Demand for the new Tarrant County-funded rental and utility assistance program was so high, the application portal had to close four hours after opening, according to the nonprofit that runs the program.
Last month, Fort Worth’s Center for Transforming Lives won a $2.3 million contract with the county to administer the Community Outreach Fund. After opening on Nov. 3, 170 applications flooded in, Center CEO Carol Klocek said during an open house about the program Tuesday night at the Center’s South Riverside Drive campus.
“People were here at 7:30 in the morning waiting for us to open the doors,” she said. “We hadn’t even advertised the program yet.”…