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Project Recovery Harvey Outreach & Engagement Report

Week of: 5/4/2019–5/9/2019 Events Date: May 4, 2019 Event: Ashcreek HOA Community Breakfast Description of Outreach: We provided an intake specialist at the request of Vickie Cooper for the Ashcreek HOA Community Breakfast event in north Harris County. The event was attended by 30 people and offered opportunities to learn about helpful community resources. Vickie Cooper, who works with the Ashcreek HOA, invited us to attend to help impacted folks in her community with filling out their pre-applications. She included our program on the flyer sent out to homeowners. It states that help with applications would be available.

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Date: May 7, 2019 Event: Pine Trails CIA Meeting Description of Outreach: Dr. Joseph C. Glenn passed out Project Recovery Harvey information at the Pine Trails CIA Meeting in Sheldon in northeast Harris County. Media Date: May 4, 2019 Publication: Houston Chronicle – The Humble Observer Media: Newspaper Link: https://www.chron.com/neighborhood/humble/news/article/Over-200-million-available-for-Houston-suburb-13818009.php Description of Outreach: Kaila Contreras of the Houston Chronicle area newspaper The Humble Observer that covers Humble and the surrounding northeast portion of Harris County, published an article on the presentation we gave at the quarterly Humble BizCom event held at Humble High School. The event is hosted by the Lake Houston Area Chamber and brings together community, education, business, and faith leaders to discuss important issues in the region. Kaila Contreras published an article giving readers an overview of the Project Recovery Harvey program directing readers to apply at the website and to call if they need assistance. She gave an overview of the different means of assistance available through the program and listed the addresses of all the permanent intake centers in the county. In addition to being available in print and online, the Humble Observer shared the article on its Facebook and Twitter pages.

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Date: May 2, 2019 Publication: Northeast News Media: Newspaper Link: https://www.nenewsroom.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/NEN-4-23-19.pdf Description of Outreach: Northeast News published an online version of their Project Recovery front page article about the Project Recovery Launch on April 23. They published a PDF edition of the article as well pictured below.

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Date: May 6, 2019 Publication: Univision Media: TV Station Link: https://www.univision.com/local/houston-kxln/a-casi-dos-anos-del-huracan-harvey-el-condado-de-harris-busca-a-traves-de-este-programa-ayudar-a-los-afectados-video Description of Outreach: Nellie Cruz from the Harris County Community Services Department was recently interviewed on the Spanish-speaking Univision 10 PM newscast. This is the highest rated newscast in Houston. Nellie was interviewed about the program and answered questions from the anchors. They displayed the website to apply and the phone number as well the types the types of funding available through the program. Univision posted the video to its website, Facebook, and Twitter. The news station has almost 500,000 likes on Facebook and over 22,000 followers on Twitter.

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Conversations & Briefings

• We met and spoke with Sheldon ISD Superintendent King R. Davis who agreed to do a callout on May 8 to Sheldon ISD parents to share Project Recovery Harvey information with them. The Superintendent shared information about the program along with details about the Sheldon mobile intake location so that parents are informed of the resources available to them in their community. Sheldon ISD will also share flyers with Sheldon ISD parents on the school’s contact list database. They posted about Project Recovery Harvey on their Facebook page on May 6.

• We spoke with Justice of the Peace Lucia Bates about attending civic club meetings and senior centers within her community. Her district includes Sheldon, Highlands, Crosby, and Baytown.

• Aldine ISD shared Project Recovery e-flyers with their contact database on May 2 and will follow up with a callout shortly.

• We are working with Goose Creek ISD to do a similar callout and to share the e-flyers with their contact database.

• Jacinda Jordan, the President of Hope Disaster Recovery, an organization that coordinates with congregations in northwest Harris County will share Project Recovery Harvey information with her disaster case managers who will share the information with their clients. According to Jacinda, they “will be a concentrated force in getting the information out to the public.”

• We met with Shirley Ronquillo of Harris County Precinct 2 and the Houston Department of Transformation nonprofit. We discussed the program with her and gave her flyers to share.

