Criminal
Justice
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 area. 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 plan annually. 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.
Plan Year 2021 | Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division, funding opportunities
The Plan Year (PY) 2021 will start in September with a Criminal Justice Advisory Committee Meeting and community stakeholder survey. Four stakeholders meetings in October will follow. Information about the survey and stakeholders meetings are below. Funding opportunities that CAPCOG helps administer for PY2021 include the following grant programs:
- General Victim Assistance Direct Service Program — Formerly General Victim Assistance Program (VOCA)
- Violence Against Women Justice and Training Program
- Juvenile Justice Grant Program
- Criminal Justice Program — Formerly Justice Assistance Grants (JAG)
The table below shows information about these four criminal justice funding opportunities as it is provided by the Office of the Governor’s egrants.gov websites. The links within the table are downloads from the egrants.gov. CAPCOG will update the table, links within the table and other grant information, such as future Request for Applications notices, as it is made available by CJD.
| Funding Opportunity | Details | Date RFA Available | Application Due Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Victim Assistance Direct Services Program | Coming Soon | Anticipated: Dec. 13, 2019 | Anticipated: Feb. 27, 2020 |
| Violence Against Women Justice & Training Program | Coming Soon | Anticipated: Dec. 13, 2019 | Anticipated: Feb. 27, 2020 |
| Juvenile Justice Grant Program | Coming Soon | Anticipated: Dec. 13, 2019 | Anticipated: Feb. 27, 2020 |
| Criminal Justice Program | Coming Soon | Anticipated: Dec. 13, 2019 | Anticipated: Feb. 27, 2020 |
Plan Year 2021 Timeline and Meetings
Get the Plan Year 2021 Timeline
Stakeholders Meetings
CAPCOG and its Criminal Justice Advisory Committee (CJAC) are preparing for the upcoming grant cycle for the Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division’s Plan Year 2021. They are seeking input to update CAPCOG’s Regional Strategic Criminal Justice Plan. At four stakeholder meetings, stakeholders will hear a presentation on relevant criminal justice information and discuss priorities with other stakeholders. Stakeholders will be asked to come up with priorities in different areas of criminal justice, as well as identify the top five priorities for the region.
The meetings will be held at the following times:
9-10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019
CAPCOG Pecan Room 6800 Burleson Road
Building 310, Suite 165
Austin, TX 78744
1:30-3 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019
CAPCOG Pecan Room
6800 Burleson Road
Building 310, Suite 16
Austin, TX 78744
10-11:30 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019
CAPCOG Pecan Room
6800 Burleson Road
Building 310, Suite 165 Austin, TX 78744
2-3:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019
CAPCOG Pecan Room
6800 Burleson Road
Building 310, Suite 165
Austin, TX 78744
Regional Needs Survey – Completed
Due to meeting space limitations, CAPCOG must limit attendance to 25 per meeting. Please register to reserve your seat. If you are unable to attend either meeting but wish to be involved, please complete the below survey by Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019.
Other Funding Opportunities
Check the following websites for possible other criminal justice related funding opportunities:
- CAPCOG highted grants
- Grants.gov – Federal grant listings
- Egrants.gov.texas.gov – Texas, Office of the Governor grant listings
Plan Year 2022 | Office of the Governor, Criminal Justice Division, funding opportunities
The upcoming plan year, should begin in September 2019. Please continue to check the CAPCOG website for updates on Plan Year 2021.
Previous Plan Years
Plan Year 2020
Plan Year 2019
Plan Year 2018
Review the 2017 CJD CAPCOG Region Data Packet for PY 2018.8
Plan Year 2017
Plan Year 2016
Review the Criminal Justice Advisory Committee’s overall ranking of grant applicants.
Other Resources
| 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 |
Questions?
> Contact Matt Holderread, criminal justice program specialist