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Causes: Homeless & Housing, Housing Support
Mission: Fighting poverty in our communities through public and private partnerships.
Programs: Community services: community services block grant - provides comprehensive assistance to the agency. Through this comprehensive agency assistance, low-income persons are assisted in making the transition out of poverty and are educated on services available to them through other service providers. This program served 3,696 individuals during 2016.
crisis intervention: crisis intervention services are provided to clients facing a critical problem and who are in need of an emergency response. A)wtu utility assistance program - assists qualifiying persons with the payment of electric utility bills on a monthly basis. B) comprehensive energy assistance program - assists low-income and elderly persons who are experiencing energy crises by providing them with assistance for heating and cooling expenses. C) atmos energy assistance program - assists qualifiying persons with the payment of gas bills on a monthly basis. D) keeping the warmth program - assits low income households needing repairs or replacement of gas pipelines. This program served 5,148 individuals during 2016. E) txu utility assistance program - assits qualifying persons with the payment of electric utility bill on a monthly basis.
energy conservation: weatherization programs assist families in maintaining adequate housing through retrofitting measures that will best conserve energy to benefit the families. A) low income housing energy assistance program - weatherization assistance/enhanced weatherization assistance program. B) doe - weatherization assistance program c)tacaa - weatherization assistance. This program served 66 households during 2016.