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• We scheduled a Project Recovery Harvey interview for Nellie Cruz and Denise James on Univision’s 10 PM newscast on Monday, May 6. Univision is the highest rated local broadcaster in the Houston area.

• We shared Nellie Cruz’s Mega 101 radio interview with 129 Hispanic community leaders in the Spanish-speaking community to post on social media to help spread the word about Project Recovery Harvey.

• We spoke with Laura Reynolds, Asst. Program Director at SportsRadio 610/CBS Sports Radio 650, about a Project Recovery Harvey program interview on their public affairs show Eye on Houston. She agreed to have us interviewed on 95.7 The Spot, Mix 96.5, 100.3 The Bull, Sports Radio 610, and CBS Sports 650.

• We spoke with Joe Higgs of The Metropolitan Organization (TMO) who agreed to share events they will be hosting where intake specialists can attend and/or where an informational presentation can be given. We sent him Project Recovery Harvey flyers to share with the congregations affiliated with TMO. He let us know he will inform congregations in the vicinity of nearby intake centers and will direct them to those centers for assistance.

• Cypress Assistance Ministries shared Project Recovery information and social media posts with their Council of Congregations group that meets regularly at Cypress Assistance Ministries to discuss how they can work together to better the community.

• We reached out to Allison Hay, Executive Director of Houston Habitat for Humanity about working with Habitat on Project Recovery Harvey. We were informed that she will be out of office until May 16.

• We gave Denise James Project Recovery flyers to share with Harris County Public Health so that they may share this information at the various community health fairs they attend at schools across the county.

• We gave Vernon Chambers with Harris County Transit flyers to share on the public transportation they provide throughout the county.

• We shared a partner toolkit with Project Recovery Harvey resources at the request of Glen Key Willis, a realtor with Key Realtors in the Humble area. We spoke with her at the Humble BizCom event.

• Sue Nesbitt of Night Light Pediatric Care requested Project Recovery flyers to share at their clinics. We sent her flyers to share at their clinic locations located outside of Houston city limits.

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Organizations Sharing Project Recovery Harvey Information

• Aldine ISD

• Aldine High School

• Baptist Children’s Family Services

• Baylor College of Medicine

• City of La Porte

• Cypress Assistance Ministries

• CYT Houston

• Cornerstone Presbyterian Church

• Credit Coalition

• Dispute Resolution Center

• Dyer Forest Heights Civic Club

• East Harris County Activity Center

• East Harris County Empowerment Council

• Green Leaf

• Hardy Senior Center

• Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo

• Harris County Law Library

• Harris County Public Health

• Harris County Tax Office

• Harris County Transit

• Harris County Veterans Office

• Harvey Memories Project

• Hope Disaster Recovery

• Houston Department of Transformation

• Humble Christian School

• Humble High School

• HCED Recovery and Resilience Division

• Kathy Stenson – Bear Creek Community Leader

• Key Realtors

• Lake Houston Area Chamber

• Lakes of Cypress Forest HOA

• Light of the World Church

• Mae Smythe Elementary School

• Memorial Drive Methodist Church

• Messiah Lutheran Church

• Moore Elementary School

• Mosswood Properties

• Northeast News

• Office of State Representative Christina Morales

• Office of State Representative Sam Harless

• Office of State Representative Senfronia Thompson

• Office of State Senator Carol Alvarado

• Office of U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw

• Office of U.S. Representative Lizzie Fletcher

• Office of U.S. Representative Sylvia Garcia

• Office of County Commissioner Adrian Garcia

• Office of County Commissioner Rodney Ellis

• Pasadena Chamber of Commerce

• Pasadena ISD

• Pine Trails Community Improvement Association

• RSVP of Southeast Texas

• Red Bluff Elementary School

• Sheldon ISD

• Spring Branch Community Health Center

• United Health Care

• Weekley Community Center

• Windwood Presbyterian Church

Previous Outreach Events

• 3/28/19 Precinct 3 Community Roundtable

• 4/3/19 Precinct 2 Community Roundtable

• 4/4/19 Precinct 1 Community Roundtable

• 4/6/19 Hope NOW Event

• 4/9/19 Precinct 4 Community Roundtable

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• 4/10/19 Pasadena Community Roundtable

