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    <h1 class="headline">Fort Worth and Tarrant County Hurricane Harvey shelter has closed</h1>
    <p class="date">Posted Aug. 28, 2017 | Last updated Sept. 18, 2017</p>
    
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<p>The City of Fort Worth and Tarrant County supported relief efforts due to the conditions associated with Hurricane Harvey and activated a shelter in the region for evacuees. A <a href="http://fortworthtexas.gov/files/e5c11d9e-bdbf-41e5-993f-4d74304f1ac5.pdf">State of Disaster</a> was declared via proclamation and there was an <a href="/files/33d42baf-a0cc-44ac-be1b-64ed092536c6.pdf">Emergency Addition to the City Council Meeting</a> for Aug. 29.</p>

<p>The shelter that housed Hurricane Harvey evacuees closed Monday, Sept. 18. Here are facts about the process:</p>

<h2 id="repatriation">Repatriation</h2>

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  <li>At 1 p.m. on Sept. 18, a bus left to Port Arthur carrying 47-53 people.</li>
  <li>47 people stayed at the shelter the night of Sept. 17.</li>
  <li>14 households will be housed in hotels the night of Sept. 18, and Catholic Charities will provide hotel stays until FEMA vouchers are provided. FWISD will provide transportation to school-age children until families are placed in permanent housing.</li>
  <li>24 individuals are going home on the bus and are planning on returning once they gather their belongings. These families will be connected with a Catholic Charities case manager upon their return to North Texas.</li>
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<h2 id="shelter-operations">Shelter operations</h2>

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  <li>The Fort Worth shelter was in operation for 22 days (Aug. 28-Sept. 18, 2017).</li>
  <li>The daily census in all Tarrant County shelters reached as high as 247.</li>
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<h2 id="volunteers">Volunteers</h2>

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  <li>American Red Cross volunteers logged 9,000 volunteer hours.</li>
  <li>Salvation Army provided meals to shelter guests.</li>
  <li>Citizen Emergency Response Team volunteers logged 2,590 hours, spread among 10 agencies.</li>
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<h2 id="participating-agencies-partial-list">Participating agencies (partial list)</h2>

<p>Below is a list of some of the many agencies and companies that contributed products, services and volunteer time to the shelter operations. More names will be added as final reports are prepared.</p>

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  <li>City of Fort Worth</li>
  <li>Tarrant County</li>
  <li>FWISD (provided shelter and worked with families with school-aged children)</li>
  <li>American Red Cross (provided shelter management)</li>
  <li>Salvation Army (provided meals)</li>
  <li>Church without Walls (provided a shelter)</li>
  <li>MHMR (provided 111 behavioral health professionals to provide disaster behavioral health services in the shelter and in the community)</li>
  <li>Catholic Charities (provided social services and long-term recovery effort)</li>
  <li>Goodwill</li>
  <li>Tarrant County VOAD</li>
  <li>Blue Mesa Grill</li>
  <li>Cabela&rsquo;s</li>
  <li>CAPA â Clergy and Police Alliance</li>
  <li>Childcare Associates</li>
  <li>Children&rsquo;s Defense Fund</li>
  <li>Cook Children&rsquo;s Medical Center</li>
  <li>Dunkin&rsquo; Donuts</li>
  <li>ECI</li>
  <li>Fort Worth Museum of Science and History/OMNI Theater</li>
  <li>Fort Worth Police Department Explorers</li>
  <li>Fort Worth Zoo</li>
  <li>In-N-Out Burgers</li>
  <li>JCPenney</li>
  <li>Junior League of Fort Worth</li>
  <li>Kona Ice</li>
  <li>Movie Tavern</li>
  <li>Pet Therapy</li>
  <li>Primary Readiness</li>
  <li>Resource Recovery Council</li>
  <li>Tarrant County Food Bank</li>
  <li>TCU</li>
  <li>Verizon</li>
  <li>Z&rsquo;s CafÃ©</li>
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	<p><strong>Love Muffins Day at Diamond Hill Community Center</strong>: 3:30 p.m. Feb. 14, 2018; Diamond Hill Community Center, 1701 NE 36th St.</p>

	
	<p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/city-of-fort-worth-monthly-informational-forum-for-mwbes-tickets-40945241319"><strong>City of Fort Worth âMonthly Informational Forum for M/WBEsâ</strong></a>: 11:30 a.m. Feb. 15, 2018; James E. Guinn Entrepreneurial Campus, Business Assistance Center, 1150 S. Freeway.</p>

	
	<p><strong>Fort Worth Public Improvement District #1</strong>: 1 p.m. Feb. 15, 2018; Fort Worth Club Building, Top of the Town Room, 306 W. 7th Street.<br /><a href="http://fortworthtexas.gov/files/192f8988-b6d7-46a8-bea0-9c4664e8f772.pdf">View the agenda &raquo;</a></p>

	
	<p><a href="http://fortworthtexas.gov/news/2018/01/Warrant-Forgiveness-Month/"><strong>Court in the Community: Mobile Court</strong></a>: 1 p.m. Feb. 15, 2018; Diamond Hill/Jarvis Library, 1300 NE 35th St.</p>

	
	<p><strong>Community Action Partners Council</strong>: 1:30 p.m. Feb. 15, 2018; First Floor Board Room, Fort Worth City Credit Union, 2309 Montgomery Street.<br /><a href="http://fortworthtexas.gov/files/3774f434-0b22-4bfe-aebd-1c0dc2115c59.pdf">View the agenda &raquo;</a></p>

	
	<p><strong>Botanic Garden Task Force</strong>: 11:30 a.m. Feb. 16, 2018; Fort Worth Botanic Garden, Deborah Beggs Moncrief Garden Center, 3220 Botanic Garden Boulevard.<br /><a href="http://fortworthtexas.gov/files/97d9c167-f7f1-421e-82c1-9d3186a47d15.pdf">View the agenda &raquo;</a></p>

	
	<p><strong>Library Advisory Board Workshop</strong>: 10 a.m. Feb. 17, 2018; Fort Worth Central Library Discovery Theater, 500 W. 3rd Street.<br /><a href="http://fortworthtexas.gov/files/09783198-f86d-4e94-89f0-ad9c4d884961.pdf">View the agenda &raquo;</a></p>

	
	<p><a href="http://onefortworth.org"><strong>Race & Culture Task Force Community Meeting </strong></a>: 2 p.m. Feb. 17, 2018; Summerglen Library , 4205 Basswood Blvd .</p>

	
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