The United Way of the Greater Fort Hood Area hosted an annual kickoff luncheon for its 2023 fundraising campaign at the Killeen Civic and Conference Center on Thursday.
The Killeen City Council plans to spend $294,000 on 'coronavirus-related' expenses, the money is going toward utility, mortgage and rental assistance programs, and testing and vaccine clinics.
At a brief 17-minute meeting Tuesday, the Killeen City Council voted, among other items, to approve the city receiving grant funds for COVID-19 relief.
Additional relief for landlords and tenants in the throes of the eviction process may be on the horizon, if a new grant award is approved by the Killeen City Council on Tuesday.
The city of Killeen was awarded $239,332.33 by the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA), grant funding which must first be approved by the city council before it can be used.
The Texas Eviction Diversion Program (TEDP) funds are part of an expanded pilot program called the Texas Emergency Rental Assistance Program created through the TDHCA and funded by the federal Community Services Block Grant CARES program.