Personal Attendant Coalition of Texas (PACT), ADAPT of Texas (Austin), Desert ADAPT (El Paso) and Gulf Coast ADAPT (Houston) want to  thank the following individuals and organizations for their continued support in assisting us in obtaining PPE for our community:

Centene Corporation/Superior – Wade Rakes

Tabitha Taylor with the City of Austin

Austin Council Member Ann Kitchen – Ken Craig

Austin Council Member Kathie Tovo – Nici Huff

Austin Emergency Supply Foundation – Nashid Braswell

Amerigroup Healthplan – Stacy Barnett

Congresswoman Veronica Escobar – Susie Byrd

Committee of 100 – Justin Ho and Nyx He

We have sent the masks to community attendants that serve people with disabilities across all populations. We have (so far) mailed out approximately 5200 masks since April until now. 207 individuals have received the masks.

At the beginning of the pandemic, it was very difficult to find PPE for the essential workforce of Community Attendants.  The home care agencies had difficulties in obtaining the masks and gloves as we all were competing with the hospitals and institutions for the PPE. 

While some focus and concern moved to congregate living facilities like nursing homes and group homes, over time, there seemed almost no attention to the people in the community who face similar dangers, just in less public settings. 

We started this project because we found many community attendants were having to reuse their masks multiple times. Some home care agencies have been able to obtain the PPE, while many are still finding it difficult to obtain sufficient amounts of PPE.  

Thanks to the generous donations from our partners PACT and ADAPT of Texas are continuing to assist in minimizing the spread of COVID-19 and keep people with disabilities, seniors and their community attendants safer.