HomeAid Houston, a nonprofit organization that provides a link between nonprofit care providers in need of construction assistance and builder professionals who want to give back to the community, will soon break ground on a new building that will provide additional beds for an organization that serves women and families suffering as victims of human trafficking and domestic violence.
On Thursday, July 14, HomeAid Houston will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the 3,225-square-foot building, providing four one-bedroom apartments for the Fort Bend Women’s Center at its Rio Bend campus in Fort Bend County, according to a July 11 news release. The address for the campus was not available to protect the safety and privacy of the women and families.
As part of Fort Bend Women’s Center's mission, the quadplex will serve additional domestic abuse and sexual assault survivors, said Leslie Wendland, chief external affairs officer for the Fort Bend Women’s Center. The center, which has served almost 50,000 survivors of abuse over the past four decades, has used the Rio Bend campus to provide wraparound services for women and families, including counseling, legal assistance, job programs and extensive children's programs, Wendland said.
“There is a huge lack of housing for people trying to start over,” Wendland said.