• 4/13/19 Project Recovery Harvey program launch event

• 4/15/19 Pasadena Community Meeting

• 4/16/19 Congressman Crenshaw Meet & Greet Event

• 4/16/19 Living Word Church Food Fair

• 4/22/19 Hardy Senior Center Event

• 4/25/19 Congresswoman Fletcher Community Flooding Conversation

• 4/25/19 Mae Smythe Elementary School Health Fair

• 4/28/19 St. Leo the Great Bazaar

• 5/2/19 Lake Houston Chamber of Commerce Humble BizCom Meeting

• 5/2/19 Aldine High School Family Engagement Night

• 5/4/19 Ashcreek HOA Community Breakfast

• 5/7/19 Pine Trails CIA Community Meeting

Social Media Date: May 2, 2019 Type (post, share, re-tweet, tweet, etc.): Post Organization: Lake Houston Area Chamber Social Media outlet (Facebook, Twitter, etc.): Facebook Facebook Likes: 4,080 Twitter Followers: Link to post: https://www.facebook.com/pg/LHAChamber/posts/?ref=page_internal

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Date: May 4, 2019 Type (post, share, re-tweet, tweet, etc.): Post Organization: Humble Observer Social Media outlet (Facebook, Twitter, etc.): Facebook Facebook Likes: 3,035 Twitter Followers: 1,950 Link to post: https://www.facebook.com/humbleObserver/ https://twitter.com/HumbleNews/status/1124694180981121024

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Date: May 4, 2019 Type (post, share, re-tweet, tweet, etc.): Tweet, Post Organization: Precinct 2 Social Media outlet (Facebook, Twitter, etc.): Twitter, Facebook Facebook Likes: 3,955 Twitter Followers: 1,080 Link to post: https://twitter.com/HarrisCoPct2/status/1124645168622206976 https://www.facebook.com/harriscountyprecinct2/

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Date: May 6, 2019 Type (post, share, re-tweet, tweet, etc.): Tweet, Post Organization: Sheldon ISD Social Media outlet (Facebook, Twitter, etc.): Facebook Facebook Likes: 7,158 Twitter Followers: Link to post: https://www.facebook.com/pg/SheldonISD/posts/?ref=page_internal

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Date: May 7, 2019 Type (post, share, re-tweet, tweet, etc.): Post, Tweet Organization: Univision, Noticias 45 Houston Social Media outlet (Facebook, Twitter, etc.): Facebook, Twitter Facebook Likes: 492,982 Twitter Followers: 22,024 Link to post: https://www.facebook.com/noticias45houston/ https://twitter.com/noticiashouston/status/1125796327961526272

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Date: May 7, 2019 Type (post, share, re-tweet, tweet, etc.): Post, re-post Organization: Cypress Assistance Ministries Social Media outlet (Facebook, Twitter, etc.): Facebook Facebook Likes: 2,149 Twitter Followers: Link to post: https://www.facebook.com/pg/cypressassistance/posts/?ref=page_internal

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The following posts are those we were unaware of until this week’s reporting period and are not included in previous reporting. Date: April 26, 2019 Type (post, share, re-tweet, tweet, etc.): Personal page post Organization: City of La Porte Social Media outlet (Facebook, Twitter, etc.): Facebook Facebook Likes: Twitter Followers: Link to post: https://www.facebook.com/SenfroniaThompson4Texas?fref=search&__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&eid=ARA5EiZ3ifF6LLJQoHMXDR7IhAEPD6h-e4HOgAjJRP6Ow9Nb7jHRCuNGWpvEbIN15bqgStoUhfeZDYsT

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Date: April 30, 2019 Type (post, share, re-tweet, tweet, etc.): Post Organization: City of La Porte Social Media outlet (Facebook, Twitter, etc.): Facebook Facebook Likes: 31,592 Twitter Followers: Link to post: https://www.facebook.com/pg/LaPorteTexas/posts/?ref=page_internal

