Central Texas Community Foundation opens applications for Travis County Cares and Wilco Cares after July 5 floods

Central Texas Community Foundation opened applications Monday for Travis County Cares and Wilco Cares — two relief funds intended to deliver direct financial help to residents affected by the July 5 floods that hit parts of Travis and Williamson counties, foundation executive director Amy Meridia said.

The foundation has raised about $1.2 million as of the morning of the press conference — roughly $950,000 designated for Williamson County and $250,000 for Travis County — and announced a matching grant from Saint David's Foundation of up to $100,000, Meridia said. The foundation said its long-range fundraising goal for the region is $10 million.

"We will trace every dollar," Meridia said. "We will make sure we won't be a cautionary tale. You won't hear a podcast about how 10,000,000 went missing. We'll trace every dollar." She said the application is available in English and Spanish and that the foundation will use shaded impact maps to determine…