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Up to $5,000 total for documented qualifying relocation deposits, moving expenses, and rent for qualifying crimes occurring after August 31, 2023. Potentially covered relocation categories under Texas OAG rules include emergency lodging, monthly rent, professional movers, rental deposits, pet deposits, storage units, relocation transportation, utility deposits/connections, transfer fees, and rental truck/van costs.

• Funding Limit: Up to $5,000 for post-Aug 31, 2023 offenses ($2,000 for pre-Sept 1, 2023 crimes). Must submit itemized receipts.

Provides survivors of family violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, or stalking with a confidential substitute mailing address (P.O. Box in Austin) that state agencies, county clerks, local courts, and public school districts are legally mandated to accept in lieu of a physical home address.

• Funding Limit: Statutory confidentiality service (no direct monetary grant)

Allows a tenant who is a survivor of family violence to legally terminate their residential lease agreement early without liability for future delinquent rent, early-termination penalty fees, or forfeiture of security deposit solely due to breaking the lease.

• Funding Limit: Statutory legal remedy (relieves debt obligations; not a direct cash payout)

Legally prohibits Retail Electric Providers (REPs) in deregulated Texas markets from requiring an initial or reconnection security deposit (saving $150 to $400 upfront) when establishing electric service in survivor's name.

• Funding Limit: 100% deposit waiver for deregulated electric accounts

Sets statutory requirements for landlord installation of door locks, keyless deadbolts, and door viewers on all rental dwellings, and governs tenant rekeying rights during tenancies.

• Funding Limit: Statutory rights (tenant generally pays rekey fee during ongoing lease unless landlord breached duties)

Provides an exception to unemployment disqualification when an employee leaves their job voluntarily due to medically or practically necessary separation caused by domestic violence or relocation for safety.

• Funding Limit: Standard TWC weekly benefit amount for up to 26 weeks

Civil court orders legally prohibiting an abuser from committing violence, stalking, contacting the survivor, going near home/work/school, and granting exclusive possession of a shared residence (Kick-Out Order).

• Funding Limit: Legal injunction remedy; no court filing fees may be assessed against victim

Provides direct emergency financial assistance for past-due rent, security deposits, utility bills, and food vouchers to low-income Travis County residents facing immediate housing instability or crisis displacement.

• Funding Limit: Subject to annual county budget allocations; paid directly to landlords/utility vendors

Operates 24/7 crisis safe line, emergency campus shelter (Kelly White Campus), supportive transitional housing, forensic exams, protective order legal representation, and emergency micro-aid for survivors in Travis County.

• Funding Limit: Shelter beds subject to daily capacity; non-residential legal/counseling services open

Volunteer home-visit conferences providing rapid emergency micro-aid for gas vouchers ($25–$50), utility disconnect prevention, emergency rent shortfall, urgent locksmith costs, and prescription medications.

• Funding Limit: Discretionary parish conference funds (typically up to $500 per intervention)

Administers the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program (CEAP) paying up to 6–8 months of electric and natural gas bills, plus CSBG flexible emergency relief for qualifying low-income households in Williamson and Burnet counties.

• Funding Limit: Up to annual CEAP maximums based on household poverty tier

Emergency crisis shelter, legal representation for protective orders, safety planning, emergency gas assistance vouchers, and rapid rehousing navigation for Williamson County survivors.

• Funding Limit: Shelter subject to bed availability; non-residential legal/counseling services open

Emergency financial assistance for housing rent/deposits, utility bills, prescription medication, emergency groceries, and transit vouchers for residents of northern Williamson County.

• Funding Limit: Subject to annual community organization allocation limits

Dedicated free legal representation for protective orders, divorce, and child custody in Harris County family courts, plus emergency client financial assistance for safety essentials and relocation.

• Funding Limit: Legal representation provided at zero cost; micro-aid based on case manager allocation

Operates 24/7 crisis hotline, emergency residential safe shelter, safe hotel placements, legal advocacy, hospital accompaniment, violence recovery counseling, and transitional housing navigation in Harris County.

