Residents across the Big Country and Concho Valley now have help paying for storm shelters.
The West Central Texas Council of Governments has secured a FEMA grant to offer a Residential Safe Room and Storm Shelter Rebate Program.
The program reimburses 50 percent of installation costs, up to three-thousand dollars, for privately owned residential safe rooms or storm shelters. Eligible homes must be owner-occupied, outside FEMA floodplains, and located in one of nineteen counties, including Runnels County.
The grant is designed to improve safety during tornadoes and severe thunderstorms. Community-wide shelters are not included.
Applications and full details are available at wctcog dot org, or by contacting Karla Sadler at 325-672-8544, extension 331
