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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,
City: Austin

Number of Awards: 182
Total Amount Awarded: $503,525,325

Funded Awards
FY Title Original Solicitation Recipient State Award Number Amount Status
2019 FY 2019 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) FY 2019 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TX 2019-DN-BX-0064 $2,905,437 Closed
2018 FY 2018 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program FY 2018 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) PUBLIC SAFETY, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TX 2018-DN-BX-0035 $2,821,540 Closed
2017 FY 2017 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula). FY 2017 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) State of Texas TX 2017-DN-BX-0004 $2,167,676 Open
2020 State of Texas FY20 Paul Coverdell Grant Program FY 2020 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program – Formula GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE TX 2020-CD-BX-0017 $1,563,915 Closed
2016 FY 2016 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program FY 2016 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program State of Texas TX 2016-DN-BX-0060 $2,006,061 Closed
2016 FY 2016 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - City of Austin FY 2016 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Austin TX 2016-DN-BX-0125 $199,919 Closed
2014 FY 2014 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - City of Austin FY 2014 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program City of Austin TX 2014-DN-BX-0103 $198,678 Closed
2014 FY 2014 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program - Texas Department of Public Safety FY 2014 DNA Capacity Enhancement and Backlog Reduction Program State of Texas TX 2014-DN-BX-0090 $2,603,214 Closed
2019 2019 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grant Program FY 2019 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program - Formula GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE TX 2019-CD-BX-0017 $1,643,023 Closed
2018 2018 Coverdell Program FY 2018 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program – Formula State of Texas TX 2018-CD-BX-0013 $1,678,735 Closed
2018 City of Austin Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Program FY 2018 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program – Competitive City of Austin TX 2018-CD-BX-0070 $222,610 Open
2017 2017 Coverdell Program FY 2017 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program – Formula State of Texas TX 2017-CD-BX-0012 $656,102 Closed
2016 2016 Coverdell Program FY 2016 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Grants Program State of Texas TX 2016-CD-BX-0023 $717,322 Closed
2018 FY 18 SAFE-ITR State of Texas Application Tasks 2-3 FY 2018 Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence-Inventory, Tracking, and Reporting Program (SAFE-ITR) TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TX 2018-DN-BX-0164 $187,092 Closed
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
2020 FY 2020 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) FY 2020 DNA Capacity Enhancement for Backlog Reduction (CEBR) Program (Formula) TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY TX 2020-DN-BX-0075 $2,931,027 Closed
2020 Justice Assistance Grant FY 2020 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program Local Formula Solicitation CITY OF AUSTIN TX 2020-DJ-BX-0646 $306,603 Open
2021 Texas FY21 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) For State Prisoners Program FY 2021 Residential Substance Abuse Treatment (RSAT) for State Prisoners Program GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE TX 15PBJA-21-GG-00083-RSAT $3,076,218 Open
2020 FY20 Travis County Sheriff's Office State Criminal Alien Assistance Program Application FY 2020 State Criminal Alien Assistance Program TRAVIS, COUNTY OF TX 15PBJA-20-RR-00130-SCAA $305,340 Closed
2021 Texas Eastern District #78 FY21 Project Safe Neighborhoods Application FY 2021 Project Safe Neighborhoods GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE TX 15PBJA-21-GG-03065-GUNP $187,929 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
2021 Texas Western District #81 FY21 Project Safe Neighborhoods Application FY 2021 Project Safe Neighborhoods GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE TX 15PBJA-21-GG-03067-GUNP $352,541 Open
2021 State of Texas FY21 Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program FY 2021 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - State Solicitation GOVERNOR, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE TX 15PBJA-21-GG-00289-JAGX $14,531,729 Open
2021 City of Austin and Travis County FY21 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant FY 2021 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program - Local Solicitation CITY OF AUSTIN TX 15PBJA-21-GG-01862-JAGX $365,647 Open
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