• Funding Limit: Shelter beds subject to daily bed availability; 24/7 hotline open continuously

CSBG Community Action Agency administering CEAP electric/gas utility assistance, emergency rental payments, and weatherization support for low-income residents in rural Central Texas counties.

• Funding Limit: Subject to annual CEAP/CSBG allocation ceilings

Provides emergency financial relief grants to food and beverage industry workers experiencing unforeseen catastrophic life events, medical crises, natural disasters, or domestic violence emergency relocation.

• Funding Limit: Based on documented invoice need; paid directly to creditors and landlords

Provides emergency financial assistance grants for basic living expenses (housing rent, mortgage, electric, water, and gas utilities) to food service workers facing illness, injury, natural disaster, housing displacement, or family crisis.

• Funding Limit: Covers monthly housing and utility bills paid directly to creditors

Provides financial grants to food and beverage employees with dependent children who are facing a significant medical crisis, injury, death of a parent, loss of home from natural disaster, or domestic violence displacement.

• Funding Limit: Based on documented family need and vendor invoices

Established emergency relief program providing up to $3,000 grants to professional craft artists experiencing career-threatening emergencies, catastrophic illness, injury, or natural disaster.

• Funding Limit: Grantmaking paused July 23, 2026 through September 30, 2026

Provides emergency financial assistance to music professionals in times of financial, medical, or personal crisis, covering basic living expenses (rent, mortgage, utilities), medical and dental treatment, substance abuse recovery, and mental health counseling.

• Funding Limit: Assessed on documented need; paid directly to creditors and landlords

Provides interest-free, open-ended emergency relief loans/grants to professional authors, dramatists, journalists, and freelance writers facing severe financial hardship due to medical emergencies, illness, disability, or sudden domestic crisis.

• Funding Limit: Discretionary board grants based on professional track record and shortfall

May cover up to 45 days of qualifying pet boarding. A domestic-violence shelter advocate must generally apply on the survivor’s behalf, and the survivor must generally be staying in or actively working toward entering a domestic-violence-specific shelter. Funding is not guaranteed and is paid to qualifying boarding/veterinary providers.

• Funding Limit: Funding is limited and not guaranteed; paid directly to licensed boarding/vet providers

National searchable registry of domestic violence shelters that house companion animals on-site, coordinate with local foster networks, or partner with humane societies for confidential pet safe-keeping.

• Funding Limit: Directory resource; sheltering policies vary by individual participating facility

Federal law requiring wireless carriers to separate a survivor's mobile line (and lines of individuals in survivor's care) from a shared family plan within 2 business days without penalty, contract cancellation fees, credit check, or notification to the primary account holder/abuser. Also provides up to 6 months of emergency Lifeline phone subsidies.

• Funding Limit: Federal statutory protection; mandatory carrier compliance nationwide

Provides expert step-by-step guides, device auditing toolkits, and survivor resources for identifying and removing stalkerware, securing smartphones, preventing location tracking via AirTags/smart home devices, and maintaining confidential digital communications.

• Funding Limit: Free public educational and technical resources

A 6-digit confidential PIN assigned by the IRS that prevents an abuser or identity thief from fraudulently claiming children as dependents or filing a unauthorized tax return using the survivor's Social Security Number.

• Funding Limit: Federal tax security tool (no monetary grant)

Relieves a survivor from joint and several liability for unpaid taxes, penalties, and interest resulting from fraudulent items, omitted income, or coerced signatures on a joint tax return filed with an abusive spouse.

• Funding Limit: Statutory tax debt relief under IRC § 6015

Provides free cosmetic and restorative dental treatment to adults who have sustained dental injuries to their smile-zone (front visible teeth) as a result of intimate partner violence or sexual assault.

• Funding Limit: Restricted to front 8 upper and 8 lower visible smile-zone teeth injured by violence

Provides short-term emergency financial assistance grants to low-income working individuals and families who are facing a temporary, unexpected emergency expense that cannot be paid without risking eviction, utility disconnection, or job loss.

• Funding Limit: Crowdfunded non-profit grant paid directly to creditors and service providers