GRANT AWARDS
2010-2011 Project Grants
Grantee: Bexar County Children's Court
Amount: $4,000
Term of Award: 10/1/2010-10/31/2010
Project description: Host its 16th Annual Ad Litem Training for court appointed attorneys representing children and parents involved in the foster care court system, as well as law enforcement officers, child protective services workers, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASAs) and social workers.
Grantee: CASA of Travis County
Amount: $49,242
Term of Award: 10/1/2010-9/30/2011
Project description: Expand its Transitioning Youth Services (TYS) program which provides court advocacy and essential life skills training and support to youth in Travis County ages 14-18 at risk of aging out of the foster care system and participate in the Transition Court Pilot, a new initiative of Travis County courts.
Grantee Website: http://casatravis.org/
Grantee: Children’s Advocacy Center of Smith County
Amount: $33,930
Term of Award: 10/1/2010-9/30/2011
Project description: Provide court education and support services for child victims of abuse and their protective caregivers.
Grantee Website: http://cacsmithcounty.org/
Amount: $200,000
Term of Award: 10/1/2010-9/30/2011
Project Description: Provide multidisciplinary teams and team members with specific and targeted professional development training, formal networking opportunities, cross-training, and technical assistance designed to enhance their professional skills and knowledge and enhance the investigation, intervention, and prosecution of child abuse cases.
Grantee Website: http://www.cactx.org/
Grantee: East Texas Child Advocates
Amount: $56,942
Term of Award: 10/1/2010-9/30/2011
Project Description: Work to expedite the resolution of backlogged adoption cases in Gregg and Upshur counties.
Grantee Website: http://www.etcaserves.org
Grantee: Greater Dallas Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
Amount: $90,000
Term of Award: 10/1/2010-9/30/2011
Project Description: Continue, through its Texas Alliance for Drug Endangered Children program, to build and sustain the network of DEC Alliances to respond to the needs of children affected by drug environments throughout the state.
Grantee Websites: http://www.gdcada.org/ & http://texasdec.org/
Amount: $40,000
Term of Award: 10/1/2010-09/30/2011
Project Description: Host a regional conference on child abuse and the courts and to support the further development of the ITC infrastructure through the purchase of necessary equipment and software.
Grantee Website: http://ccl.hctx.net
Grantee: Office of Court Administration
Amount: $120,000
Term of Award: 10/1/2010-9/30/2011
Project Description: Continue to operate specialty child protection court (CPC) office to provide research and analysis, program direction, and legal and technical support to the CPCs in Texas.
Grantee Website: http://www.courts.state.tx.us/oca/
Amount: $200,000
Term of Award: 10/1/2010-9/30/2011
Project Description: Strengthen CASA advocacy through the provision of training, workshops, technical and media assistance initiatives and will increase the number of CASA volunteers through volunteer recruitment and retention activities.
Grantee Website: http://www.texascasa.org/
Grantee: Texas Foster Families Association
Amount: $4,000
Term of Award: 10/1/2010-10/31/2010
Project Description: Host its 37th annual training conference intended to help prepare caregivers and related parties to better serve the abused and neglected children of Texas.
Grantee Website: http://www.tffa.org/
Grantee: Texas Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities
Amount: $50,000
Term of Award: 10/1/2010-9/30/2011
Project Description: Develop and provide research-based training to judges and lawyers that will enable Texas to provide Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) informed court services that recognize and respond to the special needs of children with disabilities associated with FASD.
Grantee Website: http://www.topdd.state.tx.us/
Grantee: Training and Research for a Professional Law Enforcement
Amount: $200,000
Term of Award: 10/1/2010-9/30/2011
Project Description: Improve law enforcement's response to child abuse and neglect by administering a comprehensive and free training program that combines an overview of effective response to abuse, with additional instruction on the benefits of a multidisciplinary team approach.
Grantee Website: http://www.tmpa.org/
Grantee: Children’s Advocacy Centers of Van Zandt County
Amount: $2,400
Term of Award: 1/15/2011-3/15/2011
Project Description: CAC of Van Zandt County will host the Advanced Child Abuse Investigations training for 40 attendees. The three-day training is offered by the Training and Research Institute for Professional Law Enforcement (TRIPLE) and will be presented by Lt. Tony Bradley.
Grantee Website: http://www.cacvzc.org/