The City of Austin and Travis County will issue disaster declarations in the wake of this week’s winter storm, which can help them access federal funds.
“We’ll reach out to all of them and see how we can combine efforts best to seek funding,” Brown said.
“If somebody has some personal expenses, meaning to their household as a result of needing to reconnect and needing to hire an electrician, some of this money can go for those kinds of things as well,” Watson said. “We will also be looking at establishing a multi-agency resource center so that information can be made available,” he said.
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