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Fort Bend Recovers: Warming Center
Warming Center
Attack Poverty has announced that they will be opening up their Friends of North Rosenberg Resource Center as an overnight warming center Thursday night (2/3) and Friday night (2/4) in respect to the cold temperatures that we will be experiencing. If anyone needs a place to stay warm Thursday night and Friday night, you can refer them to the warming center. Please note that this warming center is not a formal shelter nor is it designed to take residents with more extensive medical needs. Please communicate this to your partners and residents.
As always, if residents do need a place to stay in order to stay warm, we encourage them to reach out to family and friends, however the warming center is available. For more details on the warming center, see below. Feel free to share Attack Poverty’s Facebook post.
https://attackpoverty.org/response/
https://www.facebook.com/AttackPoverty/
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Friends of North Rosenberg Resource Center
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Fort Bend Recovers: Warming Center
Attack Poverty has announced that they will be opening up their Friends of North Rosenberg Resource Center as an overnight warming center Thursday night (2/3) and Friday night (2/4) in respect to the cold temperatures that we will be experiencing. If anyone needs a place to stay warm Thursday night and Friday night, you can refer them to the warming center. Please note that this warming center is not a formal shelter nor is it designed to take residents with more extensive medical needs. Please communicate this to your partners and residents.
As always, if residents do need a place to stay in order to stay warm, we encourage them to reach out to family and friends, however the warming center is available. For more details on the warming center, see below. Feel free to share Attack Poverty’s Facebook post.
Friends of North Rosenberg Resource Center - 1908 Ave. E Rosenberg, TX 77471
Dates: Thursday, February 3rd and Friday, February 4th
Hours of operation: 6 pm-7 am
Phone number: (832)-471-6090
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Fort Bend County Recognized for Financial Transparency
Fort Bend County was awarded the Texas Comptroller Leadership Circle “Gold” Award for the fifth year in a row for displaying a high standard of financial transparency online. The award spotlights those local governments that are opening their books to the public, providing clear, consistent pictures of spending, and sharing information in a user-friendly format that lets taxpayers easily drill down for more detail.
The Texas Comptroller describes transparency as government opening its books to the public so that taxpayers can see exactly where their money is going. Transparency ensures that taxpayer dollars are spent efficiently by ensuring all decisions are made in the open and on the record. Transparency means that citizens can review and question policymakers' decisions, examine documents, root out inefficiencies and hold officials accountable for the way tax dollars are spent.
The Comptroller of Public Accounts launched the Texas Comptroller Leadership Circle program in December 2009 to recognize local governments across Texas that are striving to meet a high standard for financial transparency online. The “Gold” Award highlights those entities that are setting the bar with their transparency efforts.
County Judge Robert Hebert stated, “Government works best when its work is done in full view of those it serves. Using the Internet we now televise Commissioners Court meetings, post our annual budgets, monthly disbursement reports and annual audit reports for all to see. We're proud of the recognition for the county, but we see transparency as an obligation rather than an option.”
Fort Bend Proclaims Children's Mental Health Awareness Day
Pictured Left to Right: Fort Bend County Judge Bob Hebert; Connie Almeida, Director of Fort Bend Behavioral Health Services; Judge Pope, 328th District Court; and Kyle Dobbs, Chief Juvenile Probation Officer.
Fort Bend County, Texas — On May 7, Fort Bend County Judge Bob Hebert proclaimed Children's Mental Health Awareness Day. Fort Bend County joined more than 1,100 communities across the country in celebrating the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day to highlight the importance of positive mental health from birth.
Fort Bend County Behavioral Health Services offers services to children starting at birth through late adolescence struggling with behavioral disorders. Many of these children are involved in child welfare and juvenile systems. FB Behavioral Health works with the children, their families or caregivers, multiple agencies and the courts, including the Fort Bend Juvenile Detention Center and the Infant Toddler Court, to ensure that these children receive the services and supports they need to meet their goals at home, at school, and in the community.
“Awareness Day is an opportunity for us to join with more than a thousand communities across the country in celebrating the positive impact that we can have on the lives of children, youth and young adults when we are able to integrate positive mental health into every environment,” said Dr Almeida, Director of Fort Bend Behavioral Health and a licensed psychologist and licensed specialist in school psychology. “When we focus on building resilience and social-emotional skills in our children, starting as early as possible, we can help our children thrive and succeed."
Resiliency and skills to cope with stress are critical to our children. Fort Bend County Behavioral Health Services has developed several partnerships to ‘wrap” services around children and their families. We will continue to focus on the integration of care and community support as well as the elimination of stigma associated with mental illness. All of our children need a safe place to grow, thrive and reach their full potential.
Scammers Preying on Fort Bend County Flood Victims
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Fort Bend County OEM
OEM@FortBendCountyTX.gov
Phone: 281-342-6185
Fax: 281-342-4798
Fort Bend County, TX - The Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management has been in contact with numerous residents who have reported individuals coming into their homes posing as Federal Emergency Management Agency officials. At this time there are no FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance Teams operating within Fort Bend County, but FEMA contractors may visit your home if you have already filed a claim with FEMA. If a resident has not filed a claim with FEMA, individuals visiting their home claiming to work for FEMA are likely to be scammers. These scammers may be advising residents to obtain loans, purchase home insurance coverage, purchase services, or worse.
If an individual comes to your home claiming to be from FEMA, demand to see identification. If they are not in a FEMA uniform and/or unwilling to show FEMA official identification, immediately dial 9-1-1. These scammers are dangerous.
The Fort Bend County Office of Emergency Management is working closely with state and federal officials from multiple agencies to assemble an organized program of assistance for residents. When assistance teams are available, you will receive communication from our office, and the assistance teams will be in uniform and carrying official identification.
If you are ever in doubt about services or assistance being offered, visit an official website of the organization the individual is claiming to be from, and call their official phone number to ask questions. Information printed on forms and brochures left behind by scammers may be factual, but may also be fraudulent. All FEMA and county disaster services are provided free of charge; you should never be asked to pay anything to complete applications or receive assistance from the government.
If you have already had somebody in your home or on your property claiming to be from FEMA and believe you are a victim of a scam, please call the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office by dialing 281-341-4704 and file a report.
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Fort Bend County Working to Manage Mosquitoes After Flooding
Fort Bend County Officials have determined Aerial Vector Mosquito spraying to be unnecessary for the control of mosquito populations within the county, at this time. Due to the recent May 2016 county wide flooding event, Fort Bend County’s Road and Bridge Department has been monitoring the mosquito population with the expectation of an increase due to standing water left over from flooded areas. As a preventative measure, FBC Road and Bridge has been spraying within a three mile area of the river across the county twice per week. Traps set up throughout the county have shown very low volumes of mosquitoes making the Aerial spray unnecessary at this time. Fort Bend County Judge Bob Hebert said, "I'm very pleased that our local efforts to control mosquitoes is showing great results. We'll keep monitoring our traps and are prepared to aerial spray the area if we see a spike in population." The county is also using a larvicide disk thrown into standing water used to exterminate larvae to control the mosquito population in areas where water removal is not possible, such as ditches and heavily wooded areas. To help with these efforts to limit the mosquito population in the county, residents are encouraged to eliminate standing water if possible, dispose of debris that may hold water, and keep yards mowed and hedges trimmed. For questions, residents living in the unincorporated areas of Fort Bend County may call 281-342-4513. Residents living within a local jurisdiction should call their city for more information regarding municipal mosquito control efforts.