Where The Money Goes

For Fiscal Year 2024-2025

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Click For Panhandle Region
Grant Total: $116,050 (7%)

Click For Northeast Details
Grant Total: $516,501 (29%)

Click For West Details
Grant Total: $44,807 (3%)

Click For Central Details
Grant Total: $268,660 (15%)

Click For Southeast Details
Grant Total: $317,870 (18%)

Click For Valley & Gulf Coast Detials
Grant Total: $190,736 (11%)

Click For Statewide Details
Grant Total: $289,361 (17%)

Panhandle

Aspire A Mindful Place

To assist Hutchinson County Drug Court clients coping with the complexity of mental health diseases with help from Peer Specialists who have successful life experiences.

$30,000.00

Basin Dream Center for Orphans

To provide a computer lab to help homeless youth in the Permian Basin fulfill legal obligations and transition to a positive life trajectory free of crime.

$26,050.00

Cactus Nazarene Ministry Center

To assist victims of crime who are unable to pay for services due to income.

$20,000.00

Catholic Charities of the Texas Panhandle

To enable the Immigration Legal Services Program to provide pro bono legal services to under-served immigrants in the Texas Panhandle.

$15,000.00

Refugee Language Project

To provide a Community Interpreter class to equip speakers of small minority languages to interpret for courts and court-mandated programs in the Panhandle.

$15,000.00

Texas Tech Law School Foundation

To purchase and distribute computers for remote access across the multi-county area served by the Caprock Public Defender Office and Clinic.

$10,000.00

Total Panhandle

$116,050.00

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Northeast

3-N-1 Trinity Services

To provide legal education to empower entrepreneurs and workforce participants with knowledge of business law, rights, and compliance for sustainable success.

$5,000.00

ACH Child and Family Services

To help relative and kin caregivers access legal services to meet the needs of the children they are raising.

$25,000.00

Alliance for Children

To provide child sexual abuse investigation training for our team of Multidisciplinary experts.

$7,500.00

Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star

To provide professionally supported and highly effective mentoring to Clyde CISD children who have been impacted by the incarceration of a family member.

$15,000.00

Blue Haven Ranch

To provide assistance in legal fees to help pregnant, single mother-led households who are working toward financial independence and self-sufficiency.

$5,000.00

CASA for Hunt County, Inc.

To initiate the renovation of CASA for Hunt County's new and permanent home for volunteer advocacy work for children.

$25,000.00

Catholic Charities Dallas

To provide free immigration representation services for foster children in Dallas County.

$15,000.00

Catholic Charities-Diocese of Tyler

To provide financial assistance to eligible immigrants wishing to Adjust Status towards family based Legal Permanent Residency.

$10,000.00

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Denton County, Inc.

To expand recruitment initiatives and grow the volunteer base to better serve the growing number of children who have entered the child welfare system.

$6,000.00

Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center

To provide pro bono legal defense for tenants facing evictions.

$15,000.00

Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum

To assist students from Title I and economically disadvantaged schools will visit the Museum free of charge.

$15,000.00

Dallas Leadership Foundation

To serve more persons in the judicial system with job readiness training, industry certifications, and career support, empowering them to secure living-wage employment.

$10,000.00

DeliverFund

To facilitate a training for law enforcement on all source intelligence methods to combat human trafficking networks, arrest and convict traffickers, and rescue victims.

$17,200.00

East Texas Crisis Center, Inc.

To enhance the efforts of Coordinated Community Response and the Domestic Violence High Risk Team in our 5 county service area by working with system partners.

$10,000.00

East Texas Immigrant Advocacy and Resource Center

To enhance legal advocacy, resources, and services for under-served communities.

$10,000.00

Esther's Safe Haven

To provide training of visitation supervisors, educational awareness for attorneys and support measures for kids and parents who have been separated over extended periods of time.

$7,500.00

Foundation for Responsible Television

To produce and distribute TV programs on issues related to our judicial system, penal code, trafficking issues, First Amendment education and civics.

$22,400.00

Geaux 4 Kids

To provide Geaux Bags to victims of criminal neglect or abuse, after they are removed from their home in an emergency and taken to a foster home.

