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GRANT AWARDS

2009-2010 Project Grants

Grantee: Dallas Children’s Advocacy Center

Amount: $50,000

Term of Award: 05/01/2009-09/30/2010

Project description: Develop standardized curriculum to training Texas school personnel on recognizing and reporting suspected child abuse and neglect.

Grantee Website: http://www.dcac.org/

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Grantee: Training and Research Institute for Professional Law Enforcement

Amount: $75,000

Term of Award: 05/01/2009-09/30/2010

Project description: Develop and deliver specialized child abuse and neglect training to law enforcement officers statewide.

Grantee Website:  http://www.tmpa.org/

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Grantee: Children’s Advocacy Center of Smith County

Amount: $34,735

Term of Award: 10/01/2009-09/30/2010

Project description: Provide a dedicated court liaison to improve the coordination and collaboration between the Children’s Advocacy Center of Smith County and the Smith County Criminal District Attorney’s Office

Grantee Website: http://cacsmithcounty.org/

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Grantee: CAC of Texas

Amount: $249,566

Term of Award: 10/01/2009-09/30/2010

Project Description: Provide CAC executive directors, program directors, forensic interviewers, family advocates, team coordinators/facilitators and multidisciplinary team (MDT) members (law enforcement investigators, prosecutors, CPS workers, and medical and mental health professionals) with specific and targeted professional development training, formal networking opportunities, cross-training, and technical assistance designed to enhance their professional skills and knowledge and to support the collaborative model of service delivery for child victims of abuse. 

Grantee Website: http://www.cactx.org/

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Grantee: CASA of Travis County

Amount: $43,000

Term of Award: 10/01/2009-09/30/2010

Project Description: Expand the Transitioning Youth Initiative pilot by funding an additional Transitioning Youth Specialist to offer specialized services and resources to meet the needs of older youth in PMC who are close to aging out of the foster care system

Grantee Website: http://casatravis.org/

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Grantee: Department of Family and Protective Services

Amount: $100,000

Term of Award: 11/01/2009-09/30/2010

Project Description: Provide intensive staff trainings to enhance family centered safety practice by the Texas child welfare workforce and disseminate effective and promising workforce practices through leadership training

Grantee Website: http://www.dfps.state.tx.us/

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Grantee: East Texas Child Advocates

Amount: $44,599

Term of Award: 10/01/2009-09/30/2010

Project Description: Create a Bridge to Permanency multidisciplinary team to focus on the needs of children in the permanent managing conservatorship of the state currently awaiting adoption and fast-track them into permanent placement. For more information about East Texas Child Advocates, check out their website at http://www.etcaserves.org.

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Grantee: Greater Dallas Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse

Amount: $80,000

Term of Award: 10/01/2009-09/30/2010

Project Description: Build and sustain the network of Drug Endangered Children Alliances throughout the state of Texas

Grantee Website(s): http://www.gdcada.org/ & http://texasdec.org/

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Grantee: Harris County

Amount: $20,000

Term of Award: 10/01/2009-09/30/2010

Project Description: Provide specialized training to Harris County’s Court Team and other stakeholders for an Infants and Toddler’s Court that will specialize in CPC referred cases of suspected abuse and neglect of children aged three and under. For more information on Harris County Courts, check out their website at http://ccl.hctx.net.

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Grantee: Office of Court Administration

Amount: $117,614

Term of Award: 11/01/2009-09/30/2010

Project Description: Establish a child protection specialty court (CPC) office to provide research and analysis, program direction, and legal and technical support to the CPCs in Texas with the goal of maximizing CPC court performance, particularly in the areas of safety, permanency, wellbeing, timeliness, and due process

Grantee Website: http://www.courts.state.tx.us/oca/

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Grantee: TCU Institute of Child Development

Amount: $80,000

Term of Award: 10/01/2009-09/30/2010

Project Description: Develop and conduct the 2010 Judicial Summit as a three-day conference on issues relevant to child abuse and neglect

Grantee Website: http://www.child.tcu.edu/

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Grantee: Texas CASA

Amount: $249,531

Term of Award: 10/01/2009-09/30/2010

Project Description: Strengthen CASA advocacy through training, technical assistance and pilot programs and develop a new volunteer recruitment initiative

Grantee Website: http://www.texascasa.org/

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Grantee: University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio

