KERR COUNTY, Texas – The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country has launched a new regional relief fund across 10 counties in response to this week’s widespread flooding.
Foundation CEO Austin Dickson announced the Texas Hill Country Flood Relief Fund during a virtual news conference Friday.
“We have seen a minor setback. The flooding is no longer isolated to one area; communities across the entire Hill Country region have been impacted,” Dickson said.
Dickson said the fund relief initiative aims to broaden the scope of flood recovery support efforts.
“It is a new regional fund to support communities affected by the recent flooding we’ve seen across the community foundation’s 10-county service area,” Dickson said.
Unlike last year’s flood relief initiative, which focused solely on Kerr County, the new fund allows the foundation to support all communities throughout the Hill Country.
The 10-county service area includes Bandera, Blanco, Edwards, Gillespie, Kendall, Kimble, Kerr, Mason, Real and Uvalde counties.
The foundation said its current priority is identifying the most urgent needs across the region before distributing funds.
“We don’t yet know everything that these communities will need, and that’s why we have not yet made any grants from the Texas Flood Relief Fund so far,” Dickson said, in part. “We are actively working with nonprofit organizations, local officials and trusted community partners across the region to understand the most urgent needs.”
The foundation is encouraging the public to consider making a donation to the Texas Hill Country Flood Relief Fund.
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