$24,000.00

Genesis Women's Shelter and Support

To support the interpretation and legal fees incurred by survivors of domestic violence during the legal process.

$5,000.00

HandsOn Texarkana

To assist with the Skilled Parenting Program at the Federal Correction Institute, Texarkana, Texas.

$9,451.00

Hope Haven of East Texas (Tapkard, Inc)

To grow the transitional living program for youth in foster care aged 14-21 years.

$30,000.00

Hope To All

To provide traumatized youth equal access to care they would not have been able to afford due to low socioeconomic status, low annual gross income, and lack of insurance.

$19,550.00

Human Rights Initiative of North Texas

To support the new position of Legal Services Director to provide necessary management support and extensive immigration-based legal services experience.

$10,000.00

International Rescue Committee, Inc.

To expand the organization's capacity to support immigrant families through family reunification, promoting community integration, and increasing access to legal representation.

$7,600.00

Junior Players Guild

To provide Shakespeare classes for juveniles in the Henry Wade Juvenile Justice facility.

$20,000.00

Justice Reform Foundation

To assist individuals with criminal records complete the record-sealing process, and support employment, education, housing, and health service referrals.

$10,000.00

Kid Net Foundation dba Jonathan's Place

To provide transportation for victims of child abuse to meet with attorneys, attend court, and receive crucial services.

$5,000.00

Methodist Justice Ministry

To increase pro bono representation in rural areas of Johnson County by covering legal fees associated with each case.

$7,500.00

Multicultural Family Center

To provide legal services to economically disadvantaged immigrants.

$10,000.00

One Heart Project

To support the continued presence of staffing to offer services to justice-involved youth annually in Rockwall.

$10,000.00

Simply Grace

To provide leadership training on how to guide clients to legal assistance.

$10,000.00

Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association

To provide resources and strategies at no cost to combat mental health issues and struggles that often face those in the legal profession.

$4,400.00

Texas A&M Foundation

To provide free legal services and educational workshops to aspiring social entrepreneurs from disadvantaged and low-income backgrounds in the State of Texas.

$20,000.00

The Coalition for Quality End-of-Life Care, Inc.

To assist adults with Advance Care Planning; exploring healthcare rights & responsibilities, documenting wishes, and developing software to capture related data.

$8,000.00

The Way Back

To provide staff and case management ensuring successful reentry into society.

$20,000.00

The Women's Center of Tarrant County

To provide emergency funding for the Play it Safe child sexual abuse prevention program, helping 90,000 children recognize and report sexual & other types of abuse.

$20,000.00

Traffick911

To secure legal services and cover legal fees for survivors of child sex trafficking.

$5,000.00

Unlocking Doors

To assist clients in complying with their obligations to the justice system (court, criminal supervision, employment, etc.).

$5,400.00

VolunteerNow

To ensure faster deployment of training, and expand staff support for volunteers, nonprofits, and probation officers.

$10,000.00

Wade Wellness Services

To provide Licensed Attorneys to impoverished and disadvantaged families in need of Family Law representation.

$15,000.00

Women In Need, Inc.

To provide a backup generator to ensure uninterrupted power for security and essential services, safeguarding and empowering domestic violence survivors.

$10,000.00


Total Northeast Texas $516,501.00
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West

Amistad

To provide a safe environment for parents to create an emotional bond with their children in the Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Program.

$11,900.00

BOOKS ARE GEMS

To provide in-person and virtual Legal Literacy Storytime sessions, fostering understanding of legal concepts, rights, & civic responsibility for children and families.

$6,500.00

City of El Paso Municipal Court

To provide support for indigent teens unable to complete a Driver's Education program, ordered through Teen Court due to being cited for driving without a license.

$6,907.00

Diocesan Migrant and Refugee Services, Inc.

To upgrade the technology infrastructure to provide crucial support and advocacy.

$10,000.00

Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts

To provide educational opportunities that strengthen and enhance legal and business knowledge and skills to build wealth for low-income El Paso musicians.

$9,500.00


Total West Texas $44,807.00
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Central

Asian Family Support Services of Austin

To provide education on legal rights and connections to resources for survivors of domestic violence from under-served or low-income communities in Central Texas.

