Criminal Justice FY27 Funding Recommendations

 The North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) is responsible for setting local justice-related priorities, reviewing and prioritizing our region’s funding requests, and recommending priorities for Office of the Governor’s (OOG) Public Safety Office (PSO) funds. 

PSO submits grant applications to NCTCOG for prioritization in the following categories:  Criminal Justice Program (Justice Assistance Grant), General Victim Assistance, Juvenile Justice, Violence Against Women Justice and Training, and Youth Diversion. 

Grant applications are reviewed, scored and prioritized by NCTCOG's Criminal Justice Policy Development Committee (CJPDC) which is appointed by, and serves at the pleasure of NCTCOG's Executive Board. The scores determine the priority rankings which are then endorsed by NCTCOG’s Executive Board.  

An NCTCOG recommendation for funding does NOT guarantee a project will be funded.

Priority lists are one element upon which the PSO bases funding decisions.

PSO will consider NCTCOG rankings along with other factors and make all final funding decisions based upon eligibility, local priorities, reasonableness of the project, availability of funding, and cost effectiveness.  

PSO may not fund all applications or may only award part of the amount requested.  In the event that funding requests exceed available funds, PSO may revise projects to address a more limited focus.  

Per Rule 3.9 of Texas Administrative Code Title 1, Part 1, Chapter 3, Subchapter A, all funding decisions made by the OOG are final and are not subject to appeal.  The receipt of an application by OOG does not obligate OOG to fund the grant or to fund it at the amount requested.  Neither the approval of a project nor any grant award shall obligate OOG in any way to make any additional, supplemental, continuation, or other award.

Important Notice

After the CJPDC prioritizes the grant applications and the COG's governing body approves the priority listing, the COG submits the written priority listing to the PSO.  Based upon the COG's priority listing, PSO will verify the eligibility, reasonableness and cost-effectiveness strategy of the proposed project, and the availability of funding, and will render final funding decisions on these grant applications.  The COG will notify applicants of any changes in the funding recommendations.

Below are NCTCOG's FY27 priority rankings endorsed by NCTCOG's Executive Board.   


Contact Information
Kelly Schmidt, Criminal Justice Program Administrator
Phone 817-608-2383
Email