Amount: $98,872

Term of Award: 10/01/2009-09/30/2010

Project Description: Improve the understanding of child abuse and neglect through the development of the DVD “Accidental and Inflicted Mechanisms of Injury in Children: A CD ROM for investigative, legal and law enforcement professionals”

Grantee Website: http://www.uthscsa.edu/

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Small Training Grants

Grantee: 38th Judicial District, Bexar County

Amount: $4,000

Term of Award: 10/01/2009 – 11/30/2009

Project Description: Support for the 15th Annual Bexar County Children’s Court Ad Litem Training

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Grantee: CAC of Texas

Amount: $3,868

Term of Award: 10/01/2009 – 11/30/2009

Project Description: Support multiple MDT training sessions at the CACTX Annual Conference

Grantee Website: http://www.cactx.org/

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Grantee: Center for Child Protection

Amount: $4,000

Term of Award: 03/01/2010- -5/31/2010

Project Description: Support multi-disciplinary training entitled “Investigative Techniques in Child Sexual Abuse Cases”

Grantee Website: http://centerforchildprotection.org/

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Grantee: CAC of Smith County

Amount: $3,045

Term: 01/15/2010 – 03/15/2010

Project Description: Support for CAC of Smith County’s one and a half day multidisciplinary team training

Grantee Website: http://cacsmithcounty.org/

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Grantee: CAC of Denton County

Amount: $4,000

Term: 03/01/2010 – 05/01/2010

Project Description: Support for CAC of Denton County’s annual multidisciplinary team training.

Grantee Website: http://www.cacdc.org/

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2008-2009
Project Grants

Grantee: Abilene Police Department

Amount: $42,909

Term of Award: 10/01/2008 – 09/30/2009

Project Description: Provide a full-time dedicated staff member to perform forensic interviews of children who are suspected victims of sexual abuse.

Grantee Website: http://www.abilenepolice.org/

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Grantee: CAC of Hidalgo County

Amount: $93,000

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Expand the services available to victims of child abuse and neglect in Starr County through the addition of a Family Advocate and Forensic Interviewer and through on-site sexual assault examinations from the purchase of digital forensic medical equipment.  An additional goal of the project is to improve collaboration amongst members of the MDT through the development of a shared protocol and the installation and use of a video conferencing system. 

Grantee Website: http://www.cachidalgo.org/

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Grantee: CAC of Smith County

Amount: $45,789

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Establish the position of Kids in Court Coordinator to provide specialized advocacy services for child victims of sexual abuse and their caregivers while their cases proceed through the criminal justice system.

Grantee Website: http://cacsmithcounty.org/

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Grantee: CAC of Texas

Amount: $94,922

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Improve the investigative, administrative and prosecutorial handling of child abuse cases by strengthening the functioning and leadership of multidisciplinary teams across the state and the CAC they work within through targeted training, peer support and networking opportunities.

Grantee Website: http://www.cactx.org/

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Grantee: CAC of Tom Green County

Amount: $50,000

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Provide for an additional full-time case manager to advocate for the re-evaluation of cases that have entered permanent managing conservatorship and promote permanent placement through the courts.

Grantee Website: http://www.cactomgreen.org/

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Grantee: CASA of Trinity Valley

Amount: $43,036

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Provide a full-time volunteer recruitment coordinator to increase the number of volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children in Trinity Valley in order to limit additional trauma to these children and expedite their court cases through the legal system. 

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Grantee: Dallas CAC

Amount: $65,700

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Improve forensic interview services provided by Dallas CAC through the addition of a full-time forensic interviewer and through upgrades to the case-tracking system to allow for greater capacity and functionality to accommodate the growth of the Forensic Interview Program. 

Grantee Website:  http://www.dcac.org/

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Grantee: Greater Dallas Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Amount: $99,999

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Increase the number of effective and sustainable Drug Endangered Child Alliances in the state of Texas and provide training and technical assistance to DEC alliances throughout the state. 

Grantee Website(s): http://www.gdcada.org/ & http://texasdec.org/

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Grantee: Navarro County CAC

Amount: $24,625

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Provide a full-time Volunteer Recruiter/Trainer to support the engagement of additional volunteer advocates to provide case management for children in the Navarro County foster care system and provide crisis intervention and mental health services to victims of abuse.