$5,000.00

Austin Bar Foundation's Veterans Legal Assistance Program

To fund the development of a customized case management database, integrating volunteer and client systems to streamline pro bono services for indigent Texas veterans.

$25,000.00

Austin Classical Guitar

To support daily guitar classes in 5 Texas juvenile justice facilities, which are the only fully accredited arts programs for incarcerated youth in the state.

$10,000.00

Austin Region JFON

To provide mixed immigration status families with legally effective documents and other relevant preparation for a future scenario in which 1 or more adult is detained or deported

$5,000.00

Better at Last

To expand elder fraud education series by purchasing equipment and hosting events with subject matter experts.

$15,000.00

CASA of Central Texas, Inc.

To assist in various essential costs including IT Contract Services and travel for staff and volunteers.

$7,500.00

Center for Survivors of Torture

To assist immigrants seeking asylum in the United States due to persecution suffered in their home country.

$20,000.00

Children's Advocacy Center of Central Texas

To enhance awareness and understanding of Children's Advocacy services and the legal rights available to child abuse victims and their families at Fort Cavazos.

$20,000.00

Foster Village Inc.

To support families with open CPS cases working to reunify with their children.

$20,000.00

Hill Country CASA

To provide space for family visits, meetings, and resolution of child welfare cases; and support for child victims in criminal matters.

$5,000.00

McLennan County Specialty Court

To provide stable, transitional sober living support and housing for justice involved treatment court participants recovering from substance use disorders.

$15,160.00

Patriot PAWS Service Dogs

To teach prison inmates how to train the Service Dogs for Disabled Veterans, giving them life skills and a new path to take when they are released back into society.

$15,000.00

Scotty's House Child Advocacy Center

To provide a regional training conference for partner investigative agencies that builds a coordinated and collaborative response to child abuse investigations.

$10,000.00

Texas Appleseed

To expand pro bono network in legal deserts to help those communities access more legal support and learn from them, leading to policy change.

$10,000.00

Texas CASA

To allow Texas CASA to pilot providing a CASA volunteer as guardian ad litem to youth who have been adjudicated of charges within the juvenile justice system.

$25,000.00

Texas Fair Defense Project

To expand pro bono record-clearing and driver's license restoration services to El Paso and increase community knowledge of legal rights and recourse.

$15,000.00

The Charlie Center

To provide a broad range of supportive services for unhoused individuals, including pro bono legal advice.

$10,000.00

The Texas Tribune

To provide legal training to protect First Amendment rights to keep the public informed about public policy and civic matters.

$10,000.00

Travis County Juvenile Probation Department

To provide a restorative juvenile justice program that educates youth on the impact of crime on victims and helps the victim receive financial compensation for property crimes.

$3,000.00

Unbound Now

To provide educational training to identify and respond to labor trafficking and direct outreach to vulnerable populations.

$5,000.00

Williamson County Children's Advocacy Center

To enhance collaboration, improve techniques and evidence collection, and empower advocacy for children, families and the MultiDisciplinary Team.

$13,000.00

Youth Justice Alliance

To provide tours of Texas law schools for aspiring first-gen lawyers to improve their legal knowledge and admissions/scholarship outcomes.

$5,000.00


Total Central Texas $268,660.00
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Southeast

BakerRipley

To provide free legal, citizenship, and wraparound services to vulnerable populations in Houston through a Case Management Pilot Program

$25,000

Bridgehaven Children's Advocacy Center

To enhance the court advocacy program and support child abuse victims and their families, in Liberty and Chambers counties.

$5,837

Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas

To re-certify with the Department of Justice as a qualified provider of immigration legal services and add a location Chambers County, while also training a new Case Manager.

$15,000

Child Advocates of Fort Bend

To provide Trauma-Informed Care training to help legal professionals learn how to engage clients with trauma-informed advocacy.

$23,000

Church World Services

To improve access to legal information through education about rights and responsibilities via digitally and language appropriate channels.

$14,433

Community Christian Legal Aid

To host 4 will-a-thons clinics for low-income clients of other non-profits, staffed by volunteer attorneys.

$12,000

Fort Bend Women's Center

To support legal program for domestic violence survivors, covering mediation, process server fees, private investigation fees, Thomson Reuters costs, training, and supplies.

