Round 2 Grants – March 11, 2021
In its second round of grants, the Fund deployed $6,300,000, which includes $3,100,000 for Emergency Financial Assistance Grants to 39 providers, $1,700,000 for Home Repair Grants to 10 providers, $600,000 for the creation of an Unmet Needs Fund, $500,000 for the creation of a Construction Unmet Needs Fund, and $400,000 in System Coordination Grants that will provide increased access to home repairs for vulnerable populations and ensure quality home repairs.
EMERGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS
The following organizations received Flexible Emergency Financial grants to provide direct payments to households, not to exceed $1,000 per household, for winter storm relief and recovery expenses including temporary housing, re-location, minor home repair managed by the household, food/furniture replacement, lost wages, and/or other relief and recovery related expenses.
| Alliance for Multicultural Services | $100,000 |
| BakerRipley | $100,000 |
| Betterment Project & Al-Noor Society of Greater Houston | $50,000 |
| Boat People SOS, Inc. | $75,000 |
| Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston | $100,000 |
| Change Happens | $100,000 |
| Chinese Community Center Inc | $75,000 |
| Communities In Schools of Houston, Inc. | $50,000 |
| Community Family Centers | $100,000 |
| Daya | $25,000 |
| East Harris County Empowerment Council | $100,000 |
| Easter Seals of Greater Houston, Inc. | $100,000 |
| Epiphany Community Health Outreach Services | $75,000 |
| Fe y Justicia Worker Center Houston | $100,000 |
| Free Indeed Community Works CDC | $75,000 |
| Houston Area Urban League | $75,000 |
| Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaborative | $125,000 |
| Humble Area Assistance Ministries | $100,000 |
| Interfaith Caring Ministries, Inc. | $50,000 |
| Interfaith Ministries for Greater Houston | $75,000 |
| Jewish Family Service | $100,000 |
| Katy Christian Ministries | $75,000 |
| Living Hope Wheelchair Association | $75,000 |
| Memorial Assistance Ministries | $75,000 |
| Montrose Grace Place | $25,000 |
| My Brother’s Keeper Outreach Center | $100,000 |
| Neighbors in Action, Inc. | $75,000 |
| Northwest Assistance Ministries | $100,000 |
| Olive Branch – Muslim Family Services | $50,000 |
| Society of St. Vincent de Paul Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston | $100,000 |
| Southeast Area Ministries | $50,000 |
| The Montrose Center | $50,000 |
| The Salvation Army | $75,000 |
| Volunteers of America Texas | $100,000 |
| Wesley Community Center of Houston, Inc. | $100,000 |
| West Houston Assistance Ministries, Inc. | $75,000 |
| West Street Recovery | $50,000 |
| YMCA | $75,000 |
| YWCA | $100,000 |
| TOTAL | $3,200,000 |
HOME REPAIR GRANTS
The following organizations received grants to support homeowners with urgent basic home repairs due to busted pipes, associated water damage, and/or due to prolonged power loss.
| Attack Poverty | $250,000 |
| BakerRipley | $200,000 |
| Hope Disaster Recovery | $150,000 |
| Houston Responds | $200,000 |
| Habitat for Humanity Northwest Harris County | $100,000 |
| Pathfinder Mission | $100,000 |
| SBP | $250,000 |
| The Restoration Team | $100,000 |
| Volunteers of America Texas | $150,000 |
| West Street Recovery | $200,000 |
| TOTAL | $1,700,000 |
SYSTEM COORDINATION GRANTS
The following organizations received System Coordination grants to provide support to Fund grantees. Alliance will provide a common information line in 150+ languages and enhance navigation to access common applications to FEMA application, home repair, emergency financial assistance, food assistance, and legal assistance. Connective will serve as a Home Repair Intermediary that will lead nonprofit partners to support process and practice improvements through continuous monitoring of data and active support of all home repair agencies funded.
| Alliance | $260,000 |
| Connective | $140,000 |
| TOTAL | $400,000 |
UNMET NEEDS FUND
In partnership with Connective, the Fund has established an Unmet Needs Fund and Construction Unmet Needs Fund. The Unmet Needs Fund will help with the replacement of appliances/furniture/medical durable equipment, relocation expenses, temporary housing, and other critical unmet needs. The Construction Unmet Needs Fund will provide more substantial repairs for very vulnerable households that need additional resources to complete necessary repairs.
| Unmet Needs Fund | $600,000 |
| Construction Unmet Needs Fund | $500,000 |
| TOTAL | $1,100,000 |
Round 1 Immediate Grants – February 26, 2021
The Houston Harris County Winter Storm Relief Fund invested $1,650,000 to launch relief efforts focused on home repair assistance and coordination to support in-home repairs in homes due to busted pipes, associated water damage and/or due to prolonged power loss. A centralized technology platform will be established to support this collaborative work through a low-barrier, common portal for applications.
| Disaster Home Repair Collaborative | $1,500,000 |
| Includes: Avenue CDC Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation Houston Habitat for Humanity Rebuilding Together Houston Tejano Center for Community Concerns | |
| Connective | $150,000 |
| TOTAL | $1,650,000 |