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October 8, 2025

ECHO releases 2025 State of the System report

By Chris Davis
More people moved into housing in 2024 as our local Homelessness Response System grew and became more efficient Insights and analysis in the 2025...
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April 18, 2025

HMIS Transition Update 9/2: New HMIS system is now live

By Chris Davis
Updated September 2, 2025 The new Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) software for the Austin/Travis County Homelessness Response...
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February 3, 2025

$14 Million Awarded to Austin/Travis County HRS Partners through Federal CoC Program

By Chris Davis
The awards are the most our community has received from the Continuum of Care program and increase the federal investment in our community’s...
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January 8, 2025

ECHO publishes community’s first unhoused mortality report

By Chris Davis
1,010 unhoused people died in Austin/Travis County between 2018-2023, comprehensive new report finds; the average age of death was 50 years old --...
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September 26, 2024

ECHO Announces Date for 2025 Point in Time (PIT) Count

By Chris Davis
Announcement kicks off campaign to recruit 1,200 volunteers for the single-night survey of people experiencing homelessness in Austin/Travis...
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