CAPCOG announces criminal justice grant presentations
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Program has announced that grant application presentations will take place on April 1, 2024, for the General Victim Services – Direct Service Program and Violence Against Women Justice and Training Program projects, followed by Criminal Justice Program and Truancy Prevention Program projects on April 2 and Juvenile Justice Program projects on […]
CAPCOG recommends criminal justice grants, OOG to announce in September
CAPCOG recommended 42 criminal justice projects for funding recommending projects beyond the state’s regional budget estimates for the five program areas of which it assists the Office of the Governor (OOG) in selecting awards for Plan Year (PY) 2024. The OOG should send funding award notices in late September with CAPCOG’s PY 2025 application process […]
Criminal Justice Program sets grant review meetings
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Advisory Committee will review 49 grant applications requesting more than $15.9 million from six criminal justice grant program categories, in which CAPCOG helps prioritize for the Office of the Governor (OOG), during presentations meetings March 20 and 21. Presentation schedules have been set and are at https://www.capcog.org/what-we-do/funding-grants/criminal-justice/. Applicants from the Juvenile […]
Mandatory criminal justice workshops help maximize funding
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Grant Program has scheduled two mandatory grant workshops — an in-person workshop to be held at CAPCOG at 10 a.m. January 10, and a virtual workshop set for 10 a.m. January 12. Would-be applicants need to attend one of the two, which will cover eligibility and the prioritization process for the […]
OOG releases Public Safety grant announcements
The Office of the Governor’s Public Safety Office released the funding announcements for the five criminal justice funding opportunities and the State Homeland Security Program (SHSP) funding opportunities in which CAPCOG helps prioritize for the state office. The criminal justice announcements can found at https://www.capcog.org/what-we-do/funding-grants/criminal-justice/ and the SHSP info at https://www.capcog.org/what-we-do/funding-grants/homeland-security/. The criminal justice funding […]
CAPCOG begins outreach for criminal justice grant season
CAPCOG will kick off the region’s criminal justice grant process with two stakeholder meetings — an in-person meeting at CAPCOG at 10 a.m. October 13 and a virtual meeting at 10 a.m. October 14. The meetings will provide input for determining the funding priorities for the five grant opportunities which CAPCOG helps the Office of […]
CAPCOG recommends criminal justice grant projects to OOG
The CAPCOG Executive Committee recommended a prioritized list of project applications seeking state criminal justice grant funding to the Office of the Governor (OOG) during its April meeting. Based on the state’s regional budget estimate, the list recommended 35 projects to receive full or partial funding across the five grant categories CAPCOG reviews for the […]
CAPCOG schedules four criminal justice grant workshops
CAPCOG’s Criminal Justice Program has scheduled four grant writing workshops to take place around the region: Dec. 17, 2021 at 607 North Vandeveer Street in Burnet, Jan. 7, 2022 at 106 Royson Street in Smithville, Jan. 11, 2022 at 402 West 8th Street in Georgetown, and Jan. 20, 2022 at CAPCOG. The workshops will assist […]
Stakeholder meetings seek input on Criminal Justice funding
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Program is asking for stakeholder input in drafting the 2023 Criminal Justice Regional Strategic Plan and determining the region’s Plan Year 2023 funding priorities for grants from the Office of the Governor’s (OOG), Criminal Justice Division. CAPCOG will hold an in-person stakeholder meeting at 1 p.m. Oct. 19, 2021 at CAPCOG, […]
Executive Committee forwards justice grant priorities to OOG
The CAPCOG Executive Committee voted at its regular May and April meetings to recommend to the Office of the Governor (OOG) a prioritized list of 60 project applications seeking state criminal justice funding. Based on the states regional budget estimate, the list recommended 39 projects to receive either full or partial funding for Plan Year […]
CAPCOG schedules criminal justice grant scoring meetings
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Advisory Committee will review and prioritize Office of the Governor grant applications during a four-meeting series. The committee will first review justice-based program grant applications on March 24 and 25, and then will review victim services-based program grant applications on April 14 and 15 — a possible third victim services meeting […]
CAPCOG schedules criminal justice grant workshops
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Program is conducting a virtual grant workshop on January 5 that will assist nonprofit organizations and local governments in applying for six Office of the Governor (OOG), Criminal Justice Division (CJD) grant programs, which CAPCOG provides the state with funding recommendations. For the 2022 plan year, CAPCOG will review applications and […]
Executive Committee recommends criminal justice grants
The CAPCOG Executive Committee approved its recommended list of prioritized 2021 criminal justice projects in May for four funding programs — General Victim Assistance Direct Services, Violence Against Women Justice and Training, Juvenile Justice and Truancy Prevention, and Criminal Justice. These programs are possible because of the annual funding from the Office of the Governor, […]
Criminal justice grant meetings set for video conference
The CAPCOG Criminal Justice Advisory Committee (CJAC) will conduct its grant scoring meetings on April 14, 15, 16, online instead of in person due to COVID-19 concerns allowing each grant applicant to present their projects to the committee. Instructions for joining the virtual meeting will be distributed on April 6 with a presentation schedule; they […]
Criminal Justice Program sets workshops around region
CAPCOG has scheduled three grant writing workshops at different locations, so local governments and nonprofits planning to apply for state criminal justice funding have better access to attend a mandatory workshop. Last year, these workshops assisted 30 organizations in receiving $17.3 million from four Office of the Governor programs which CAPCOG helps administer— the Criminal […]
CAPCOG sends criminal justice grant priorities to governor
The CAPCOG Executive Committee in May approved a prioritized list of recommended projects to receive funding from four Office of the Governor (OOG), Criminal Justice Division (CJD) grant programs ranking 54 applications from local governments and nonprofits. The OOG will select the final grant awardees and anticipates announcing them by October. The OOG set the […]