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The grants were unanimously approved by the Mayor s Disaster Relief Fund advisory committee.
The committee is chaired by former U.S. Ambassador and current Hunt Consolidated Senior Vice President Jeanne Phillips.
The other members of the committee are the Dallas Foundation President and CEO Matthew Randazzo, UT Southwestern Vice President for Community and Corporate Relations Ruben Esquivel, the Beck Group s Executive Chairman Peter Beck, Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax, and Mayor Eric Johnson s Chief of Staff Mary Elbanna.
“Last week’s brutal winter storms and catastrophic power outages tested our city’s resolve and our resilience, but our generous donors and the work of our grant recipients show the interminable strength of our communities,” Mayor Johnson said. “The people of Dallas are our city’s greatest asset, and I am thrilled that we will be able to help them recover and rebuild.”
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s donation shines a light on strained safety net for abuse victims
At least four Dallas-area domestic violence shelters are dealing with water damage from the winter storm.
In this file photo, Laura De La Paz (right) plays with a child in the children s playroom at the Genesis Women s Shelter & Support Outreach Counseling Center. The shelter works with women and children who are fleeing domestic violence. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News)
As lights flicked on and off at Genesis Women’s Shelter in Dallas in the days after the winter storm, staffers bundled up the women and children and began relocating them to safe places where their abusers wouldn’t look. A few families stayed in their transitional apartments, doors chained shut for protection.
After seeing a recent rise in domestic violence-related murders, the Dallas Police Department is working to help those involved in domestic violence situations get the help they need.
There's been an uptick in domestic violence cases in February, according to the Dallas Police Department. A release from the DPD says that there have