德州州长宣布向贝克萨县涉军法庭拨款超110万美元：450余名涉法退伍军人将获服务
德州奥斯汀讯——德州州长格雷格·阿博特（Greg Abbott）10 月 10 日宣布，向贝克萨县（Bexar County）县政委员会和贝克萨县轻罪退伍军人法庭发放四笔"退伍军人援助基金"（Fund for Veterans' Assistance，简称 FVA）拨款，总额超过 110 万美元。这是德州退伍军人委员会（TVC）"全州拨款巡展"（Grants Across Texas）的一部分。
这笔由退伍军人委员会颁发的资金，将为贝克萨县 450 多名涉法退伍军人提供服务——这些退伍军人曾与刑事司法系统有过接触，正在努力重返正轨。
退伍军人法庭是专门法庭，把符合条件的退伍军人被告从传统诉讼程序中分流出来，转入有监督的治疗、心理咨询、导师帮扶和支持服务，针对的是与犯罪相关的深层问题，如创伤后应激障碍、创伤性脑损伤或药物滥用。贝克萨县以圣安东尼奥为中心——圣安东尼奥素有"军事之城"之称，是全美退伍军人最集中的地区之一，其退伍军人法庭已成为全州的样板。
这笔拨款来自 FVA——德州面向退伍军人服务非盈利组织、地方政府和机构的主要拨款项目。资金主要来源于德州彩票委员会专为退伍军人设立的彩票游戏，此外还包括驾照、持枪证、狩猎钓鱼证和车辆注册时自愿捐款选项的收入。
退伍军人委员会的 FVA 拨款分五大类：一般援助、"德州英雄住房"、退伍军人心理健康、退伍军人法庭、退伍军人县服务官。此次贝克萨县的拨款属于退伍军人法庭类，覆盖法庭运转及参与者的配套服务。
贝克萨县的拨款是全州更大规模行动的一部分。过去几个拨款周期，州长办公室已向全州多地宣布 FVA 拨款，包括向圣安东尼奥地区退伍军人服务组织拨款超 610 万美元、向中南德州组织拨款超 770 万美元。在 2024–2025 拨款周期，181 笔共计超 4400 万美元的拨款发给了全州 161 家机构，预计直接服务 4.1 万多名退伍军人及其家属和遗属。自 2009 年以来，FVA 已通过 1400 多笔拨款发放了超 3.13 亿美元。
需要帮助的退伍军人可在德州退伍军人委员会官网 tvc.texas.gov 查询所在地区的援助机构；符合条件的机构可在年度申请窗口期申请 TVC 拨款。
Texas Governor Announces Over $1.1 Million in Grants to Bexar County Courts Serving Veterans
AUSTIN, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott on October 10 announced four Fund for Veterans' Assistance (FVA) grants totaling more than $1.1 million for the Bexar County Commissioners Court and the Bexar County Misdemeanor Veterans Treatment Court, as part of the Texas Veterans Commission's (TVC) Grants Across Texas presentations.
Presented by the TVC, the funding will provide services to more than 450 justice-involved veterans in Bexar County — veterans who have come into contact with the criminal justice system and are working to get their lives back on track.
Veterans treatment courts are specialized dockets that divert eligible veteran defendants away from traditional prosecution and into supervised treatment, counseling, mentoring, and support services — addressing underlying issues such as post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, or substance use that are often connected to their offenses. Bexar County, anchored by San Antonio — long known as "Military City USA" — is home to one of the largest veteran populations in the country, and its veterans courts have become a model for the state.
The grants come from the Fund for Veterans' Assistance, the state's main grant program for veteran-serving nonprofits, local governments, and organizations. Funding for the program is generated primarily by Texas Lottery Commission games designated for veteran support, with additional revenue from voluntary donation options on driver's licenses, licenses to carry a handgun, hunting and fishing licenses, and vehicle registrations.
The TVC awards FVA grants in five categories: General Assistance, Housing for Texas Heroes, Veterans Mental Health Grants, Veterans Treatment Courts, and Veteran County Service Officers. The grants announced for Bexar County fall under the Veterans Treatment Courts category, covering court operations as well as wraparound services for participants.
The Bexar County announcement is part of a much larger statewide effort. In past cycles, the governor's office has announced FVA grants across Texas — including more than $6 million to San Antonio-area veteran service organizations and over $7.7 million to organizations across South-Central Texas. In the 2024–2025 grant cycle, 181 grants totaling more than $44 million went to 161 organizations statewide, projected to provide direct services to more than 41,000 veterans, their dependents, and surviving spouses. Since 2009, more than $313 million has been awarded through over 1,400 FVA grants.
Veterans in need of assistance can find organizations providing help in their area at the Texas Veterans Commission's website, tvc.texas.gov. Organizations eligible for TVC grants are encouraged to apply during the annual grant application window.
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