“The State of Texas has made tremendous progress in upholding the integrity of our elections,” said Governor Abbott. “By increasing penalties for illegal voting, we will send an even clearer message that voter fraud will not be tolerated in Texas.”
Source: gov.texas.gov
“Thank you to the USDA for authorizing these crucial benefits for more than 1.4 million Texas households,” said Governor Abbott. “These emergency benefits will ensure that Texans can continue to put nutritious food on the table for their families.”
“We are grateful that we’ll be able to continue to help Texans provide food for themselves and their families as we work together during this pandemic,” said Texas HHS Access and Eligibility Services Deputy Executive Commissioner Wayne Salter.
HHSC received federal approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to extend the maximum, allowable amount of SNAP benefits to recipients based on family size, and all SNAP households will receive a minimum of $95 in emergency allotments. This additional emergency allotment should appear in recipients’ accounts by October 31.
The emergency October allotments are in addition to the more than $4.5 billion in benefits previously provided to Texans since April 2020.
Administered by HHSC, SNAP is a federal program that provides food assistance to eligible low-income families and individuals in Texas. Texans in need can apply for benefits, including SNAP and Medicaid, at YourTexasBenefits.com or use the Your Texas Benefits mobile app to manage their benefits.
Source: gov.texas.gov
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In the Allen Field neighborhood in northeast Harris County, home after home along Darjean Street is now part of the mandatory flood buyout program.
Thirteen homes in Dolores Mendoza’s immediate family were devastated after Hurricane Harvey.
“I was shocked and pissed off like, ‘What do you mean you’re taking my house?’” said Mendoza.
Mendoza’s family has lived in this neighborhood for six generations. She said more should have been done to fix the infrastructure in the neighborhood.
She said it’s not fair she and her family members are now being forced to leave.
The county says the program is designed to move families out of areas that flood repeatedly.
Mendoza said she can move, but she’s worried about her grandmother and other elderly family and neighbors.
“She’s on a fixed income, she doesn’t have income. What are you going to do with her? Put her in a mortgage? She can’t afford that,” says Mendoza.
Shirley Ronquillo has helped many of these families through the process.
Many are mostly Latino and of mixed status. Many did not understand the legal jargon and also needed help with translation.
Some improvements have been made to the program, but Ronquillo said it’s not enough.
“Six generations of people are going to be torn apart because of this buyout, because of the negligence, of the historical negligence of our previous administrations and the lack of support for communities of color,” says Shirley Ronquillo, with the organization Houston Department of Transformation.
According to Harris County, there are seven buyout areas with just under 400 homes that are part of the program.
Homeowners are paid market value for their homes and are given money to relocate.
“It has demonstrated a need for us to do things differently and that is very much increasing the level of communication and being sensitive to the language and necessities of the communities who would be impacted, and providing information in a variety of different formats,” said Dr. Adrienne Holloway with Harris County Community Services.
So far, 87 offers have been made and 26 offers have been accepted.
The county has until August of 2024 to complete all of the buyouts or it will lose the grant money for the program.
Source: www.click2houston.com
The inmate, 29-year-old Pedro Castillo Hernandez, was wearing an orange shirt, blue jeans, and in restraints. It was discovered he was missing when U.S. Marshals did a headcount of inmates who were scheduled to be transported by air to a location in West Texas. Castillo Hernandez was in custody for illegal reentry into the United States.
Castillo was described as being 5′8″ tall, weighing about 150 pounds with a tattoo on his right arm. Authorities said he was last seen at I-45 South and Dixie Farm Road.
US Marshals and police are searching nearby areas for the inmate.
Source: www.click2houston.com
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the award of more than $11.6 million in grants to 93 nonprofit organizations nationwide to fund education and training on hazard recognition and prevention, and on rights of workers to safe workplaces and the responsibilities of employers to provide them.
Derived from the Susan Harwood Workplace Safety and Health Training program, the grants awarded by OSHA in fiscal year 2021 are in the Targeted Topic Training, Training and Educational Materials Development, and Capacity Building categories. The grants are a critical part of OSHA’s effort to educate workers and assist employers.
OSHA awards these grants to nonprofit organizations, including community and faith-based groups, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor-management associations, colleges and universities. Target trainees include small-business employers and underserved vulnerable workers in high-hazard industries.
The grants honor the late Susan Harwood, former director of OSHA’s Office of Risk Assessment. In a 17-year career with the agency, she helped develop federal standards to protect workers from bloodborne pathogens, cotton dust, benzene, formaldehyde, asbestos and lead in construction.
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workplaces for their employees. OSHA’s role is to help ensure these conditions for America’s workers by setting and enforcing standards and providing training, education, and assistance. Learn more about OSHA.
Source: www.osha.gov
La Comisión de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Texas (HHSC) está otorgando más de $531,000 en subvenciones a cuatro hospitales rurales de Texas para expandir los servicios de telesalud para niños.
Las subvenciones ayudarán a los hospitales a expandir o implementar los servicios de telesalud que conectan a los pacientes con los especialistas y subespecialistas en pediatría a través de videollamadas y llamadas telefónicas.
“La pandemia ha destacado la importancia de estos servicios, especialmente en las comunidades rurales, y estamos orgullosos de formar parte de la expansión de la telesalud para brindar mejor acceso a cuidados especializados a los niños y jóvenes de Texas sin necesidad de que sus familias viajen”, afirmó Stephanie Stephens, directora estatal para Servicios de Medicaid de HHS.
La HHSC está otorgando los fondos a Lake Granbury Medical Center (Granbury), Navarro Regional Hospital (Corsicana), Terry Memorial Hospital/Brownfield Regional Medical Center (Brownfield) y Titus County Hospital (Mount Pleasant). Cada uno de los cuatro hospitales entregó planes de expansión de telesalud a la HHSC y se les entregaron los fondos en función de la tecnología, el equipo y los artículos necesarios para implementar sus proyectos. Los texanos de más de 25 condados obtendrán los beneficios de la expansión.
Los fondos forman parte de un programa de subvenciones de la HHSC que fue creado en 2017 por la Asamblea Legislativa 85 de Texas, para establecer y administrar un programa de recursos de tele-conexión para la salud de los niños en las áreas rurales de Texas.
Source: www.hhs.texas.gov
Harris County Attorney Christian D. Menefee sent the Office of the Texas Secretary of State (SOS) a demand for documents under the Texas Public Information Act regarding the SOS’s purported “forensic audit” of the November 2020 election in certain counties, including Harris County. The SOS announced the audit on September 23, 2021, just hours after former President Donald Trump released a public letter demanding that Texas Governor Greg Abbott audit the results of the 2020 election in Texas.
Christian D. Menefee stated:
“Governor Abbott and the Secretary of State are telling the public that this ‘audit’ has been going on for months, but this is the first time the County’s heard anything about it. They’re on the news and issuing press releases about this ‘audit’, talking to everyone about it but us.
The administration has told us nothing about the purpose of or legal basis for this audit, what they’re requesting, or what the process will be. It’s my job to advise the County and the Elections Administrator on how to respond. I can’t do that without this basic information that neither the Governor nor the SOS has shared.”
Menefee sent the demand pursuant to the Texas Public Information Act. The list of documents Menefee seeks includes:
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