{"id":1417904,"date":"2025-06-12T08:49:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T13:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1417904"},"modified":"2025-06-13T03:05:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T08:05:34","slug":"habitat-for-humanity-awarded-40000-grant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1417904","title":{"rendered":"Habitat for Humanity awarded $40,000 grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1417905\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/06\/habitatforhumanity.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"208\" height=\"171\" \/>TYLER &#8212; Habitat for Humanity of Smith County has been awarded a $40,000 grant from the CenterPoint Energy Foundation to support its Critical Repairs Program. This funding will help provide essential home repairs for qualifying low-income homeowners in Smith and Cherokee Counties\u2014enhancing safety, restoring livability, and extending the life of aging homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At Habitat for Humanity of Smith County, we believe everyone deserves a decent place to live,&#8221; said Noemy Rivera, Director of Critical Repair. &#8220;This grant is vital to our mission and will directly improve the quality of life for families in need by making their homes safer and more livable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>June Deadrick, Vice President of Community Relations at CenterPoint Energy, added, &#8220;The CenterPoint Energy Foundation is proud to support Habitat for Humanity of Smith County in its efforts to preserve affordable housing. By investing in critical home repairs, we&#8217;re helping to improve living conditions for vulnerable families in Smith and Cherokee Counties.&#8221;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Families interested in applying for home repairs are encouraged to visit the Habitat office at 822 W. Front Street in Tyler or call 903-595-6630 ext. 215 for more information and to pick up an application.<\/p>\n<p>The CenterPoint Energy Foundation is committed to enhancing community vitality by supporting nonprofit organizations focused on education and community well-being within its service areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; Habitat for Humanity of Smith County has been awarded a $40,000 grant from the CenterPoint Energy Foundation to support its Critical Repairs Program. This funding will help provide essential home repairs for qualifying low-income homeowners in Smith and Cherokee Counties\u2014enhancing safety, restoring livability, and extending the life of aging homes. &#8220;At Habitat for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1417904\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Habitat for Humanity awarded $40,000 grant<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1417905,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/06\/habitatforhumanity.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1417904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-07 00:40:05","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2025\/06\/habitatforhumanity.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1417904"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1418121,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417904\/revisions\/1418121"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1417905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1417904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1417904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1417904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}