$25,400

Harris County Domestic Relations Office

To provide a co-parenting workshop for parents who have been deemed as “high conflict” with one another.

$5,000

Hope For Three

To provide training and education for first responders on the characteristics of autism to diffuse crises, jail diversion, or hospitalization.

$2,500

Houston Recovery Center

To foster long-term substance use recovery for justice-involved individuals, through diversion, coaching, and access to services that stabilize their life and improve recidivism.

$9,500

Houston Young Lawyers Association

To support annual mental health and wellness programming, including an inaugural Mock[tail] Trial Competition and retreat that provides Tools to Combat Burnout.

$7,000

Justice for Children

To provide trainings to the legal community on protecting child abuse victims and outreach to law firms to recruit pro bono representation of these children/their families.

$23,000

Justice Forward

To provide access to grief and trauma counseling for individuals participating in and graduating from Harris County Specialty Courts.

$5,000

Kidsave International

To create capacity for older kids in foster care through outreach to CASAs, attorneys, courts, & child welfare stakeholders about the host family visit model.

$15,000

Partners for Justice

To train Client Advocate Fellows at the Harris County Public Defenders Office.

$7,500

Precinct4Forward

To increase lactation facilities at the Harris County Court Complex, ensuring equal access to justice for nursing mothers who are jurors, lawyers, or members of the public.

$25,000

Resource & Crisis Center of Galveston County, Inc.

To provide legal fees of victims of domestic violence, child abuse, sexual assault and human trafficking that are navigating through the legal system.

$15,000

South Texas College of Law Houston

To upgrade the Randall O. Sorrels Legal Clinics’ technology, increasing the capacity to provide legal services to Greater Houston’s underrepresented populations.

$27,200

The Bridge Over Troubled Water, Inc

To provide critical resources & support for domestic violence/sexual assault survivors.

$19,000

The Center for Pursuit

To educate adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities on their rights under the law and how to exercise their civic responsibilities.

$15,000

The Code Academy

To host a symposium for parents, educational advocates, educators, and attorneys providing a range of legal information on rights of students with learning differences.

$11,500

The Sanctuary Foster Care Services

To provide qualified legal professionals to facilitate quarterly trainings for foster parents to learn how to navigate the complex foster care system.

$10,000

Total Southeast Texas

$317,870.00

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Valley & Gulf Coast

Alamo Area Council of Governments

To provide additional support to our older Texans, 60 and older with free legal services.

$8,000.00

Alzheimer's Association - South Central Texas Chapter

To provide Legal and Financial Education Classes in English & Spanish to those affected by dementia.

$2,000.00

Any Baby Can of San Antonio

To provide estate planning and guardianship support for clients with dependent children.

$8,000.00

BEAT AIDS Coalition Trust

To provide eviction protection services for at-risk individuals with an emphasis on those who face substantial intersecting barriers in court.

$11,060.00

Bexar County Family Justice Center Foundation

To provide prosecutor training in family law, civil trial skills, civil rules of procedure/discovery, as well as the effects these issues may have on Protective Order applications.

$5,000.00

Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas, Inc.

To support evidence-based training and resource navigation for parents, in order to address the root causes of juvenile delinquency and prevent child abuse.

$10,000.00

CASA of the Coastal Bend

To address essential infrastructure repairs that will enhance our ability to provide effective court advocacy for foster children.

$5,000.00

Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of San Antonio, Inc.

To provide funding to a Guardianship Program to protect some of the most vulnerable populations in our community.

$15,000.00

Corazon Ministries Inc.

To provide support to the ID recovery program for people experiencing homelessness for access to essential services, stable housing and reintegration into society.

$10,000.00

Eagles Flight Advocacy & Outreach

To add legal support services for the victims and families in the San Antonio area.

$5,000.00

Eva's Heroes

To provide individuals with intellectual special needs the opportunity to learn how to advocate for themselves.

$5,000.00

Family Counseling Service

To provide trauma reduction therapy to persons requesting services from Crime Victims Services.

$7,000.00

Guardian House

To support a court-ordered Supervised Visit and Monitored Exchange program, allowing for safe child exchanges and parent-child interaction.

