The impact of sexual violence in Texas is deep and wide. According to the Institute on Domestic and Sexual Violence (IDVSA) at the University of Texas at Austin, 6.3 million Texans will experience some form of sexual violence in their lifetime. That is more than the populations of Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, and Fort Worth combined.

While we are fully prepared and well positioned to tackle public policy work on behalf of survivors in Texas, our pockets are not deep. One of the biggest obstacles to impactful public policy work by non-profit organizations like TAASA is that we must rely on funds from charitable contributions, membership dues, foundation support, etc. to help us do this important work as it cannot be funded with government grants.