Texas Jail Project Direct Aid Report
July 1, 2025
Direct Aid is a critical part of our service offerings. We meet people where they are at with transportation, housing, utilities, medical needs and more.
2024 Direct Aid Totals
- Operation Lone Star: $4,279.98 disbursed to 15 individuals at the request of their counsel to enable transportation to court hearings.
- Mothers Solidarity Fund – $2,163 disbursed to 7 mothers whose children died in-custody in jail under pretrial detention. These funds met their emergency needs such as housing, utilities, medical, etc.
- Houston No New Jail/Communities Not Cages – $4,593.83 to three individuals as aid/stipend.
- Jail Commissary/Jail Phone Calls/Miscellaneous: $5188
2023 Direct Aid Totals
- Raised $20,723 through Black Lives Matter Fund and fully disbursed to 18 Black and brown people directly impacted by pretrial detention.
- Raised $12,196 for our Mothers Solidarity Fund. Disbursed to 18 mothers who were impacted by the death of their children in custody or through their own incarceration.
- Operation LoneStar regrant from TCRP: Disbursed $1,281 to 7 clients arrested under Operation LoneStar, for transportation support to attend court.
2022 Direct Aid Totals
- Disbursed $5,000 in stipends to 10 participants in the Custody Death Memorial Quilt Project – a collaboration with nationally renowned and formerly incarcerated artist Jesse Krimes.
- Cash disbursals of total $1542 to four community members from BLM Giving Tuesday fundraiser which kicked off in November 2021.
- Cash disbursals of over $38,000 to 25 recipients across 15+ counties for housing, utilities, and food to individuals and families impacted by Texas county jails.
- Over $15,000 in 119 jail commissary and jail phone account deposits enabling incarcerated community members to keep vital communication lines open with family, counsel and advocates and to support medical needs, essential sanitary needs and food during pretrial incarceration.
- Over $2,000 in post-release care packages, transportation and other essential needs disbursed to 26 out of the 81 individuals interviewed outside Harris county jail as part of the Freedom Stories – Misdemeanor Bail Reform Success stories funded by Arnold Ventures. $1,300 disbursed in stipends for interviews.
2021 Direct Aid Totals
- Disbursed over $100,000 cash in Direct Aid to recently incarcerated folks and their loved ones for rent, utilities, transportation, medical and other expenses
- Raised more than $50,000 in one week to fund water, food, and commissary deposits for our incarcerated community
