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You can be low-income and a senior, or a low-income family on the margins and this storm just pushed you further down&hellip;I don&rsquo;t think this is the time when we exclude, because need is need &mdash; I don&rsquo;t care where you are.&rdquo; </p><p>Chase said that, once the 90 days are up, the nonprofits will have to report back about how they used the money and accomplished the benchmarks they sought to meet. He said the 12-member board will look to release another round of grants around that time. </p><div class="ads middle placeholder" data-vmg-ad="Middle" data-vmg-format="lazy"></div><blockquote> <p><b><u>FULL LIST OF GRANT RECIPIENTS</u></b></p> <p>- Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation: $140,000 for basic needs, providing emergency financial assistance, restoring homes and handling case management and project management. </p> <p><b>- Aldine Education Foundation:</b> $200,000 for financial assistance to staff and students' families.</p> <p>- <b>Alliance for Multicultural Community Services:</b> $147,500 for providing linguistically and culturally appropriate emergency case management to approximately 700 limited English proficient (LEP) households.</p> <p><b>- Avenue Community Development Corporation</b>: $300,000 for providing disaster and housing recovery counseling and home repairs services.</p> <p><b>- BakerRipley:</b> $1 million for providing basic needs, temporary housing, home restoration, emergency financial assistance and case management.</p> <p><b>- Boat People SOS - Houston, Inc.: </b>$94,000 for providing basic needs, emergency financial assistance and case management. </p> <p><b>- Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston:</b> $360,000 for emergency basic needs assistance and intake services.</p> <p><b>- Chinese Community Center, Inc.:</b> $100,000 for providing shelter, recovery/rebuilding, rental assistance and case management.</p> <p><b>- Coalition for the Homeless/New Hope Housing: </b>$1.75 million for providing temporary housing, rapid re-housing and home restoration, financial assistance and case management.</p> <p><b>- Communities in Schools of Houston:</b> $25,000 for providing basic needs, emergency financial assistance and case management to students' families impacted by Hurricane Harvey.</p> <p><b>- Family Service Center at Houston and Harris County:</b> $40,000 for case management and emergency financial assistance.</p> <p><b>- Houston Habitat for Humanity, Inc.: </b>$400,000 for providing home restoration/repair and emergency financial assistance (3-months free of mortgage payments.)</p> <p><b>- Houston Food Bank: </b>$350,000 for providing basic needs and teacher aid school supplies. </p> <p><b>- Humble Area Assistance Ministries: </b>$275,000 for providing basic needs, temporary housing, emergency financial assistance and case management.</p> <p><b> - Interfaith Ministries of Greater Houston: </b>$150,000 for basic needs, home restoration supplies and case management to assist seniors, plus a staffing position at Volunteer Houston to facilitate the new volunteers interested in helping.</p> <p><b>- Jewish Family Service - Houston: </b>$343,750 for rapid re-housing financial assistance, resource distribution&nbsp;aid and case management.</p> <p><b>- Katy Christian Ministries: </b>$110,000 for basic needs, temporary housing, emergency financial assistance and case management.</p> <p><b>- Main Street Ministries Houston:</b> $250,000 for basic needs, temporary housing, home restoration, emergency financial assistance and case management.</p> <p><b>- Memorial Assistance Ministries: </b>$350,000 for basic needs, emergency financial assistance and case management. </p> <p><b>- Montrose Counseling Center, Inc.: </b>$130,000 for basic needs, temporary housing, home restoration, emergency financial assistance and case management. </p> <p><b>- New Hope Housing: </b>$25,000 for temporary housing.</p> <p><b>- North Channel Assistance Ministries:</b> $400,000 for basic needs and financial assistance for housing needs.</p> <p><b>- Northwest Assistance Ministries: </b>$250,000 for basic needs and temporary housing directed through case management services.</p> <p><b>- Salvation Army: </b>$100,000 for basic needs, home restoration and emergency financial assistance</p> <p><b>- SEARCH Homeless Services: </b>$55,575 for emergency case management.</p> <p><b>- Tahirih Justice Center:</b> $40,000 for emergency case management.</p> <p><b>- Volunteers of America Inc.</b>: $100,000 for basic needs, emergency financial assistance and case management.</p> <p><b>- West Houston Ministries Inc.: </b>$66,000 for basic needs and emergency financial assistance.</p> <p></p>
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