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Date: April 10, 2019 Type (post, share, re-tweet, tweet, etc.): Post Organization: Aubrey Kelly Social Media outlet (Facebook, Twitter, etc.): Facebook Facebook Likes: Twitter Followers: 6,688 Link to post: https://twitter.com/aub_kelly/status/1116089574365777920

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Organizations Represented – Roundtables

• Precinct 3 – Attendees: 13 o Cypress Assistance Ministries o Office of Sen. John Whitmire o Office of Rep. Jon Rosenthal o Messiah Lutheran Church o Hope Disaster Recovery o Office of Sen. Paul

Bettencourt o Windwood Presbyterian

Church o SCS Management Services o Bayou City Initiative o Office of Rep. Dwayne Bohac o Cy-Fair ISD

• Precinct 2 – Attendees: 47 o Aldine ISD o Office of U.S. Rep. Lizzie

Fletcher o Office of U.S. Rep. Sylvia

Garcia o Office of Rep. Senfronia

Thompson o Office of Rep. Harald Dutton o Houston Department of

Transformation o St. Leo the Great Catholic

Church o Javaccs o Office of Harris County

Commissioner Adrian Garcia o Office of Harris County

Commissioner Rodney Ellis o Mission Centers of Houston o Houston Women March On o East Aldine District o Green Forest Civic Club o High Meadows Library

• Precinct 1 – 23 attendees o United Way of Baytown

o Greenleaf o Harris County Municipal

Utility District 148 o Greens Brook Home

Owners Association o Parkway Home Owners

Association & Utility District

o Houston Black Real Estate Association

o Parkway Forest Home Owners Association

o Dyer Forest Heights Civic Club

o Pine Trails Community Improvement Association

o East Harris County Empowerment

• Precinct 4 – Attendees: 12 o Woodgate Civic

Association o Ashcreek HOA o Lakes of Cypress Forest

HOA o Northwest Assistance

Ministries o Harris County Pct. 4 o Woodgate Civic

Association o Office of U.S. Rep. Dan

Crenshaw o RSVP of Southeast Texas

• Pasadena – Attendees: 7 o Habitat for Humanity –

Pasadena o Office of State Senator

Carol Alvarado o City of Seabrook o City of La Porte o Goose Creek ISD

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Partners – 67

• Houston Responds

• Credit Coalition

• Cypress Assistance Ministries

• Office of Sen. John Whitmire

• Office of Rep. Jon Rosenthal

• Messiah Lutheran Church

• Hope Disaster Recovery

• Office of Sen. Paul Bettencourt

• Windwood Presbyterian Church

• SCS Management Services

• Bayou City Initiative

• Office of Rep. Dwayne Bohac

• Cy-Fair ISD

• Aldine ISD

• Office of U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher

• Office of U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia

• Office of Rep. Senfronia Thompson

• Office of Rep. Harald Dutton

• Houston Department of Transformation

• St. Leo the Great Catholic Church

• Javaccs

• Office of Harris County Commissioner Adrian Garcia

• Office of Harris County Commissioner Rodney Ellis

• Mission Centers of Houston

• Mosswood Properties

• Houston Women March On

• East Aldine District

• Green Forest Civic Club

• High Meadows Library

• United Way of Baytown

• Greenleaf

• Harris County Municipal Utility District 148

• Greens Brook Home Owners Association

• Parkway Home Owners Association & Utility District

• Houston Black Real Estate Association

• Parkway Forest Home Owners Association

• Dyer Forest Heights Civic Club

• Pine Trails Community Improvement Association

• East Harris County Empowerment

• Woodgate Civic Association

• Ashcreek HOA

• Lakes of Cypress Forest HOA

• Northwest Assistance Ministries

• Harris County Pct. 4

• Woodgate Civic Association

• Woodgate HOA

• Office of U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw

• RSVP of Southeast Texas

• City of La Porte

• City of Seabrook

• Goose Creek ISD

• Habitat for Humanity – Pasadena

• Office of State Senator Carol Alvarado