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July 2, 2021

Fiercely Focused: LifeWorks

AUSTIN, Texas (July 2, 2021) - When Austin pledged in 2018 to end youth homelessness, LifeWorks, a nonprofit dedicated to the needs of youth and...
May 28, 2021

Fiercely Focused: Integral Care

AUSTIN, Texas (May 28, 2021) -- Every unhoused person's specific needs are different, but Ruth Ahearn knows one fact remains constant for everyone...
May 21, 2021

HMIS Snapshot: 2021 Homelessness Prevalence Estimate

PRESS RELEASE AUSTIN, Texas (May 21, 2021) – The Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) estimates that on a single day in 2021, 3,160...
May 14, 2021

Our unhoused population is aging

AUSTIN, Texas (May 14, 2021) – May is Older Americans Month, and right now the research is as clear as ever: The median age of America’s...
May 2, 2021

ECHO Statement on Passage of Prop B

AUSTIN, Texas (May 1, 2021) -- Thousands of Austinites are now at risk of fines and jail time for no other reason than not having a safe, stable...