unit
$11,897	City of Elmendorf	Police Department Equipment
$98,292	City of Fort Worth	Cold Case Investigation
$45,000	City of Harlingen	LIVESCAN Automated Fingerprint Imaging System
$25,000	City of Kennedale	Digital Live Scan System
$30,754	City of Mesquite	Family Assistant Support Team
$28,140	City of Missouri City	Crime Victim Liaison
$42,000	City of Pasadena	Pasadena Cold Case Squad
$34,755	City of Pilot Point	Pilot Point Police Department Criminal Investigator
$26,449	City of San Antonio	Operation Fast Track
$37,710	City of Seguin	Seguin Police Department Toughbooks
$29,368	City of Spearman	Police Technology Grant
$24,080	City of Sullivan City	Patrol Officer
$50,000	City of Allen	Mobile Community Storefront and Command Center Trailer
$14,784	City of Kenedy	Collaborative Communication Project
$17,989	City of Kerrville	Hill Country Combined Special Operations Unit
$126,751	Coastal Bend Council of Governments	Regional Training Academy
$60,000	Communities In Schools Houston Inc.	Communities In Schools (CIS) Delinquency Prevention Program
$60,000	Communities In Schools, Southeast Harris County Inc.	Communities In Schools (CIS) and North Pasadena Community Outreach Center (NPCO) After School Initiative
$90,000	Communities In Schools, Southeast Harris County Inc.	Intervention Initiative-Sam Rayburn High School, Pasadena High School and Jackson Intermediate
$1,418,791	Comptroller of Public Accounts	Prosecution of Prison Crimes
$48,767	Concho Valley Council of Governments	Regional Law Enforcement Training
$22,362	Crisis Intervention of Houston Inc.	Crisis Response Team
$40,170	Crossroads Family Services	Youth Intervention Project
$40,000	CROSSROADS: Community Partnership for Youth Inc.	Delinquency Intervention Mentoring
$50,500	Dallas Children's Advocacy Center	Forensic Interviewer
$151,393	Dallas County	Collaborative Domestic Violence Project
$98,684	Dallas County	Child Abuse Court Prosecutor and Investigator
$30,551	Dallas County	Community Service Restitution Coordinator Project
$106,452	Dallas County	Collaborative Prosecutor
$79,179	Dallas County Hospital District	Rapid Response For Victims
$101,679	Deep East Texas Council of Governments	Regional Law Enforcement Training
$33,163	Denton County	Juvenile Child Abuse Prosecution Grant (J-CAP)
$218,983	East Texas Council of Governments	Regional Police Training Program
$32,319	Fannin County	Grand Jury Coordinator
$27,305	Fort Bend County	Family Focus Bilingual In Home Parenting Program
$123,053	Fort Bend County	Saved by the Bell Delinquency Reduction Program
$16,840	Fort Bend County Child Advocates Inc.	Permanent Managing Conservatorship (PMC) Certification Program
$28,800	Fort Bend Regional Council on Substance Abuse Inc.	Project SUCCESS
$44,508	Galveston County	Child and Elderly Abuse Prosecutor
$57,363	Girl Scouts-Lone Star Council	Enterprising Girl Scouts Beyond Bars
$34,243	Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission	Regional Law Enforcement Training and Education
$22,199	Gonzales Regional Children's Advocacy Center Inc.	Child Advocacy
$25,705	Grayson County College	Law Enforcement Training and Education for Peace Officers
$14,000	Hardin County	Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program
$41,501	Harris County	Child Protective Services Runaway Investigator Harris County Children’s Protective Services (HCSO)
$78,484	Harris County	Abducted and Missing Persons Unit Harris County Children’s Protective Services (HCSO)
$87,331	Harris County	Sex Offender Compliance Enforcement and Monitoring Program Harris County Children’s Protective Services (HCSO)
$102,651	Harris County	Harris County Rescue Mentoring Program Child Protective Services (CPS)
$60,000	Harris County	School Resource Officer - Precinct 6
$47,149	Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council	Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council
$68,819	Harris County Juvenile Board	Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program (JJAEP) GIRLS Program
$71,049	Head Start of Greater Dallas Inc.	Head Start Prevention Project
$25,185	Heart of Texas Council of Governments	Regional Law Enforcement Training Reimbursement
$37,000	Hill County	Juvenile Resource Officer
$62,324	Hood County	Special Investigator for Crimes Against Children
$125,000	Houston Area Outreach Coalition	BE SMART
$198,900	Houston-Galveston Area Council	Law Enforcement Training Project
$46,998	I Have a Dream - Houston	Education Matters - Middle School
$37,000	Johnson County	School Resource Officer Keene Independent School District
$24,209	Katy Christian Ministries	Counseling Services for Victims of Domestic Violence
$80,934	LifeNet Community Behavioral Healthcare	Reducing Recidivism for Mentally Ill
$174,757	Lower Rio Grande Valley Development Council	Regional Law Enforcement Training and Education
$36,580	Malakoff Independent School District	Project Targeting and Identifying Goals through Educational Resource (T.I.G.E.R.)
