Bexar County has taken a more cautious approach to spending federal relief cash, but officials say they will still collaborate with the city.
Texas Biomed received $10 million in ARPA funds after it pulled its $11 million funding request from the city’s 2022 bond package.; $15 million to Morgan’s Wonderland, a special needs accessible theme park; and $7 million to Educare, a child care facility on Texas A&M-San Antonio’s Southside campus.. The city has already received 33 unsolicited requests from groups and agencies seeking $350 million worth of grant funding, Villagómez said.
“There are some needs that we need to address today and then there are some that we can take a little bit more time to be more thoughtful and strategic on how we spend those dollars,” Villagómez said. The goal is to have plans for each approved by City Council in the fall or sooner.The city’s committee process may or may not line up with county commissioners’ actions this summer.
City Manager Erik Walsh has had initial conversations with County Manager David Smith about partnering on mental health initiatives, Villagómez said.by the county’s Task Force on Behavioral Health and Criminal Justice, which was formed by Wolff in April last year, outlines more than $37 million in initiatives aimed at improving the local mental health system and its connections with the criminal justice system.
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