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Access information below about previously awarded funding through Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) programs. Use the search filters to find award details for specific programs, years, awardee locations, and more.

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State: TX,
District: 37

Number of Awards: 76
Total Amount Awarded: $228,317,611

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2023 City of Austin Forensic Science Violent Crime and Opioid Reduction Program FY 2023 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Competitive CITY OF AUSTIN TX 15PBJA-23-GG-02692-COVE $408,981 Open
2023 City of Austin and Travis County FY23 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant FY 2023 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program – Local Solicitation CITY OF AUSTIN TX 15PBJA-23-GG-03843-JAGX $447,239 Open
2019 Innovative Threat Assessment for Safer Schools in Austin ISD BJA FY 19 STOP School Violence Technology and Threat Assessment Solutions for Safer Schools Program AUSTIN ISD TX 2019-YS-BX-0088 $498,551 Open
2019 Category 3 BJA FY 19 STOP School Violence Prevention and Mental Health Training Program AUSTIN ISD TX 2019-YS-BX-0015 $499,588 Past Project Period End Date
2022 To expand CAPDS’s post-conviction defense program to include the identification, evaluation, investigation, and litigation of wrongful conviction cases in Travis Co FY 2022 Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program CAPITAL AREA PRIVATE DEFENDER SERVICE TX 15PBJA-22-GG-03879-WRNG $500,000 Open
2019 Texas Southern District #80 FY19 Project Safe Neighborhoods Application BJA FY 19 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Announcement GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE TX 2019-GP-BX-0026 $519,290 Closed
2020 Southern District of Texas PSN Project FY 2020 Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Solicitation GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE TX 2020-GP-BX-0057 $523,818 Open
2021 Texas Southern District #80 FY21 Project Safe Neighborhoods Application FY 2021 Project Safe Neighborhoods GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE TX 15PBJA-21-GG-03068-GUNP $524,842 Open
2022 Texas Southern District #80 FY22 Project Safe Neighborhoods FY 2022 Project Safe Neighborhoods GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE TX 15PBJA-22-GG-00836-GUNP $528,041 Open
2023 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA FY 2023 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS TX 15PBJA-23-GG-02290-DNAX $533,200 Open
2021 This project will expand post-conviction DNA reanalysis and review and re-testing of violent felony offense cases where actual innocence might be demonstrated. TRAVIS, COUNTY OF TX 15PBJA-21-GG-02622-POST $573,637 Open
2023 FY23 Project Safe Neighborhoods Southern District of Texas #80 FY 2023 Project Safe Neighborhoods Formula Grant Program GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE TX 15PBJA-23-GG-02416-GUNP $574,775 Open
2023 Confession Review Team: A Joint Venture between the Travis County District Attorney’s Office and the Innocence Project of Texas FY 2023 Upholding the Rule of Law and Preventing Wrongful Convictions Program TRAVIS, COUNTY OF TX 15PBJA-23-GG-05243-WRNG $599,504 Open
2017 Austin Postconviction DNA Review and Testing Project FY 2017 Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence CITY OF AUSTIN TX 2017-DY-BX-0006 $600,122 Closed
2023 Evidence-based programming targeting youth and their families with a history of trauma and violence to prevent and reduce school violence and delinquency. FY 2023 Preventing School Violence: BJA’s STOP School Violence Program COUNCIL ON AT-RISK YOUTH TX 15PBJA-23-GG-04391-STOP $702,519 Open
2020 City of Austin CESF Program FY 2020 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program CITY OF AUSTIN TX 2020-VD-BX-0015 $885,407 Past Project Period End Date
2019 TX Rangers Expansion of DNA Database Area 4 BJA FY 19 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TX 2019-AK-BX-0019 $996,959 Past Project Period End Date
2017 City of Austin BCJI - Riverside Austin Program BJA FY 17 Byrne Criminal Justice Innovation Program (BCJI) CITY OF AUSTIN TX 2017-AJ-BX-0012 $1,000,000 Past Project Period End Date
2018 City of Austin Sexual Assault Kit Initiative Program BJA FY 18 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) CITY OF AUSTIN TX 2018-AK-BX-0027 $1,000,000 Open
2018 Statewide School Violence and Mental Health Training Program BJA FY 18 STOP School Violence Prevention and Mental Health Training Program TX EDUCATION AGENCY TX 2018-YS-BX-0135 $1,000,000 Past Project Period End Date
2018 Statewide Approach to the Prevention and Intervention of Violence using School Threat Assessment Teams BJA FY 18 STOP School Violence Threat Assessment and Technology Reporting Program TX EDUCATION AGENCY TX 2018-YS-BX-0110 $1,000,000 Past Project Period End Date
2019 TX Rangers Expansion of DNA Database Area 3 BJA FY 19 National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TX 2019-AK-BX-0028 $1,000,000 Open
2023 Looking FORWARD: Disrupting School Violence Through Inclusive Disciplinary Practices FY 2023 Preventing School Violence: BJA’s STOP School Violence Program AUSTIN ISD TX 15PBJA-23-GG-04401-STOP $1,000,000 Open
2018 FY18 Project Safe Neighborhoods Program BJA FY 18 Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Announcement GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE TX 2018-GP-BX-0066 $1,031,590 Closed
2020 State of Texas PREA Strategy GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE TX 2020-XT-BX-0026 $1,147,379 Closed