PURPOSES OF THE CONTRACT. The Texas Legislature appropriated funds to the OAG for the creation of a program that would provide civil legal representation of victims of crime, immediate family members of victims, or authorized claimants in civil legal matters that are directly related to the criminal victimization. The Supreme Court has implemented and is currently managing the funding of a state-wide system for delivery of civil legal services to low income Texans. The OAG and the Supreme Court agree that the most cost effective and efficient means of delivering legal services to victims of crimes is to utilize the Supreme Courts management and oversight infrastructure. The OAG will provide funding to the Supreme Court to provide state-wide victim-related civil legal services directly to victims of crime, immediate family members of victims, or authorized claimants. The purpose of this grant contract is to use the compensation from the victims of crime fund to provide victim- related civil legal services directly to victims, immediate family members, or claimants. It is envisioned that the Supreme Court will identify at least one recipient of these grant funds and in turn, that recipient will then identify a number of subrecipients of these grant funds.
