Tag: homelessness
November 3, 2022
Let’s Count: How you can support unhoused folks during the 2023 Point in Time (PIT) Count
AUSTIN (Nov. 3, 2022) – The countdown is on to the 2023 Point in Time (PIT) Count, and this week we’re kicking off our community’s efforts to...
February 17, 2022
Maximizing Hope | Fiercely Focused
AUSTIN (Feb. 17, 2022) - The freeze that happened in February 2021 was life-threatening for people living outside. A team of volunteers...
September 30, 2021
Fiercely Focused: CommUnityCare
AUSTIN -- When the pandemic started, unhoused people faced a lot of questions: Where am I supposed to isolate? Where can I wash my hands now that...
September 29, 2021
We must dismantle white male supremacy in homelessness services. Here’s step one.
AUSTIN (Sept. 29, 2021) -- Austin/Travis County’s Homelessness Response System, like so many across the country, is imbued with systemic...
September 15, 2021
New reports highlight racial inequities and the need for more housing
AUSTIN (Sept. 15, 2021) -- A Black Austinite is six times more likely than a white Austinite to experience homelessness, new research from the...