Texas Impact Connecting People and Benefits
In an effort to promote a number of state and federal assistance programs, including those bolstered by Recovery Act funds, Texas Impact began reaching out to low income communities during the week of November 16th. The need for utility assistance, energy-saving weatherization, and public health care programs is as high as ever, since Texas has the highest uninsured rate in the nation and lost more jobs than any other state last month.
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We began in Pasadena, where we were guests of the Cleveland-Ripley Community Center at their weekly food fair event. Along with our partners, Texans Together and the Sierra Club, we made presentations and handed out information to 375 people about how to enroll in CHIP or Medicaid, get assistance with utility and telephone bills, and apply for home weatherization from the City of Pasadena, which received almost $2 million in Recovery Act funds for that purpose.
On Saturday, November 21st, Texas Impact was in Houston’s Alief neighborhood for the annual Health and Community Resource Fair put on by Texans Together and the Houston Royal Oaks Lions Club. The City of Houston’s Residential Energy Efficiency Partnership joined us to talk about their Recovery Act-funded weatherization program as we continued to connect low income families to the assistance that is available to them.
