FILE - Flowers and candles are placed around crosses at a memorial outside Robb Elementary School to honor the victims killed in this week's school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Saturday, May 28, 2022. In the aftermath of the school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, governors around the country vowed to take steps to ensure their students would be kept safe. Months later, as students return to classrooms, money has begun to flow for school security upgrades, training and other new efforts to make classrooms safer. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) (Jae C. Hong, Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)
SAN ANTONIO – Months of waiting will soon come to an end as the National Compassion Fund announces plans to distribute donations to Uvalde families. Families affected by the shooting will be able to apply for financial assistance starting next week.
Collected through the Uvalde Together We Ride Fund, the National Compassion Fund will disburse more than $16 million dollars in donations.
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Application for financial assistance will open on Tuesday, September 13.
Money will go to victims in one of five categories:
Legal heirs of the 21 victims
People hurt in the shooting
Those who were in nearby classrooms and experiencing psychological trauma
The class on the playground, some employees at the nearby funeral home
Those present at Robb Elementary when the shooting began
To read more on eligibility guidelines CLICK HERE.
Donations to the Uvalde Together We Rise Fund are still being accepted, to donate CLICK HERE.
Adrian Ortega is a news producer for the Nightbeat. He joined the station in 2016.
Adrian helped expand the Nightbeat to a one-hour newscast on the weekend and is now producing for the Nightbeat 5 times per week.
He's helped cover the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2021 winter storm, race and policing in SA and the Alazan-Apache Courts on the West Side.
