How We have responded to disasters
Covid 19
During our current crises of Covid-19, Joseph House Community Outreach Center has increased capacity to serve more individuals and families right now than we have ever in the past. We have served over 10,000 individuals alone in this current month of July, 2020 after the second wave of Covid-19 cases hit the Harris County area.
Also, we have put our Covid-19 procedures and policies in place to prevent further spread of the virus. If you would like to know more regarding our policies and procedures, please click here.
We want to keep the safety of the staff and our clients the number one priority at this moment. While staying at home may not be an option for us since we are an essential part of the community, we are still doing our best to slow the spread.
Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey was a devastating Category 4 hurricane that made landfall on Texas and Louisiana in August 2017, causing catastrophic flooding and more than 100 deaths.
During the aftermath of the storm, our Emergency Response Team increased the number of weekly distributions in order to provide support to all those affected by this massive storm. Our team succeeded in providing nutritious food to more than 21,000 individuals in the first three months after the storm event.
Tropical Storm Imelda
During the unprecedented storm that was Tropical Storm Imelda, the Houston area had record breaking rainfall. As a result, many neighborhoods throughout Houston saw tremendous flooding; however, our team here at Joseph House Community Outreach Center did not hesitate to ensure that those most affected by the flooding had their food needs met.
The members of our dedicated staff delivered thousands of our nutritional food boxes to those individuals and families living in those devastated areas.
2020 watson Houston Explosion
There was an explosion on Friday January 24, 2020 at the Watson Grinding and Manufacturing Company, which destroyed and damaged many homes in the neighborhood.
After the explosion, Joseph House Community Outreach Center was on the scene providing much needed food and minor repairs to the homes damaged by the explosion.