$49,592	Middle Rio Grande Development Council	Regional Law Enforcement Training
$66,921	Montgomery County	Specialized Investigator for Sexual Assaults
$490,305	Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Texas State	Statewide Programs Project
$76,246	Nortex Regional Planning Commission	Regional Law Enforcement Training
$499,547	North Central Texas Council of Governments	Law Enforcement Training and Education
$27,873	Nueces County	Child Abuse Prosecutor
$62,577	Proper Self-Esteem, Academics, Character & Employment (PACE) Youth Programs Inc.	PACE GIRLS: Proper Self-Esteem, Academics, Character & Employment for Juvenile Girls
$122,547	Palmer Drug Abuse Program, Midland TX Inc.	Extreme Youth Leadership Action Training (EYLAT)
$8,211	Panhandle Crisis Center Inc.	Rural Victim Services & Family Stability Project
$89,966	Panhandle Regional Planning Commission	Law Enforcement Education and Training
$34,852	Pasadena Independent School District	Project Access
$118,818	Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission	Law Enforcement Training
$49,918	Rape Crisis Center of Collin County	Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANE) On-Call and Case management Services
$39,386	Recovery Resource Council	Project ALERT
$68,564	Resolve It Inc.	The SAFE Program (Skills Assessment for Elementary)
$216,219	Rio Grande Council of Governments	Region VIII Training Academy
$99,631	Rio Grande Valley Council Inc.	Project Community Information and Awareness (CIA)
$12,045	Roberts County	Essential Equipment Project
$64,678	Rockwall County	Family Preservation Services
$125,111	Sheriffs' Association of Texas	Sheriffs' Legal-Technical Assistance and Training Program
$122,761	South East Texas Regional Planning Commission	Regional Police Academy
$142,761	South Plains Association of Governments	Regional Law Enforcement Training Academy
$92,311	South Texas Development Council	Peace Officer Training School
$47,710	Tarrant County	Breaking the Cycle of Violence (BCV) Program
$37,922	Tarrant County Challenge Inc.	Substance Abuse Information Databank
$77,910	Texas Advocacy Project	Youth Rights Initiative
$508,000	Texas CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) Inc.	Court Appointed Special Advocates
$75,000	Texas Department of Criminal Justice	Protecting and Safeguarding Kennel Officers Serving the State
$93,700	Texas Department of Public Safety	AMBER / Silver Alert Training and Coordination
$91,861	Texas Inmate Services Inc.	State Jail Reentry Project
$56,472	The Family Place	S.T.A.R.T. (Students Tackling Abusive Relationships Together)
$81,238	The University of Texas at Arlington	Expanded Capacity for Staying Connected--Child Abuse Prevention
$15,724	Travis County Domestic Violence/Sexual Assault Survival Center	Community Education on Sexual and Domestic Violence
$16,000	Walker County	Intensive Supervision Probation (ISP) Counseling
$17,707	Walker County Family Violence Council, dba SAAFE (Sexual Assault and Abuse Free Environment)	Bilingual Crisis Intervention Services
$49,204	Wesley Community Center	Student/Parent Resource Center
$97,588	West Central Texas Council of Governments	Regional Law Enforcement Academy
$50,473	Youth Services Council (YSC) of the Richardson Independent School District Community	YSC....Shaping Young Lives
$21,250	Zapata County	Juvenile Treatment Project