Denton County Friends Of The Family Inc.

Denton County Friends Of The Family Inc., a Texas-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization, functions as a federal grant recipient providing domestic violence shelter, crisis intervention, transitional and permanent supportive housing, legal advocacy, counseling, and workforce training for domestic violence survivors and homeless individuals in Denton County. The organization operates as a prime recipient (18% of recent awards) and predominantly as a sub-recipient under state and local pass-through grantees (82% of awards), with no federal prime contracts in its recent footprint.

The organization's mission centers on survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, alongside homelessness prevention and rapid rehousing. Representative prime grant work includes a $1.2 million Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women project grant (CFDA 16.590) awarded April 1, 2026, supporting establishment of a Family Justice Center in Corinth, Texas, with medical forensic exam capabilities, sexual assault response coordination, law enforcement training, and survivor crisis accompaniment through March 31, 2029. A $500,000 Department of Justice Transitional Housing Assistance grant (CFDA 16.736) effective October 1, 2023, funds 15 scattered-site transitional housing units and supportive services delivered in partnership with the Texas Workforce Commission through September 30, 2026. A $433,333 Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care Program grant (CFDA 14.267) awarded September 1, 2026, supports permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homelessness management information systems in Denton County through August 31, 2027.

Customer concentration aligns with the organization's service portfolio. The top five funding agencies account for 57% of recent awards, split between the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs (Victims of Crime and Bureau of Justice Assistance lines, 6 awards each), the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (4 awards), the Department of Housing and Urban Development Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (4 awards), and the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (3 awards). The organization receives substantial sub-award funding through Texas state pass-throughs — the Texas Health and Human Services Commission and the Texas Office of the Governor — which flow dollars for domestic violence shelter operations, high-risk domestic violence response team staffing, law enforcement training projects, and rapid rehousing assistance. Activity has grown year over year from 2 awards in 2022 to 11 in 2025, with only 1 award reaching ultimate completion inside the next twenty-four months, indicating limited near-term recompete pressure.