Criminal Justice & Public Safety Funding
CAPCOG’s Criminal Justice Program is designated by the Office of the Governor’s Criminal Justice Division (CJD) for regional coordination efforts on the subject in the 10-county State Planning Region 12. The program provides technical assistance to applicants for CJD grant funding opportunities to include criminal justice, juvenile justice and victim services-related programming.
CAPCOG’s Criminal Justice Program and Criminal Justice Advisory Committee review and update or create a regional strategic criminal justice. The program also facilitates the grant application scoring process through the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee. Each year application scoring done by the committee is based on local, regional and state priorities.
Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division, funding opportunities
Plan Year 2026
Plan Year (PY) 2026 began in September 2024 with an online stakeholder survey. This year CAPCOG is coordinating the grant recommendation process for the following funding opportunities:
- Criminal Justice Program — Formerly Justice Assistance Grants (JAG)
- General Victim Assistance Direct Service Program — Formerly General Victim Assistance Program (VOCA)
- Juvenile Justice and Truancy Prevention Grant Program
- Violence Against Women Justice and Training Program (VAWA),
The table below will provide details about the funding opportunities from the Office of the Governor as information gets released. Further information about the CAPCOG process for assisting with applications, making applications and the review and recommendation of the programs for funding also is including.
(Table in production)
Staff Contact
Karina Trevino
- Regional Planning & Services
- Community Development Coordinator
- 512-916-6012
- [email protected]
Current Activity
The state to expected to release its Request of Applications (RFAs) or notices of funding opportunities on Friday, Dec. 16, 2024.
Important Documents
Regional Strategic Criminal Justice Plan
Criminal Justice Advisory Committee (CJAC)
Office of the Governor’s egrants.gov
Criminal Justice Grant Presentation Schedule (To be released closer to presentation dates)
*It is possible that the OOG may change the RFAs. CAPCOG will update them as notified. Also check egrants.gov.texas.gov for updates.
Plan Year 2026 Timeline and Meetings
Each year, CAPCOG develops a timeline to help stakeholders and applicants plan their schedules around key grant related event dates and prepare for application related deadlines. The timeline runs from when CAPCOG started it stakeholder survey in September 2024 and goes to when CAPCOG must submit its prioritized list of grant recommendations — May 2025. The timeline contains exact and tentative dates. CAPCOG will update the timeline as the grant process continues.
RFAs Release – Dec. 16, 2025
The state is anticipated to release the Request for Applications for the Plan Year 2026 Criminal Justice Funding Opportunities on Friday, Dec. 16, 2025.
Get the RFAs from the State’s Website.
Grant Workshops – Jan. 7-8, 2025
CAPCOG will hold two grant workshops one in-person and one virtual for applicants to learn about the funding opportunities’ project eligibility and the application and review process.
Jan. 7, 2025 In-Person Workshop
(Details to Come)
Jan. 8 2025 Virtual Workshop
(Details to Come)
Application & Summary Sheet Deadline – Feb. 13, 2025
Applications for the criminal justice funding opportunities are due to the state on egrants.gov.texas on Feb. 13, 2025. The CAPCOG Project Summary Sheet, which provides the CAPCOG Criminal Justice Advisory Committee with valuable information about the project applications that they use determine the projects scores and their rank in each funding opportunity category.
The summary sheets can be submitted via an online form.
Presentation Signups – March 13
CAPCOG will notify every eligible applicant that its receives from the state about choosing a preferred time for presenting on their project to the CAPCOG CJAC. Applicants should supply their recommended times as soon as possible. CAPCOG will determine the final presentation schedule.
Presentations – March 24-26, 2025
CAPCOG will host all eligible applicants to present their projects to the CJAC. Each funding opportunity category will be presented on a particular day, which will be chosen based on the number of applicants per funding category. Applicants will have a certain amount of time to make their presentations and the CJAC will ask questions. More details and a schedule of presentations will be released at a later date.
CAPCOG Executive Committee Prioritization – April 9, 2025
The CAPCOG Executive Committee will review the scores and ranking of the project applications as submitted from the CJAC during its regular meeting. The board may change the prioritization ranking of any project application before it is submits the final ranking to the Office of the Governor before May 9, 2025
Other important dates are included in the PY 2026 Criminal Justice Timeline.
Regional Funding Priorities for Plan Year 2026 Grants
September 2024
The CAPCOG PY 2026 Regional Needs and Priorities Survey was available for stakeholders of the 10-county region to complete from Sept. 16 to Oct. 3, 2024. The survey had four topics of discussion — juvenile justice and school-based systems, criminal justice systems, mental health/substance abuse treatment, and victims of crime.
Other Funding Opportunities
Check the following websites for possible other criminal justice-related funding opportunities:
- CAPCOG highlighted grants
- Grants.gov – Federal grant listings
- Egrants.gov.texas.gov – Texas, Office of the Governor grant listings
- United Way for Greater Austin
- Community Action Network
- Texas Council on Family Violence
- U.S. Department of Justice
- U.S. Office of Victims of Crime
- Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
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