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A second grant from Houston-based Episcopal Health Foundation is aiming to address health issues in Bastrop County.
On Feb. 4, Central Texas Interfaith announced it received a $300,000 grant from the foundation to build sustainable organizing clusters in Bastrop, Brazos, McLennan and Williamson counties as well as in western Travis County.
The grant and organizing clusters will help CTI a non-partisan, multi-issue coalition of 50 congregations, labor organizations, nonprofits and schools continue to expand into a 10-county Central Texas region with a focus on health and well-being issues.
“This grant invests in the development of ordinary leaders in working class and marginalized communities across the region to secure their family’s health and well-being,” said Doug Greco, the lead organizer of CTI. “It doubles down on CTI’s organizing work in building non-partisan constituencies in legislative districts across the 10-county area.”