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Bexar County to open Senior Justice Assessment Center after VOCA grant award

Bexar County Commissioners Court · December 16, 2025
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Summary

County public health and the elder-abuse task force won a VOCA grant (about $187,000) to launch a Senior Justice Assessment Center to coordinate multidisciplinary responses to elder abuse, with two grant-funded case managers and MOUs to enable secure data sharing.

Bexar County officials announced a VOCA grant award that will fund a county-led Senior Justice Assessment Center (SJAC) to coordinate responses to elder abuse and exploitation. The court received an update from County Public Health and the elder-abuse task force and welcomed Senator Menendez to the dais.

"We were awarded that," said Judge Veronica Vasquez, co-chair of the elder-abuse and exploitation task force, describing the grant as the…

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