St. David’s Foundation funds second round of COVID-19 recovery

The sweeping impacts of coronavirus on our Central Texas community were felt almost immediately, creating an urgent need across our five-county region to ensure the survival of our most vulnerable populations and the organizations that support them. Now amidst the virus’ sustained spread, as we work to stabilize and rebuild, we have uncovered additional needs alongside those initial urgent issues. Those needs are chiefly driven by the isolation experienced by our neighbors and a lack of access to basic necessities and health care services in our rural communities – and, unfortunately, are further compounded by a long-standing undercurrent of injustice and systemic racism. The distress is enormous and requires an innovative, thoughtful, multifaceted, and compassionate approach to recovery and an inevitable better future.