The T.L.L. Temple Foundation has awarded $50,000 to nonprofit Young Invincibles (YI) to support its goal of enrolling East Texas and Southeast Texas young adults in health insurance.
With this grant, YI will hire and train four young adults to organize and coordinate Affordable Care Act outreach and enrollment for the 2022 open enrollment period. They will collaborate with colleges and universities, food banks and pantries, Federally Qualified Health Centers, libraries and others in rural communities to reach the uninsured.
YI will conduct this work in Angelina, Cherokee, Jefferson, Nacogdoches and Tyler counties, and hope to make an immediate impact on the uninsured.
YI expects to directly reach 200 individuals and digitally reach more than 5,000.
In addition to the grant to YI, the foundation awarded five grants totaling $2,692,500 during its July board meeting. These grants will support the foundation’s mission to build a thriving rural East Texas while positively impacting human services, health, economic opportunity, and education.
Entergy Texas, Inc. is donating $152,000, funded by Entergy shareholders, to go toward supporting organizations helping those in need this holiday season.
Grants will go toward helping battle food insecurity, funding student scholarships and providing bill payment assistance and emergency assistance, to name a few.
“We know that the holidays can be a difficult time of year for some of our most vulnerable customers,” Stuart Barrett, vice president of customer service for Entergy Texas, said in a statement. “Entergy Texas is thankful for the opportunity to give back to the communities that we serve and for our partner agencies who do such vital work for southeast Texas.”
Brazos Valley Food Bank
Catholic Charities of Southeast Texas
Community Assistance Center
Hardin County Strong
Lamar University Foundation
Lone Star College Foundation
Montgomery County Food Bank
Southeast Texas Food Bank
Texas Association of Community Action Agencies
U.S. News & World Report has ranked Lamar University on its Top 10 list of best public colleges and universities in Texas.
The publication’s ranking of best global universities assesses 1,750 institutions from more than 90 countries based on 13 metrics including academic research and reputation.
According to the 2022 evaluation, Lamar University is the No.9 best public university in the state of Texas. Other Texas schools following LU include Texas State University at No.15, and University of Texas at Rio Grande Valley at No.20.
Home to more than 17,000 students, Lamar University also ranks as the fifth highest on the diversity index among public universities in Texas, and in the top 14% among other ranked national institutions, as noted by U.S. News & World Report rankings released in early September.
The top 10 best public colleges and universities in Texas, as ranked by U.S. News and World Report:
University of Texas at Austin
Texas A&M University, College Station
University of Texas at Dallas
University of Houston
Texas Tech University, Lubbock
Sam Houston State University, Huntsville
University of North Texas, Denton
University of Texas at Arlington
Lamar University, Beaumont
Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches
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