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Utility Assistance for Seniors, Persons with Disabilities and Vets

The City of Corpus Christi’s Limited Utility Assistance Program will accept applications from low-income seniors, persons with disabilities, and veterans needing help with their electricity bills. Assistance is limited to no more than $500 per household.

Applications are being accepted now, and the application process will close when 350 applications have been received. Once applications are received, they will be screened for eligibility, with payments made directly to the electricity utility company providing service to the household.

Eligible seniors, persons with disabilities, and veterans must have a combined household income at or below 50 percent of the area median income. For a one-person household, that income limit is $27,150. The limit for a family of four must be below $38,750 a year.

Applications are available online at cctexas.com/gmd, at City-operated senior centers, and the Neighborhood Services Department at City Hall. Applications are also available to people in the Senior Companion Program.

Applications can be submitted by email to utilityassistanceprogram@cctexas.com or dropped off at the Neighborhood Services Department, 2nd Floor City Hall, 1201 Leopard Street, Corpus Christi, TX 78401. Applications are not accepted at City-operated senior centers.

Democratic Divas

Democratic Divas luncheon today Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at Silverado Smokehouse on Weber from 11:30-1:00.

Our speaker will be Mari Garza, founder of the Free Store who works with the homeless and houseless.

Bring your friends and neighbors. Just go through the BBQ line and come to the back room to eat with smiling, friendly people. Everyone is welcome, as we have no dues, no officers and no bylaws.

The Democratic Divas meet the last Tuesday of each month for lunch at Silverado Smokehouse. Open to everyone.

Texas Volunteer Deputy Registrar

Volunteer Deputy Registrars are entrusted with the responsibility of officially registering voters in the State of Texas. They are appointed by county voter registrars and charged with helping increase voter registration in the state.

Qualifications

To be appointed a volunteer deputy registrar, a person must:

be at least 18 years old;
be a United States citizen;
not have been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be
1. totally mentally incapacitated, or
2. partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;
never have been convicted of failing to deliver a voter application to a voter registrar;
not have been finally convicted of a felony, or, if convicted, must have
1. fully discharged the sentence, including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered by any court, or
2. been pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disability to vote;
not have been finally convicted of identity theft under Section 32.51 of the Penal Code; and
be a resident of the State of Texas.

How to Become a Volunteer Deputy Registrar

Contact the voter registrar in your county.
The voter registrar will provide you with information about how training will be offered and completed.
Upon satisfactorily completing training and examination, if required, the voter registrar will appoint you as a volunteer deputy registrar and advise you of any county-specific procedures for processing voter registration applications and that the only requirements for voter registration are those prescribed by state law or by the Secretary of State.
The voter registrar will issue you a certificate of appointment and give you a receipt book or voter registration applications with a tear off receipt.
You may not receive another person’s voter registration application until you have completed the training developed or approved by the Secretary of State.

To become a Texas Deputized Voter Registrar visit here

Texas DVR Training Info here