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With some Bell County families still impacted by Winter Storm Uri, United Way of Central Texas has remained active in its recovery efforts. The nonprofit organization, at 4 N. Third St. in Temple, has been crowdsourcing donations for its Winter Weather Recovery Fund over the last several weeks — assistance that residents can now apply for. “It is hard to imagine another unprecedented event impacting our community,” Stephanie O’Banion, United Way of Central Texas’ CEO, said in a statement. “This winter weather crisis has hit our neighbors, nonprofits and partners ...

Qualifying Texans to receive third stimulus check after House passes $1.9T package and last updated 2021-03-10 23:48:42-05 The pandemic forced many young parents, like Arleshia Baker, to quit their job to take care of their kids when schools and child service centers closed. “As far as me finding another job that was going to give me the hours to be able to be home with my kids like that, it didn’t really make it easy. I lost a good job that was steady for me,” the Killeen mother of two. She finally found a job earlier this year after months, In the meantime, car repairs, rent ...

Aid is still pouring in for the Central Texas community following Winter Storm Uri, and Stephanie O’Banion is happy her nonprofit organization is able to facilitate local recovery donations to area agencies. “It is hard to imagine another unprecedented event impacting our community,” O’Banion, United Way of Central Texas’ president, said in a news release. “This winter weather crisis has hit our neighbors, non-profits, and partners hard and we will continue to work side by side during these recovery efforts to ensure the needs are met.” On Monday, United Way...

United Way of Central Texas receiving water to help community after winter storms KXXV and last updated 2021-03-10 14:49:52-05 The United Way of Central Texas is receiving some help in their efforts to help in response to last month's winter storms. Jesus Bread of Life from New Jersey dropped off a donation of over twenty pallets of water and two pallets of diapers, adding to the five pallets of water that was dropped off by Amazon earlier in the week. With so many people having water issues from last month's winter storms the United Way of Central Texas, as part of its Winter Recovery Fund...

Tuesday, Governor Greg Abbott announced the state will provide an additional nearly $300 million to the SNAP program for this month in response to the ongoing pandemic and to continue to help struggling Texans provide for themselves and their families.