The Hays County Commissioners Court will discuss and take possible action to authorize a funding agreement with the Hays-Caldwell Women’s Center (HCWC) on Tuesday morning. The center, which is constructing a transitional housing facility, has requested $600,000 from the County to fund part of the project.
The purpose of the new facility is “to help bridge the gap for victims of violence and abuse between residing in a shelter and obtaining safe, permanent housing.”
HCWC is a nonprofit that provides services, including counseling, advocacy, 24-hour crisis response and shelter, to Hays and Caldwell county residents who are victims of family violence, dating violence, sexual assault and child abuse. In 2009, the HCWC opened the McCoy Family Shelter, a 10,000 square-foot facility that cost $2.1 million, according to the organization’s website.