Grantee Website:  http://www.kidadvocates.org/

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Grantee: Northeast Texas CAC

Amount: $7,474

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Provide training to multidisciplinary team members at the Crimes Against Children Conference and through a regional training to provide professional training, networking opportunities, and the facilitate the development of cross-discipline collaboration skills. 

Grantee Website:  http://www.netcac.org/

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Grantee: Nueces County CAC

Amount: $75,000

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Improve the capability of Nueces County CAC to meet the needs of victims of child abuse through the addition of two full-time positions- forensic interviewer and victim’s assistant.

Grantee Website:  http://nuecescac.org/

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Grantee: Rusk County CAC

Amount: $8,000

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Implement a court school to assist in preparing child abuse victims to testify in court through the simulation of a court experience.

Grantee Website: http://ruskcountycac.com/

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Grantee: TCU Institute of Child Development

Amount: $57,125

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Create an educational training forum to help the state’s courts, judges and staff address core issues related to child abuse and neglect, and improve outcomes for children in care.

Grantee Website: http://www.child.tcu.edu/

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Grantee: Texas CASA

Amount: $251,916

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Ensure quality CASA advocacy through enhanced monitoring and assistance to local CASA programs and increase the total number of CASA volunteers through a volunteer recruitment and public awareness campaign. 

Grantee Website: http://www.texascasa.org/

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Grantee: Texas Office for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities

Amount: $61,129

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Improve the knowledge and skill of volunteers who serve children at risk for developmental disabilities associated with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder through the production and distribution of an online training.

Grantee Website: http://www.topdd.state.tx.us/

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Grantee: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Amount: $42,878

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Improve the understanding of child abuse and neglect through the development of “Accidental and Inflicted Mechanisms of Injury in Children: A CD ROM for investigative, legal and law enforcement professionals”

Grantee Website: http://www.uthscsa.edu/

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Grantee: Zero to Three

Amount: $69,362

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Continue to meet the needs of the infants and toddlers entering the Fort Bend County child welfare system, increase collaboration among Fort Bend County community agencies and increase the knowledge of the developmental impact of maltreatment of infants and toddlers. 

Grantee Website: http://www.zerotothree.org/site/PageServer

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Small Training Grants

Grantee: CASA of Hidalgo County

Amount: $3,000

Term of Award: 10/01/2008-12/31/2008

Project Description: Provide training for the legal community, advocates, social services agencies, and school district personnel on a multidisciplinary approach to advocacy for children in CPS cases. 

Grantee Website: http://casaofhidalgo.com/

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Grantee: Center for Child Protection

Amount of Award: $5,000

Term of Award: 12/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Provide funding for three-day, multidisciplinary team training “Protecting Children, Saving Lives” which will focus on how to intervene with individuals affected by poverty and on current multidisciplinary approaches to investigating cases involving child victims and/or witnesses to violence.

Grantee Website: http://centerforchildprotection.org/

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Grantee: Gregg County Family Law Council

Amount of Award: $1,800

Term of Award: 12/01/2008-09/30/2009

Project Description: Provide funding for a two-day training for judges, attorneys and mental health professionals on reactive attachment disorder and also provide training specific to foster and adoptive placements.

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Grantee: Henderson County HELP Center

Amount of Award: $3140.50

Term of Award: 02/01/2009-04/30/2009

Project Description: Provide support for Henderson County HELP Center multidisciplinary staff training for new members of the MDT team.

Grantee Website: http://thehelpcenter.org/

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Grantee: Center for Child Protection

Amount of Award: $3,400

Term of Award: 03/01/2009-07/31/2009

Project Description: Provide support for multidisciplinary team training on “Compliant Victims: An Uncomfortable Reality”.

Grantee Website: http://centerforchildprotection.org/

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Grantee: CAC for Denton County

Amount of Award: $3,114

Term of Award: 03/01/2009-03/31/2009

Project Description: Provide support for annual CAC for Denton County multi-disciplinary team training.

Grantee Website: http://www.cacdc.org/

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Grantee: CAC for Van Zandt County

Amount of Award: $5,000

Term of Award: 03/01/2009 – 05/31/2009

Project Description: Provide support for an Advanced Multi-Disciplinary Team Training for members of the CAC of Van Zandt County MDT.

Grantee Website: http://www.cacvzc.org/

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