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Lisa Garcia, vice president of assisted housing for the Austin Housing Authority, said the grant will allow the department to aid an additional 50 veterans move from the streets and shelters into stable housing.
"This grant helps subsidize the rent so it's affordable and connect veterans with necessary services so they can thrive in the Austin community," Garcia said.
The award is largely a result of the Housing Authority's success serving veterans and streamlining services that help veterans quickly get affordable housing.
"It's sort of like what Research Triangle did" by landing International Business Machines Corp. (IBM)'s research facility, said LaCharles Keesee, 46, a former patent examiner who is now executive director for the Denver Office of Economic Development. "You could plant a scientific flag in the middle of your community and use that as a point of attraction to build an education community, an employment community."
BCL of Texas is a public non-profit corporation created in 1990 and received a charter from the U.S.
ACCIÓN, established in San Antonio in 1994, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide loans to small business owners who lack access to commercial credit. The nation's largest nonprofit microlender, ACCIÓN has lending sites in 10 Texas cities and four in Louisiana, with a new operation set to open later this year in Arkansas. The microenterprise company offers loans from $500 to $250,000.
U.S. Congressman Lloyd Doggett, who supported the grant application at the federal level, praised Hays CISD's efforts to win the grant. "At the time the clinic was founded, Hays County was designated as a "medically underserved" county and the clinic was the only source for primary and secondary health care for many in the Kyle/Buda area. It has served as the medical home for hundreds of families and has served thousands of children in the county. As the Hays County population continues to grow, so do the needs of the WELL Clinic," said Rep. Doggett.
This most recent award was largely a result of the Housing Authority of the City Austin's success serving our Nation's veterans. The Housing Authority has formed a productive relationship with the Department of Veteran Affairs and has streamlined services so veterans can quickly secure affordable housing. With this additional award, the Housing Authority will serve 195 veterans total.
Knownas the HALT Act ("Hinder the Administration's Legalization TemptationAct"), the bill would suspend until January 21, 2013 the powers of thispresident to deprioritize certain deportations and legal proceedings in orderto prioritize the removal of convicted, serious criminals and other threats.
Assistant Professor Maria Alejandra Sorto is collaborating with two school districts in Central Texas and the Rio Grande Valley to investigate teaching practices that demonstrate results from students in mathematics learning. Eventually, the findings will be used to implement a Mathematics Bilingual Institute that would offer educators an opportunity to develop the tools and techniques needed to help Latino English Language Learners succeed in mathematics.
[Text of Ranking Member Doggett's remarks as delivered follow below]
Each weekend that my wife and I are back in Texas, we try to devote a little bit of time to our three pre-school granddaughters. The joy of being with them and witnessing their growth, their learning, their creativity, and also their innocence and vulnerability are in such contrast, from homes where they are surrounded by love, compared with what we see played out on national TV, with the abuse and death of too many young children.
July 12, 2011
After more than 40 years, Reverend Marvin C. Griffin celebrated his retirement from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags">EbenezerBaptistChurch inEast Austin this past weekend with family and friends, including U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett.