12 Oregon nonprofits that help communities impacted by inequity receive $5M in grants Katherine Kisiel, KATU Staff
Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum announced $5 million in grants for 12 state nonprofits that help communities impacted by inequity, like LGBTQ+, LatinX and BIPOC domestic violence survivors. Our AG is hearing us and I think that’s a step starting the process, being heard, said Jackie Vargas with CASA Esperanza, the LatinX domestic violence shelter, which got a three-year grant worth $300,000. This funding will definitely be a way to move us toward that direction that we need to go to, said Vargas.
Vargas said it s always tough to get funding, especially during COVID. She said domestic violence numbers are going up in the LatinX community.
through March 1
City of San Marcos facilities will remain closed to the public through the end of February due to continued rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations within San Marcos and Hays County.
Facilities are scheduled to reopen to the public March 1, and this timeline will be reevaluated later in February. In early January, the hospital capacity in Trauma Service Area O, in which San Marcos resides, reached the 15% mark occupied by COVID-19 patients for seven consecutive days, resulting in additional restrictions being initiated Jan. 11.
City staff will be available to assist residents by phone, email, curbside services and utility billing drive thru. For more information: sanmarcostx.gov.