The Safe Alliance

The Safe Alliance, a tax-exempt nonprofit organization based in Austin, Texas, receives federal grant funding as a prime recipient to deliver comprehensive victim services and housing assistance for survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and human trafficking, with secondary activity as a sub-recipient on state-administered grants. The organization does not hold federal contracts or sit on contract vehicles; its federal footprint consists entirely of project grants and cooperative agreements from HHS, HUD, and DOJ.

The Safe Alliance's capability portfolio centers on trauma-informed, victim-centered services delivered across five core areas: permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing for persons with disabilities, transitional housing, supportive services only, Homeless Management Information Systems (HMIS) operations, and homelessness prevention. Representative prime grant work includes a $1.645 million Continuum of Care (CoC) Program award from HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (CFDA 14.267) for January through December 2026, covering rental assistance, case management, and operating costs for housing and supportive services in Austin and Travis County; a $500,000 Transitional Housing Assistance grant from the Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.736) for October 2023 through September 2026, providing 6-24 months of housing and comprehensive support services to homeless survivors through six clustered residences in partnership with Foundation Communities and Caritas; and a $600,000 Grants for Outreach and Services to Underserved Populations award (CFDA 16.889) from DOJ's Office on Violence Against Women for October 2023 through September 2026, delivering population-specific services and training for deaf and disabled survivors in partnership with Easterseals of Central Texas. The Safe Alliance also holds a $600,000 cooperative agreement under the National Institute of Justice Research, Evaluation, and Development Project Grants program (CFDA 16.560) for expanding sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) training and direct victim services through October 2024.

Customer concentration sits heavily with federal victim services and homelessness-prevention agencies. The top five funding agencies account for 82 percent of recent awards, dominated by HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (26 awards), the Department of Justice Office of Justice Programs Victims of Crime (19 awards), and DOJ's Office on Violence Against Women (15 awards). A single CDC award for $1.2 million represents the full combined potential-value figure in the source, a data anomaly that suggests most HUD and DOJ awards carry values not specified in the source material or reflect obligated dollars (the source reports $57.5 million in combined dollars obligated, 4,973 percent of the stated $1.2 million combined potential value). The Safe Alliance operates as a prime recipient on 53 awards (63 percent) and as a sub-recipient on 31 awards (37 percent), with sub-awards flowing primarily from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission, the Governor's Office of Texas, and the Texas Education Agency for family violence prevention, human trafficking victim services, and developmental disability council activities across Central Texas counties including Travis, Hays, Williamson, Burnet, Blanco, and Bastrop.

Activity remained relatively flat over the past five years (eight awards in 2022, twelve in 2023, eleven in 2024, eight in 2025, three in 2026 year to date) with ten awards reaching ultimate completion in the next twenty-four months and therefore facing recompete. The organization has operated as a victim service provider for over forty-eight years and collaborates with regional partners including Easterseals of Central Texas, Foundation Communities, Caritas, and the Austin Humane Society to deliver services. Recent sub-recipient work includes family violence prevention and domestic violence shelter support services from the Health and Human Services Commission, trauma-informed victim services for youth survivors of trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation through the Governor's Office trafficking programs (SAFE CARES initiative), and emergency and transitional pet shelter and housing assistance for domestic violence survivors through a Victims of Crime grant with the Austin Humane Society as a subrecipient providing medical care and foster coordination.