On August 30, 2022 ; the Texas Veterans Commission’s (TVC) Fund for Veterans’ Assistance (FVA) presented $3,450,000 in grants to 16 organizations for services provided directly to veterans in the South Texas, Rio Grande Valley and Corpus Christi areas. The grants will fund services for more than 3,000 veterans, their spouses and dependents in this area. The presentation was made by TVC Chairwoman and Navy veteran Laura Koerner at the Hidalgo County Commissioners Courtroom, 100 N. Closner, Edinburg, Texas.
The grant recipients and their services include:
South Texas Afghanistan Iraq Veterans Association (STAIVA), is accepting a check for $50,000: This Veterans Mental Health Grant will provide veterans, veteran dependents and surviving spouses in Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr and Willacy Counties with Peer Support Services.
Val Verde County Veterans Service Office is accepting a check for $75,000: This Veterans County Service Office grant will provide veterans and surviving spouses in Kinney and Val Verde Counties with Transportation Programs and Services.
Goodwill Industries of South Texas, Inc. is accepting a check for $100,000: This General Assistance Grant will provide veterans, veteran dependents, and surviving spouses in Nueces County with Financial Assistance Services.
Condado de Nueces is accepting a check for $150,000: This General Assistance Grant will provide veterans, veteran dependents and surviving spouses in Nueces County with Financial Assistance Services.
Servicios para veteranos del condado de Webb is accepting a check for $150,000: This Veterans County Service Office grant will provide veterans, veteran dependents and surviving spouses in Webb County with Transportation Programs and Services.
Condado de Zapata is accepting a check for $150,000: This Veterans County Service Office grant will provide veterans, veteran dependents, and surviving spouses in Jim Hogg, Starr, Webb and Zapata Counties with Financial Assistance Services.
Golden Crescent Habitat for Humanity is accepting a check for $200,000: This Housing For Texas Heroes Grant will provide veterans in DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Lavaca, Refugio and Victoria Counties with Home Modification Services.
Condado de Cameron is accepting a check for $200,000: This Veterans County Service Office grant will provide veterans and surviving spouses in Cameron County with Financial Assistance Services.
Nueces County Veterans Treatment Court is accepting a check for $200,000: This Veterans Treatment Court Grant will provide veterans in Kenedy, Kleberg and Nueces Counties with Veterans Treatment Court Services.
Salud conductual tropical de Texas is accepting a check for $300,000: This General Assistance Grant will provide veterans, veteran dependents and surviving spouses in Cameron, Hidalgo and Willacy Counties with Financial Assistance Services.
Willacy County Veterans Office is accepting a check for $300,000: This Veterans County Service Office grant will provide veterans and surviving spouses in Willacy County with Financial Assistance Services.
Condado de Hidalgo Veterans Office is accepting a check for $300,000: This Veterans County Service Office grant will provide veterans, and surviving spouses in Hidalgo County with Financial Assistance Services.
Agencia de Servicios Comunitarios del Condado de Hidalgo is accepting a check for $300,000: This General Assistance Grant will provide veterans in Hidalgo County with Financial Assistance Services.
El Ejército de Salvación – Corpus Christi is accepting a check for $300,000: This General Assistance Grant will provide veterans, veteran dependents and surviving spouses in Aransas, Bee, Jim Wells, Kleberg, Live Oak, Nueces, Refugio and San Patricio Counties with Homeless veterans Support Services.
Tribunal de Distrito 406 del Condado de Webb is accepting a check for $300,000: This Veterans Treatment Court Grant will provide veterans and veteran dependents in 11 Counties across 2 FVA regions with Veterans Treatment Court Services.
ciudad de laredo is accepting a check for $375,000. This includes 2 grants: A $75,000 General Assistance Grant will provide veterans and surviving spouses in Webb County with Financial Assistance Services. And a $300,000 Housing For Texas Heroes Grant will provide veterans and surviving spouses in Webb County with Home Modification Services.
The Texas Veterans Commission (TVC) Commissioners approved these grant awards in May as part of an overall grant program providing 139 grants, totaling over $31.47 million to over 120 organizations across Texas and estimated to serve more than 22,000 veterans.
Since 2009 through the current 2022-2023 grant cycle, over $234 million in grant funding has been awarded through 1,100 FVA grants, serving an estimated 400,000 Texas veterans and their family members.
“We thank the members of the Texas Legislature for creating this grant program in 2009, and their continued support of all Texas veterans and their families,” said Koerner.
The grants support a wide range of services from emergency financial assistance to transportation, legal services to family support services and home modification to rental and mortgage assistance. The TVC awards grants in five categories: General Assistance, Housing for Texas Heroes, Veterans Mental Health Grants, Veterans Treatment Courts and Veteran County Service Officers.
Veterans in need of assistance can find the organizations providing help in their area and how to contact them at https://www.tvc.texas.gov/grants/assistance/
Los fondos para estas subvenciones se generan principalmente a través de los juegos de la Comisión de Lotería de Texas designados para el apoyo de los veteranos. Otras fuentes de financiación para las subvenciones provienen de opciones de donación individual para licencias de conducir, licencias para portar armas, licencias de recreación al aire libre para caza y pesca, y registros de vehículos.
Ayudar a los veteranos comienza aquí. La Comisión de Veteranos de Texas aboga y brinda un servicio superior a los veteranos que mejorará significativamente la calidad de vida de todos los veteranos de Texas, sus familias y los sobrevivientes. TVC ayuda a los veteranos a recibir sus beneficios, proporciona fondos a agencias que brindan servicios directos a los veteranos y administra los beneficios educativos de la Ley Hazlewood. Obtenga más información en www.tvc.texas.gov .
