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Timeline

  • April 25, 2025 – Request for Applications (RFAs), Application Kits and On-line registration will be posted and available for the following three grant opportunities:
    • Domestic Violence High Risk Teams Grant Program
    •  Sexual Assault Services Program Grant
    • Sexual Assault Prevention and Crisis Services (SAPCS) – State: Rural and Border County Service Enhancement
  • May 9, 2025 – OAG strongly encourages Applicants to register by this date in order to have sufficient time to complete the application.
  • May 23, 2025 – Due date for application submission via Grant Offering and Application Lifecycle System (GOALS). Specific submission instructions are in the Application Kit.

How to Apply

Applicants are required to register for an on-line account and review the Application Kit for details on Purpose Areas, Eligibility, and other helpful information.

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Applicant Registration

In order to register, an Applicant must designate one person as their point of contact to submit their grant application. To create an on-line account the entity must email the point of contact information to Grants@oag.texas.gov with the following information:

  • Organization Legal Name as registered with the Secretary of State Office
  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Email Address (It is highly recommended to use a generic organization email address if available)

The point of contact will receive a welcome email from GOALS and will be prompted to create a password.

**Registration is mandatory.  Applicants who fail to complete the on-line registration will not be considered for funding. **

Significant Changes from previous Kits

  • Reformatting of the Kits
  • Staffing Requirements
  • Output Target Calculations
  • Ineligible Costs and Activities
  • SAPCS-State: Prevention activities are no longer allowed on SAPCS-State
  • SAPCS-State: Funded Applicants will receive an additional $40,000 that is required to be used for Advocacy. See Kit for details.

Eligible Applicants

The following entities are eligible to apply under the Domestic Violence High Risk Teams Grant Program:

  • Statewide nonprofit organization that has been identified as a state domestic violence coalition by a state or federal agency authorized to make that designation.
    • Non-profit Applicants with 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) status must be in good standing with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and “in existence” with the Texas Secretary of State.

The following entities are eligible to apply under the Sexual Assault Services Program Grant Program:

  • Statewide nonprofit organization that has been identified as a state sexual assault coalition by a state or federal agency authorized to make that designation.
    • Non-profit Applicants with 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) status must be in good standing with the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts and “in existence” with the Texas Secretary of State.

The following entities are eligible to apply under the SAPCS-State: Rural and Border County Service Enhancement Program:

  • Applicants must be a current FY 2025 SAPCS-State grantees who provide (or request to provide) services in a rural or border county.
    • For the purposes of this grant, rural counties are defined as counties having a population of 150,000 or less. The OAG reserves the right to make final classification of rural and border counties.
    • A current SAPCS-State grantee is a Sexual Assault Program with an active (September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2025) SAPCS-State grant contract.
    • Non-profit Applicants with 26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3) status must be in good standing with the Comptroller of Public Accounts and “in existence” with the Secretary of State.

How to Apply

Applicants are required to register for an on-line account and review the Application Kit for details on Purpose Areas, Eligibility, and other helpful information. Application Kits can be found at: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/grantsClick to edit this placeholder text.

Applicant Registration

In order to register, an Applicant must designate one person as their point of contact to submit their grant application. To create an on-line account the entity must email the point of contact information to Grants@oag.texas.gov with the following information:

  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Email Address
  • Organization Legal Name

The point of contact will receive a welcome email from GOALS and will be prompted to create a password.

Note: Applicants who created accounts during the Other Victim Assistance Grant (OVAG), Victim Coordinator and Liaison Grant (VCLG), and Sexual Assault Prevention and Crisis Services (SAPCS)-State grant application cycle are already registered in GOALS.

  • Registered Applicants should access their Grant Programs webpage (homepage) in GOALS and select the green View Grant Programs button. If the answers provided on the Eligibility Questions matched to any of the grant programs listed above, the application will be available to the Applicant.

If you do not receive a response from us within 2 business days of submitting your registration request, please call us at 512-936-0792 to ensure we have received your registration.

**Registration is mandatory.  Applicants who fail to complete the on-line registration will not be considered for funding. ** 

Significant Changes from previous Kits

  • Reformatting of the Kits
  • Ineligible Costs and Activities
  • Staffing Requirements (SAPCS-State: Rural and Border County Service Enhancement Only)
  • Output Target Calculations (SAPCS-State: Rural and Border County Service Enhancement Only)
  • Allowable Costs (SAPCS-State: Rural and Border County Service Enhancement Only)
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