Dallas, TX
Dallas dashboard connects immigrant residents with free or reduced-cost services
Dallas has an online dashboard to connect new immigrant residents with resources and programs to improve their quality of life.
About 23% of residents are immigrants and about 42% speak a language other than English at home, according to the city of Dallas.
The Welcoming Communities and Immigrant Affairs Office was established in 2018 to connect Dallas’s diverse immigrant communities with existing residents.
In 2019, Dallas became the first certified welcoming city in Texas. The certified welcoming status is given by Welcoming America, a national nonprofit organization that evaluates local efforts to establish an inclusive community through government leadership, civic engagement, equitable access, education, economic development and connected and safe communities.
The Community Resources Welcoming Hub is an online dashboard residents can access to find information, organizations, programs and services.
The dashboard is divided into 10 categories: food, housing, goods, transit, health, money, care, education, work and legal. Residents can filter by ZIP code and topic to find the help they need.
For example, in the area of food, the site provides lists of free food pantries, community gardens, programs to learn how to cook healthy foods, free food programs for pregnant women, and where to apply for food assistance. The lists include hours of operation, addresses, websites and contact information.
The dashboard provides a list of places where residents can sign up for free English as a Second Language classes. The same goes for those who want to get their GED, learn a new skill or become professionally certified.
Users can customize the dashboard to their preferred language. More than 30 languages are available. Residents can add filters, such as gender, age group, ethnicity and disabilities, to find available programs or information that fits their needs. The site is constantly updated.
For more information about the Community Resources Welcoming Hub, visit https://communityresources.dallascityhall.com/.
Dallas Police Central Business District officers recovered 39 bags of crack cocaine during an arrest Tuesday.
The officers, working with the U.S. Marshal’s North Texas Fugitive Task Force, seized the drugs when they arrested 40-year-old Velisa Purvis, who was wanted on four outstanding felony warrants.
Officers spotted Purvis in the 1500 block of Garrett Avenue near Old East Dallas and took her into custody.
In addition to the cocaine, officers recovered two bags of suspected methamphetamine, drug packaging, money and marijuana.
She now faces additional charges of manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance between four grams and 200 grams and manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance between one and four grams for the crack cocaine, methamphetamine, currency, and individual packages with the intent to distribute.
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DALLAS – The warm and muggy weather will give way to much cooler temperatures in the Dallas-Fort Worth area over the next few days.
Thursday Forecast
According to the FOX 4 Weather team, rain chances return on Thursday as a disturbance moves through the Plains.
The best chance for showers and storms will be north of Interstate 20. There’s a marginal risk for severe storms for the areas northwest of DFW and along the Red River.
A southwest wind will also keep things very warm throughout the day. Expect highs to climb into the upper 70s to 80s. Wind gusts may reach as high as 25 to 30 mph.
Weekend Forecast
The next cold front swings through on Friday afternoon. Ahead of it, there are rain chances, especially southeast of DFW.
Behind this front, noticeably colder air moves in for the weekend. Expect lows in the 30s and afternoon highs in the 50s.
7-Day Forecast
A slow warm-up is expected heading into early next week.
The Source: The information in this story comes from FOX 4 Weather Meteorologist Ali Turiano’s weather report.
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