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Family Crisis Center asks Alpine council for more funding to expand TRACS transport and victim services
Summary
At a budget workshop, Virginia Sandoval of the Family Crisis Center asked the Alpine City Council to increase the city’s grant to support an expanded TRACS transportation program and additional victim‑service staff serving Alpine and surrounding counties. Councilors requested follow-up details and monthly reporting before any appropriation.
Virginia Sandoval, program director for the Family Crisis Center, told the Alpine City Council at a budget workshop that the nonprofit has expanded services and needs increased city support.
Sandoval said the center has “8 advocates” and that it now operates TRACS transportation and victim‑services across multiple counties. She said the center provides victim advocacy, legal advocacy, financial assistance and emergency shelter, and that the TRACS program provides rides for medical appointments to communities as far as El Paso, Midland and Odessa.
The request prompted council questions about…
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