Episode 15: Community Resources for Those in Need

#15 Community Resources for Those in Need. Hello Fort Worth and welcome to another episode of the Fort Worth Freedom Review.If you are new here, the Freedom Review exists to inform and educate the Fort Worth and Tarrant County community about the values and the functions of civic engagement, the goings-on of the local City Council, the Mayor, and the County Commissioners Court as well as important news stories from our community and from the greater Texas community including state political issues. My name is Anthony Sosa and today with me we have Amber O’Dell, Christopher Rose and Thomas Moore here to discuss the state of the Fort Worth and Tarrant County economy and how COVID has economically impacted our communities. We are primarily here, however, to provide resources to those that may be struggling financially or otherwise and to point people in the right direction to access those services.. All of the resources used for today's episode will be provided below in the show notes. As always, please subscribe and sign up for our newsletter and get updates on FW political news and deep dives into local issues. You can sign up at our website www.justicereformleague.org We are currently a volunteer organization, if you would like to get involved or want to contact us you can reach us at [email protected] or follow us on Twitter at @FWReview. This podcast is made possible by The Justice Reform League, a Fort Worth based non-profit. If you wish to support us and this podcast, please go to www.justicereformleague.org and click on the Donate button. Music by Anthony Sosa Newsletter Signup: https://justicereformleague.substack.com/ Amber Notes:https://www.star-telegram.com/news/coronavirus/article249139950.htmlTarrant Co Vaccination Requesthttps://tcph.quickbase.com/db/bq3q4uet8?linklocation=Button%20List&linkname=Register%20for%20the%20COVID%20VaccineVaccine infohttps://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/public-health/disease-control---prevention/COVID-19/COVID-19-Vaccine.htmlMental Health Connectionhttp://www.mentalhealthconnection.org/need-helpAnthony Notes: Rutger Bregman TED Talk "Poverty Isn't a Lack of Character, It's a Lack of Cash"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydKcaIE6O1kPier 1 Closed in May and the old building will be the new City Hall by 2022. (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/fort-worth-closes-sale-new-city-hall-former-pier-1-building/ar-BB1dkiP5 )Pier 1 Employed over 800 people in FW in 2019 (https://www.dallasnews.com/business/retail/2020/03/24/pier-1-imports-lays-off-65-of-staff-at-fort-worth-headquarters/) Unemployment rate in tarrant County: 2008-Dec 2020 https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/TXTARR9URN 2017 video by John Green-What is the Real Unemployment Ratehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn6JWzoKv14 Welfare Offices Fort Worthhttps://www.welfareoffices.org/ci/tx-fort_worth Need Help Paying Bills . com (lists of local charities: Food Assistance, Rent Assistance, Utility Assistance, Medical Bills, Debt help, Mortgage Help- NGO and City services)https://www.needhelppayingbills.com/html/tarrant_county_assistance_prog.html Fort Worth Housing Assistance for COVIDhttps://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/neighborhoods/cap/emergency-cares-act Community Action Partners (CAP) of Tarrant County (heating, vent &A/C-Utility Assistance, Veterans Services, Water Payment Assistance, Weatherization Assistance)https://www.fortworthtexas.gov/departments/neighborhoods/cap Tarrant Co Housing Assistancehttps://access.tarrantcounty.com/en/housing-assistance-office.html Tarrant Co Burial Assistancehttp://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/human-services/burial-assistance.html CARES Act Rental Assistance for Tarrant Co (In English, Spanish and Vietnimese) http://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/county/social-services/rental-assistance-application.html Tarrant Co Small Business Assistance Grantshttp://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/county/small-business.html Christopher Rose Notes:Project to Protect Vulnerable Populationhttps://www.nbcdfw.com/news/coronavirus/fort-worth-completes-project-to-protect-vulnerable-population/2526602/https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2021/02/10/as-bitter-cold-settles-in-covid-19-complicating-efforts-help-homeless/Mobile COVID Testinghttp://www.tarrantcounty.com/en/justice-of-the-peace-courts/justice-1/covid-19---jc1/mobile-testing.htmlRental Assistancehttps://access.tarrantcounty.com/content/dam/main/covid-cares/rentalAssistanceresources_01072021.pdf Statewide Reliefhttps://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/texas-news/gov-abbott-tdhca-announce-statewide-covid-19-rental-relief-program/2546813/Cuts to COVID Housing Plan https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/worried-about-small-businesses-fort-worth-cuts-covid-housing-plan-to-10-million/ar-BB17Qxe1Thomas Notes:Tarrant Area Food Bankhttps://tafb.org/Food Bank .orghttps://www.food-bank.org/Northside Inter-Community Agencyhttps://www.nicaagency.org/Funkytown Fridgehttps://www.funkytownfridge.org/https://www.funkytownfridge.org/locationsOD-Aidhttps://www.odaidfw.org/