Ssbg-2026 - social services block grant

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded $354,572,356 to the Health & Human Services Commission of Texas on October 1, 2025, under the Social Services Block Grant program (CFDA 93.667) for the period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027.

The award funds family violence prevention and domestic violence shelter and supportive services delivered through 61 sub-recipients across Texas. Sub-recipients provide emergency shelter, crisis intervention, legal advocacy, counseling, safety planning, protective order assistance, case management, peer support groups, and transitional housing to survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault. Sub-recipients include Freedom Center Texas, Resource & Crisis Center of Galveston County, Family Services of Southeast Texas, The Grace Center, The Family Place, Center Against Sexual and Family Violence, Women's Shelter of South Texas, Familytime, The Salvation Army Texas Division, Cross Timbers Family Services, Saheli, Crisis Center of Anderson & Cherokee Counties, Bridge Over Troubled Water, Women's Center of East Texas, Denton County Friends of the Family, Hope's Door, Bay Area Turning Point, Hill Country Crisis Council, Williamson County Crisis Center, Hays County Women's Center, The Heights Ellis County Family Resources, Montgomery County Women's Center, Noah Project, Hope Women's Shelter, Family Violence Prevention Services, Tralee Crisis Center for Women, Women's Shelter of East Texas, Safehaven of Tarrant County, Family Crisis Center, Highland Lakes Family Crisis Center, Grayson County Crisis, Women's Protective Services of Lubbock, Family Crisis Center of the Big Bend, Crisis Center of West Texas, Mosaic Family Services, Family Shelter of McCulloch County, Friendship of Women, Houston Area Women's Center, Gateway Family Services, Casa de Misericordia, Women in Need, Families in Crisis, Shifa Healthcare & Community Services USA, Hutchinson County Crisis Center, Southwest Family Life Centers, Panhandle Crisis Center, Mission Granbury, Abigail's Arms Cooke County Family Crisis Center, Wintergarden Women's Shelter, First Step of Wichita Falls, Fort Bend County Women's Center, Crisis Center of the Plains, East Texas Crisis Center, Mission Righteous Roots, Northwest Assistance Ministries, Johnson County Family Crisis Center, Family Abuse Center, Bastrop County Women Shelter, Matagorda County Women's Crisis Center, Saafe House, Mid-Coast Family Services, Focusing Families, Domestic Violence Prevention, Safer Path Family Violence Shelter, Texas Muslim Women's Foundation, Comal County Family Violence Shelter, Twin City Mission, The Institute of Cognitive Development, Freedom House, The Safe Alliance, Women Together, Wise County Domestic Violence Task Force, Eastland County Crisis Center, Women's Center of Brazoria County, The Montrose Center, and other sub-recipients delivering similar services across multiple Texas counties.