DISASTER RECOVERY

TWC will not request the unemployed who are receiving unemployment benefits to resume job searches until the end of July. Initially, job searches were scheduled to resume July 6. This means that if you are receiving unemployment, you will continue to submit payment requests only.

Testing is available at Walgreens. For a list of drive through testing sites, the Texas Department of State Health Services has a comprehensive list of drive thru testing locations. To find a site near you, click here. The Houston Health Department and its agency partners are announcing the schedule for sites offering free COVID-19 tests […]

If you are not able to pay your rent because of loss of income due to COVID-19, it is important to advise your landlord as soon as possible. A number of landlords are working with their residents to accommodate them during this pandemic. Some landlords may waive fees, apply security deposits to the rent or […]

Help may be available to customers who are experiencing a hardship due to COVID-19 in paying their utilities. To see if you may qualify for deferment, payment assistance or an extension through the Public Utility Commission, click here.

Because of school closures from COVID-19, Texas received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide more than $1 billion in pandemic food benefits to families with children that have temporarily lost access to free or reduced-price school meals. Pandemic-EBT (P-EBT) provides eligible families with a one-time payment for each child who previously received […]

PRESS OFFICE Release Date: May 4, 2020; Contact: Press_Office@sba.gov, (202) 205-7036; Release Number: 20-38 WASHINGTON – U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Jovita Carranza announced yesterday that agricultural businesses are now eligible for SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) and EIDL Advance programs. SBA’s EIDL portal has reopened as a result of funding authorized by Congress through […]