Federal grants to Travis, County of
Travis, County of in Austin, Texas received $19.5 million in federal grants from fiscal 2021 to 2025, across 26 awards. Its largest program was Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants, with $7.6 million. In fiscal 2025 it was awarded $3.8 million.
From USAspending.gov award records, updated November 7, 2026.
- Grants, FY 2021 to 2025$19.5 million
- Awards26
- Awarded in FY 2025$3.8 million
- Largest award$1.8 million
By year
| Fiscal year | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| FY 2021 | 6 | $3.8 million |
| FY 2022 | 6 | $4.0 million |
| FY 2023 | 4 | $2.3 million |
| FY 2024 | 10 | $5.6 million |
| FY 2025 | 4 | $3.8 million |
Programs that fund Travis, County of
| Program | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | 6 | $7.6 million |
| Ease 3.0 | 1 | $1.8 million |
| Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program | 1 | $1.6 million |
| Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program | 2 | $1.4 million |
| Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | 1 | $1.0 million |
| Congressionally Recommended Awards | 1 | $932,000 |
| Postconviction Testing of DNA Evidence | 1 | $819,947 |
| Second Chance Act Reentry Initiative | 1 | $766,944 |
| Capital Case Litigation Initiative | 1 | $599,504 |
| Home Investment Partnerships Program | 1 | $566,564 |
Awarding agencies
| Agency | Awards | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | 8 | $9.1 million |
| Department of Justice | 11 | $7.4 million |
| Department of Defense | 1 | $1.8 million |
| Department of Transportation | 1 | $350,000 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | 1 | $345,630 |
Largest awards
| Award | Program | First action | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base award | Ease 3.0 | July 15, 2024 | $1.8 million |
| Purpose: the community development block grant (CDBG) program provides annual grants on a formula basis to states, cities, and counties to develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment, and by expanding economic opportunities, principally for low- and | Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | December 11, 2024 | $1.6 million |
| Travis county proposes to implement a continuity of care service model that connects services within the jail with ongoing community-based services immediately upon release from incarceration. Like many areas of the country, travis county struggles with opioid overdoses and deaths. Over the past few | Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program | November 15, 2024 | $1.6 million |
| Purpose: the community development block grant (CDBG) program provides annual grants on a formula basis to states, cities, and counties to develop viable urban communities by providing decent housing and a suitable living environment, and by expanding economic opportunities, principally for low- and | Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | September 15, 2023 | $1.4 million |
| Community development block grants/entitlement grants | Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | September 27, 2022 | $1.3 million |
| Community development block grants/entitlement grants | Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | September 15, 2021 | $1.3 million |
| Community development block grants/entitlement grants | Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants | October 21, 2020 | $1.2 million |
| Purpose: economic development initiative, community project funding/congressional directed spending awards are authorized under the consolidated appropriations act, 2022 public law 117-328 and the explanatory statement for division l of that act. Projects selected for community project funding/congr | Economic Development Initiative, Community Project Funding, and Miscellaneous grants | August 20, 2024 | $1.0 million |
| The improving criminal justice responses to domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking grant program is authorized by 34 u.s.c. §§ 10461-10465 and implemented through regulations at 28 c.f.r. Part 90, subpart d. The program fosters victim safety and offender accountability in c | Grants to Encourage Arrest Policies and Enforcement of Protection Orders Program | September 23, 2022 | $1.0 million |
| Travis county will utilize this funding to implement a peer support services program for opioid use disorder (OUD) recovery at a local hospital emergency department and within the county court system. The purpose of the project is to provide peer recovery coaches (PRCS) who assist individuals with o | Congressionally Recommended Awards | August 15, 2024 | $932,000 |
Questions people ask
How much federal grant money does Travis, County of get?
$19.5 million in 26 grant awards from fiscal 2021 to 2025, as obligations reported to USAspending.gov.
Which agency gives Travis, County of the most?
The Department of Housing and Urban Development, with $9.1 million in 8 awards. The Department of Justice and the Department of Defense follow.
What is Travis, County of's largest federal grant?
$1.8 million under Ease 3.0, with its first action in the period on July 15, 2024. That counts only the money obligated in fiscal 2021 to 2025.
Which federal programs fund Travis, County of?
Its largest are Community Development Block Grants/Entitlement Grants, Ease 3.0 and Comprehensive Opioid, Stimulant, and Substance Use Program.
Other grant recipients in Austin
- Health & Human Svc Commn TX
- TX Education Agency
- Texas Department of Transportation
- Texas Department of Agriculture
- Texas Workforce Commission
- Texas Division of Emergency Management
- Texas General Land Office
- Department of State Health Services
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