$10,000.00

Lower Rio Grande Valley Nature Center

To use nature and the outdoors as a vehicle to engage at-risk kids and juvenile offenders to build resiliency and to divert them onto a healthy path to adulthood.

$10,000.00

Magdalena Ministries Inc., DBA Magdalena House

To provide legal services and cover legal fees for resident survivors of family violence & trafficking to help resolve complex family law and immigration issues.

$5,000.00

Paso Del Norte Community Foundation

To bring awareness to the importance of advance directives to community members in the Rio Grande Valley.

$5,000.00

Respite Care of San Antonio, Inc.

To provide physical and legal protection for minor victims of abuse and neglect who are navigating the Texas child welfare system.

$2,500.00

RGV Gives Back

To provide scholarships for law students from the RGV, helping them achieve their academic goals.

$3,000.00

Rio Grande Valley Livestock Show

To educate students about legal issues in agriculture, such as property and water rights, and livestock regulations.

$20,000.00

San Antonio Legal Services Association

To provide for critical technology upgrades to SALSA's case management platform, LegalServer.

$9,600.00

San Antonio Metropolitan Ministry, Inc. (dba SAMMinistries)

To provide ID recovery and resources to support individuals experiencing housing instability.

$15,000.00

Special Reach, Inc.

To protect the legal rights of children and young adults with disabilities by providing a secure electronic system that minimizes the risk of unauthorized access.

$6,276.00

Students of Service (SOS)

To introduce high school students to various legal professions with the aim of improving the lives of underprivileged students and the community.

$8,300.00

YMCA of Greater San Antonio

To connect underrepresented youth with the legal profession, provide an understanding of civic engagement & democracy, and enhance critical life & academic skills.

$5,000.00


Total Valley & Gulf Coast $190,736.00
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Statewide

Bill of Rights Institute

To provide civil rights trainings for social studies teachers in Texas.

$10,500.00

Catholic Legal Immigration Network

To provide Texas non-profit legal representatives with the opportunity to attend CLINIC's Convening and gain insight into current immigration law.

$14,861.00

Conference on Crimes Against Women, Inc.

To boost legal sector participation at Summit via scholarships, issue awareness, top speakers.

$15,000.00

Guardianship Services, Inc.

To support the 2025 Texas Elder Justice Coalition Summit, a multidisciplinary gathering of elder justice advocates fighting financial exploitation of older Texans.

$12,000.00

Hopes Door DBA Hope's Door New Beginning Center

To convene Texas criminal justice professionals to discuss key issues, with a report on the discussions and best practices to follow.

$6,000.00

Innocence Project of Texas

To support the cost for forensic testing and fees for subject matter experts in order to help free innocent clients.

$20,000.00

Lone Star Justice Alliance

To assist with hiring a mitigation investigator to provide responsive legal services to incarcerated youth.

$25,000.00

TCU - Department of Social Work

To enhance law enforcement’s integration of Trauma- and Violence-Informed Care (TVIC) principles into their work with human trafficking survivors.

$16,000.00

Texas Advocacy Project, Inc.

To create a series of legal education videos designed to enhance power-based abuse victims’ ability to navigate the Texas legal system.

$25,000.00

Texas Association of Mediators Inc

To provide funding to assist with expenses associated with the audio/visual aids for the TAM 2025 Professional Development Conference being held in El Paso, TX March 28-29, 2025.

$10,000.00

Texas Center for the Judiciary, Inc.

To further judicial expertise, provide a safe environment to exchange ideas, and offer an opportunity for collegiality among the judiciary and its partners.

$30,000.00

Texas Defender Service

To create resources that will empower the families of incarcerated people to advocate for their loved ones seeking parole.

$15,000.00

Texas Young Lawyers Association

To highlight contributions of public service lawyers in Texas, inspire law students, young lawyers to pursue public sector careers by providing resources and outreach.

$45,000.00

The Arc of the Capital Area

To integrate a free will access technology platform for use by the 300,000+ Texans with intellectual and developmental disabilities on the wait list for state services.

$35,000.00

The Family Law Section of the State Bar of Texas

To prepare future family law leaders to take on pro bono cases and encourage future support for pro bono legal work to bridge the access to justice gap.

$10,000.00


Total Statewide $289,361.00