STOP Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Program (Texas)

 
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    Funder Type

    State Government

    IT Classification

    B - Readily funds technology as part of an award

    Authority

    Texas Office of the Governor

    Summary

    Established by the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, the STOP Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Program seeks to develop and implement law enforcement and prosecution strategies to effectively decrease violent crimes against women. These grants also help to develop and enhance services provided to the victims of violent crimes.


    In Texas, the Texas Office of the Governor is responsible for coordinating VAWA funds with local agencies. Funds through VAWA provide systematic and sustained focus on permanent systems change within the Texas criminal justice system, while simultaneously developing a comprehensive network of domestic violence and sexual assault victim service advocates and programs throughout Texas communities. 


    Texas has identified the following eligible activities for VAWA Funding:

    • Training law enforcement officers, judges, other court personnel, and prosecutors to more effectively identify and respond to violent crimes against women, including the crimes of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking;
    • Developing, training, or expanding units of law enforcement officers, judges, other court personnel, and prosecutors specifically targeting violent crimes against women, including the crimes of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking;
    • Developing and implementing more effective police, court, and prosecution policies, protocols, orders, and services specifically devoted to preventing, identifying, and responding to violent crimes against women, including the crimes of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking, as well as the appropriate treatment of victims;
    • Developing, installing, or expanding data collection and communication systems, including computerized systems, linking police, prosecutors, and courts or for the purpose of identifying, classifying, and tracking arrests, protection orders, violations of protection orders, prosecutions, and convictions for violent crimes against women, including the crimes of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking;
    • Supporting formal and informal statewide, multidisciplinary efforts, to the extent not supported by state funds, to coordinate the response of state law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, courts, victim services agencies, and other state agencies and departments, to violent crimes against women, including the crimes of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking;
    • Training of sexual assault forensic medical personnel examiners in the collection and preservation of evidence, analysis, prevention, and providing expert testimony and treatment of trauma related to sexual assault;
    • Developing, enlarging, or strengthening programs to assist law enforcement, prosecutors, courts, and others to address the needs and circumstances of older and disabled women who are victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or stalking, including recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of such violence or assault and targeting outreach and support, counseling, and other victim services to such older and disabled individuals;
    • Developing and promoting state or local policies that enhance best practices for responding to sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking;
    • Developing, implementing, or enhancing Sexual Assault Response Teams, or other similar coordinated community responses to sexual assault;
    • Developing and strengthening policies, protocols, best practices, and training for law enforcement agencies and prosecutors relating to the investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases and the appropriate treatment of victims.;
    • Identifying and conducting inventories of backlogs of sexual assault evidence collection kits and developing protocols and policies for responding to and addressing such backlogs, including protocols and policies for notifying and involving victims.
     

    History of Funding

    None is available.

    Additional Information

    Legal Assistance for Victims (LAV) Certification:

    All VAWA applicants must certify that they meet the following federal statutory requirements regarding the provision of legal advocacy:

    1. Any person providing legal assistance through a program funded under this VAWA Program
      1. has demonstrated expertise in providing legal assistance to victims of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking in the targeted population; or
      2. is partnered with an entity or person that has demonstrated expertise described in subparagraph (a) and has completed or will complete training in connection with domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault or stalking and related legal issues, including training on evidence-based risk factors for domestic and dating violence homicide.
    2. Any training program conducted in satisfaction of the requirement of paragraph (1) has been or will be developed with input from and in collaboration with a state, local, territorial, or tribal domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking victim service provider or coalition, as well as appropriate tribal, State, territorial, and local law enforcement officials.
    3. Any person or organization providing legal assistance through a program funded under this Program has informed and will continue to inform state, local, or tribal domestic violence, dating violence or sexual assault programs and coalitions, as well as appropriate State and local law enforcement officials of their work.
    4. The grantee's organizational policies do not require mediation or counseling involving offenders and victims physically together, in cases where sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, or child sexual abuse is an issue.

    State Priority Areas:

    All projects funded under this announcement must address one or more of the State Priority Areas listed in the application.


    Grant funds may not be used to support the unallowable costs listed in the Guide to Grants or any of the following unallowable costs:

    • Construction, renovation, or remodeling;
    • Research or evaluation activities;
    • Medical services other than forensic medical examinations and prophylaxis;
    • Law enforcement equipment that is standard department issue;
    • Processing DNA evidence;
    • Victim-offender meetings that serve to replace (or as a part of) criminal justice proceedings;
    • Services to incarcerated individuals, including re-entry rehabilitative services related to the crime for which they are incarcerated;
    • Medical training;
    • Cash payments to victims, gift cards, or fuel vouchers;
    • Creation of a voucher program where victims are directly given vouchers for such services as housing or counseling;
    • Leasing or purchasing vehicles;
    • Legal defense services for perpetrators of violence against women;
    • Criminal defense work, including for women who assault, kill, or otherwise injure their abusers;
    • Liability insurance on buildings;
    • Nonessential maintenance on buildings, lawn care, and landscaping;
    • Reimbursement to crime victims for expenses incurred as a result of a crime, such as insurance deductibles, replacement of stolen property, funeral expenses, lost wages, and medical bills;
    • Services for programs that primarily focus on children and/or men;
    • Activities exclusively related to violence prevention, such as media campaigns to educate the general public about violence against women, public awareness, and community education campaigns are also prohibited;
    • Prosecution of child sexual abuse when the victim is now an adult;
    • Relocation expenses for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking such as moving household goods to a new location in another state or acquiring furniture or housing in a new location;
    • Development or presentation of a domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, or stalking curriculum for primary or secondary schools (educating students from an existing curriculum would also be prohibited);
    • Activities that may compromise victim safety; and
    • Any other prohibition imposed by federal, state or local law or regulation.

    A full list can be viewed at https://egrants.gov.texas.gov/fundopp.aspx

    Contacts

    eGrants HelpDesk

    eGrants HelpDesk
    P.O. Box 12428
    Austin, TX 78711-1248
    (512) 463-1919
     

  • Eligibility Details

    Eligible applicants include state agencies, public and private non-profit institutions of higher education, independent school districts, Native American tribes, councils of governments, non-profit corporations (including hospitals and faith-based organizations), units of local government, which are defined as a non-statewide governmental body with the authority to establish a budget and impose taxes (includes hospital districts).

    Other local governmental agencies should apply through an associated unit of local government.

    Non-profit applicants seeking to provide direct services to victims of crime are not eligible under this solicitation and should apply under the General Victim Assistance Program Funding Announcement. 

    Deadline Details

    Applications were to be submitted by February 8, 2024 by 5pm CST. A similar deadline is anticipated annually.

    Award Details

    Awards must be at least $5,000. Project periods extend up to 12-months, from September 1, 2024 through August 31, 2025. Cost sharing/matching of 30% of the total project cost is required. Non-profits and Indian tribal governments are not required to provide a match.  

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