The Texas General Land Office has approved $9 million in awards from its Local Communities Program to support recovery from 2024 disasters, the agency said in a Sept. 28 news release.
The awards include $5 million for an emergency shelter in San Jacinto County and $4 million for drainage improvements in Clifton, according to the release.
Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham said in the release that Hurricane Beryl and other severe storms caused extensive damage across Texas in 2024, affecting communities and critical infrastructure. She said the General Land Office is proud to help Texans rebuild stronger and more resilient, and that the grants will help restore public infrastructure, strengthen local economies and address long-term recovery needs in eligible disaster-affected areas.
The program is open to local governments, meaning cities and counties, and to Indian tribes in 92 counties designated by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, according to the agency. Twenty-seven of those counties are designated as most impacted and distressed, and at least 80 percent of program funds must go to applications from those areas, the release said.
The agency said the funding comes from the Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Additional details are available at recovery.texas.gov/24dlcp, and the General Land Office Press Office can be reached at 512-936-9582 or media@glo.texas.gov, the release said.