COVID19

The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History has put together some fun activities that you can do at home. Check out some Discovery Lab Online through their YouTube channel!

Topics of discovery range from creating a bee hotel to a look inside a seed or even learning about the dust bowl!

For more information on the Fort Worth’s Museum of Science & History, check out their website.

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth has moved to the virtual world to include an inclusive look into their current Exhibition – Mark Bradford: End Papers. Check out this youtube video to learn more about Mark Bradford and his exhibit. 

They’ve curated some of their programs to move online, check out those programs here!

For middle and high school students interested in art culture, the museum has put together a few art assignments that can be downloaded and worked on here.

The COVID-19 crisis is impacting our local employers in many ways – some industries and businesses are facing unprecedented hiring needs, while others are forced to furlough or significantly cutback their workforce due to the volatile economic environment.

Complete a 2-minute confidential survey regarding your workforce needs during the COVID-19 crisis to be connected with local workforce opportunities.

Learn more at: https://bestplace4kids.com/local-workforce-connector-platform/

Texas A&M University School of Law is offering legal assistance for those seeking. The Texas A&M Legal Clinics are a teaching law firm that offers the community a limited range of legal services free of charge. We offer these free services because it allows us to educate a new generation of lawyers that are responsive to their community’s legal needs.  Our clinic offers legal services delivered by ​Texas A&M law students who are supervised by experienced lawyers.

Our clinical program offers legal services that help individuals and community with:

• a range of family matters, including divorce, custody, and child welfare 
• veterans benefits 
• tax disputes and controversies
• immigration cases, including deportation defense
• issues that relate to affordable housing, access to legal services, small business development, municipal policy, consumer protection, and environmental justice in the local community
• consultations on a range of business issues, including entity formation, intellectual property protection, and contract drafting 
• patents and trademarks 
• wills and estates
• limited criminal defense, including expunctions, court representation, and post-conviction defense
• wrongful convictions

Eligibility:

For many of our clinics, only low-income clients living in Tarrant County qualify for our services. Our staff will ask you questions about your income to determine if you are eligible. The specific eligibility requirements for each clinic will be provided on the individual clinic page.

How to receive assistance:

Contact the Texas A&M University School of Law via phone:  817-212-4123, via email: legalclinics@law.tamu.edu

Facebook recently announced that they will be providing $100 million in grants to small businesses in the communities where they live and work.

For Fort Worth, that means they will be providing $300,000 to about 75 organizations in Tarrant County. They will also be providing an additional $250,000 to more than 60 small businesses in Dallas County.

The application window will open on Wednesday, April 22 and you can find the details at facebook.com/grantsforbusiness

Join Facebook for an overview of the Small Business Grant program and to learn more about what Facebook is doing to support our communities as we navigate these unprecedented times.

To sign up for one of the two training sessions, click the corresponding link below:

Monday, April 27th at 10:00am CDT

Register Here

Tuesday, April 28th at 11:30am CDT

Register Here