Over 51,000 Harris County families receive help thanks to charity

The global pandemic has wreaked havoc on families in need. But in a much-needed bright spot, a local organization has initiated help to those hardest hit by the COVID-19 downturn.

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston announced that more than 51,000 families have received aid from the $61.4 million from the Harris County COVID-19 Emergency Direct Assistance Program.

Need-based funds came courtesy of the county’s CARES funding and provided a one-time, $1,200 payment to 51,167 eligible applicants, per a press release. Money was distributed nearly equally across Harris County’s four precincts (except for the Precinct 2 surplus), including Houston residents inside Harris County.