More than $16 million in donations scheduled to be disbursed starting in November to...
While resisting calls from families of the victims for stricter gun laws, Gov. Greg Abbott and other state leaders have focused on school security measures and mental health services — though they have not yet proposed any specific policies, throwing millions of dollars at the issue in the interim.
“We are constantly trying to navigate the bureaucratic process,” Gonzales said. “We’re using, really, Uvalde as the template or the gold standard in order to do that. We've been in constant contact with various different departments to determine when these funds are available, what grants need to be filled out, what do they look like, when do they open up — the meat and potatoes of it, beyond just the broad stroke.
The National Compassion Fund is managing that pool, made up of six smaller collections, since Texas has no state-run donation management program. This is the fourth fund the organization has overseen in Texas, operating a similar program after mass shootings in Fort Hood, Santa Fe and El Paso. “Every fund that I've been involved in — when they have made emergency payments, money has been given to people who shouldn't have gotten it,” he said. “If you've got $16 or $18 million, we have a really solemn obligation to make sure we do this right, with a process that's fair and transparent.”
Meanwhile, Democrats have been urging the Texas GOP to embrace some gun safety legislation. Raising the age to purchase an assault-style weapon is on the top of the list, but they’ve also suggested universal background checks and so-called “red flag” laws that would allow a court to temporarily remove a firearm from an individual deemed a danger to themselves or others.
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