Hidalgo County Community Service Agency Provides Federal Coronavirus Relief

6/24/2020

The Hidalgo County Community Service Agency is providing coronavirus relief from funding that comes from the federal CARES Act. The agency hosted an informational live stream on the issue yesterday.

Money is available to those impacted by the outbreak to use to help cover rent and mortgage payments and to pay for any necessary prescription drugs. Visit HidalgoCSA-dot-org to learn more and find out who is eligible.

Hidalgo County Creates Grant Program For Virus-Impacted Small Businesses

June 24, 2020

Hidalgo County will be using $3.5 million of its federal coronavirus relief funding to assist small businesses that suffered huge financial losses as a result of the pandemic.

County commissioners Tuesday agreed to use the CARES Act money to create a small business grant program that’ll offer assistance to the small businesses that were forced to close under the stay-at-home and no-travel restrictions.

Year of Fear, Chapter 20: South Texas was reopening. Now COVID-19 is roaring back.

June 24, 2020

Welcome back to the Year of Fear. Each week until Election Day, CJR and the Delacorte Review will bring you another chapter from one of our four towns.

In mid-March, the United States went on lockdown due to the emergence of thousands of coronavirus cases in major cities on the East and West coasts, while thousands of miles away in South Texas, border residents anxiously waited and prayed that the virus would not make an appearance in their communities.

Texas to impose new safety rules for child care centers due to increase in coronavirus cases

June 24, 2020

Gov. Greg Abbott directed a state health agency Tuesday to enact new safety standards for child care centers during the coronavirus — more than a week after prior rules for the centers were made optional.

His order, which comes as new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations surge in the state, doesn’t immediately make clear what the standards will be. A spokesperson for the governor told The Texas Tribune that the state health commission will be releasing the guidelines Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Health and Human Services Commission said Tuesday evening that the emergency rules are still in development.