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Gov. Perry awards $6.2 million in S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women Act programs

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From the Office of Gov. Rick Perry

October 17, 2007

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry awarded $6.2 million in grants to 80 programs across the state that are dedicated to combating violent crimes against women and offering services to victims of these crimes. The grants are awarded under the federal S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) and are distributed by the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division (CJD).

“Deterring violence against women is only part of our mission; we must also take every stride we can in offering hope and support to victims of abuse,” Perry said. “Through additional education and assistance, we will reinforce the message that despicable acts of violence against women will not be tolerated.”

Each year, CJD awards more than $113 million in grants for a variety of juvenile justice, criminal justice and victim services programs.

The awards include:

Award Amount Recipient Project Title
$79,803 Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse Inc. Legal Advocacy Program
$63,548 Arte Sana Latina Victim Outreach
$77,613 Atascosa Family Crisis Center Inc. Atascosa Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Advocacy Program
$84,444 Bastrop County Women's Shelter Violence Against Women Project
$56,907 Brazos County Rape Crisis Center Inc. Sexual Assault Victim Assistance
$93,824 Cameron County Domestic Violence Unit
$21,319 Central Texas Council of Governments Training on Violence Against Women Issues
$69,703 City of Austin Assistance to Female Victims of Domestic Violence
$25,000 City of Cedar Hill Family, Youth, and Victim Services Civilian Investigator
$92,921 City of Corpus Christi Victim Assistance Program
$26,000 City of Dallas Sexual Assault/Stalking Law Enforcement Training
$75,860 City of El Paso Domestic Abuse Response Team
$75,544 City of Fort Worth Domestic Assault Response Team
$77,520 City of Fort Worth Enhanced Domestic Assault Response Team
$72,822 City of Grand Prairie Domestic Violence Task Force
$59,586 City of Lewisville Family Violence Investigation and Prevention Investigator
$71,820 City of McKinney Investigating and Educating Grant
$187,726 City of San Antonio Early Intervention For Women Living In Domestic Violence
$35,331 City of San Saba Dove Project-Intervention through Counseling and Assessment of Need
$76,420 City of Waco Waco Family Violence Unit Detectives and Coordinator
$62,000 Conference on Crimes Against Women Inc. The Third Annual Conference on Crimes Against Women
$80,000 Dallas County Regional Training Coordinator
$80,000 Dallas County Protective Order Prosecutor
$227,000 Dallas County Collaborative Domestic Violence Project
$40,000 Denton County Prosecution Enhancement Grant
$80,000 Denton County Family Violence Expansion Grant
$74,100 East Texas Crisis Center Rural Family Justice Project
$92,310 El Paso County Domestic Violence Unit
$32,500 Family Service Association of San Antonio Inc. Kidshare Domestic Violence Intervention Services
$80,000 FamilyTime Crisis and Counseling Center Victim Assistance Program
$44,789 First Step of Wichita Falls Inc. Domestic Violence Shelter and Sexual Assault Crisis Program
$52,304 Focusing Families Victim's Legal Support Services
$79,020 Fort Bend County Violence Against Women Prosecutor
$40,000 Fort Bend County Violence Against Women Investigator
$35,093 Fort Bend County Women's Center Inc. Crisis Hotline
$38,014 Friends for Hope Inc. Evidence Collection, Training and Victim Empowerment
$52,000 Friendship of Women Inc. Outreach Intervention Project
$38,226 Grayson County Domestic Violence Investigator Program
$72,511 Gregg County Violence Against Women - Prosecution Project
$30,551 Hale County Crisis Center Inc. Violence Against Women Support and Outreach
$80,000 Harris County Caseworker Intervention Expansion Project-District Attorney
$76,353 Harris County Police Training for Violence Against Women
$41,017 Harris County Domestic Violence Enhancement/Victims Assistance
$80,000 Harris County Protective Order Prosecutor Project-District Attorney
$56,193 Harris County Felony Family Violence Caseworker Project
$61,249 Harris County Crime Victims' Assistance Unit-Precinct 5
$83,587 Hill Country Crisis Council Inc. VAWA Victim Assistance Project
$40,000 Hope of South Texas Inc. Sexual Assault Crisis Program
$80,000 Houston Area Women's Center Family Violence Hispanic Outreach
$80,000 Jefferson County Family Violence/Crimes Against Women Unit
$206,065 Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas Rural Safe at Home Project - S.T.O.P. VAWA
$70,199 Lubbock County Domestic Violence Prosecution Unit
$80,000 Montgomery County Women's Center Protective Order Project
$76,019 New Beginning Center Inc. Shelter Advocacy Project
$26,000 Newton County VAWA Special Prosecutor Project
$34,782 Pecan Valley Regional Domestic Violence Shelter Victim's Service and Legal Advocacy Project
$27,732 Permian Basin Regional Planning Commission Victims of Violent Crime Training for Law Enforcement
$34,768 Political Asylum Project of Austin Program Representing Immigrant Survivors of Abuse
$65,286 Potter County Potter County Domestic Violence Task Force
$80,000 Resource and Crisis Center of Galveston County RCC Legal Advocacy Program
$67,413 SAFE PLACE of the Permian Basin Inc. Family Violence Reduction/Prevention Program
$62,195 Shelter Agencies for Families in East Texas Inc. Domestic Violence / Sexual Assault Project
$47,320 Starr County Victims of Domestic Violence Assistance Program
$250,000 Tarrant County Domestic Violence Diversion Program
$174,271 Texas Association Against Sexual Assault Community Multicultural Victim Education Project
$288,574 Texas Council on Family Violence Training/Technical Assistance: Statewide Response to Family Violence
$449,345 Texas Municipal Police Association Sexual Assault and Family Violence Investigators Course
$105,000 Texas RioGrande Legal Aid Inc. Rural Protective Order Project
$80,000 The Bridge Over Troubled Waters Inc. The Bridge Crisis Intervention and Training Services
$18,636 Tralee Crisis Center for Women Inc. Victim Assistance Project
$90,837 Travis County Family Violence Accelerated Prosecution Program
$44,639 Tyler County Violence Against Women Special Prosecutor
$80,000 Victim Assistance Centre Inc. Stop Abuse for Everyone (SAFE) Domestic Violence Programs
$31,864 W.A.V. Project Women Against Violence
$7,966 Webb County Webb County Crime Victims Community Outreach Services Program
$35,766 Williamson County Crisis Center Law Enforcement Orientation and Rural Community Outreach
$47,556 Wilson County Violence Against Women Prevention Program
$40,000 Wintergarden Women's Shelter Inc. Victims' Direct Services Project
$99,922 Women Together Foundation Inc. Hidalgo County Outreach Project/Un Nuevo Amanecer
$55,029 Women's Shelter of South Texas Therapeutic Services for Sexual Assault Survivors