Harris County Domestic Violence

Harris County Domestic Violence (operating as Harris County Domestic Violence Coordinating Council) is a Houston-based tax-exempt nonprofit organization that receives federal grant funding to operate permanent housing, rapid rehousing, emergency shelter, homelessness prevention, and domestic violence crisis services as a prime recipient of Continuum of Care (CFDA 14.267) grants from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and as a sub-recipient on Department of Justice victims-of-crime and violence-against-women program awards from the Texas Governor's Office.

The organization's federal footprint is dominated by HUD Continuum of Care awards. Harris County Domestic Violence has received ten prime grants under this program since 2022, most recently a $7.212 million award on August 1, 2026, running through July 31, 2027, and a $438,405 companion award the same date. The $7.212 million award funds five program components: permanent supportive housing for persons with disabilities, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, supportive services only, and homelessness prevention, alongside eligible costs for property acquisition, rehabilitation, new construction, HMIS (Homeless Management Information Systems) implementation, and COC planning activities. Harris County Domestic Violence administers sub-grant awards through the City of Houston and the Texas Governor's Office, supporting emergency shelter operations and multi-disciplinary team interventions. In its sub-recipient capacity, the organization has received fourteen sub-awards since 2021, including Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG) sub-awards from the City of Houston for emergency shelter ($650,000), rapid rehousing ($71,441), and homelessness prevention ($100,000), and sub-awards from the Texas Governor's Office funding its Harris County DV High Risk Team (providing crisis services, case coordination, and trauma-informed advocacy embedded with law enforcement and criminal justice partners) and its Domestic Violence Training Initiative (delivering training to law enforcement, criminal justice, and court professionals in Harris County).

Customer concentration is tightly clustered. HUD's Community Planning and Development office accounts for 26 of 40 recent awards (65% are prime grants), with the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime program and the Office on Violence Against Women program accounting for 6 and 4 sub-awards respectively, covering 90% of all awards. Combined dollars obligated across all awards reach $57 million. Activity has been steady across the past five years (three to six awards per year) with a modest decline in 2026 (three awards to date), driven by the front-loaded August 1 HUD grant cycle. Two awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating modest near-term recompete exposure.