System Progress
A community-wide effort
Ending homelessness in Austin and Travis County will take all of us working together toward long-term housing solutions. People living outside, advocates, and service providers take steps every day to push our community closer to a future free of homelessness.
$14 Million Awarded to Austin/Travis County HRS Partners through Federal CoC Program
The awards are the most our community has received from the Continuum of Care program and increase the federal investment in our community’s response by $2 million AUSTIN, Texas (Feb. […]
Partners break ground on two new permanent housing developments
AUSTIN (May 30, 2024) – Partners working to end homelessness in our community broke ground on two separate housing developments this month, adding 160 new units of supportive housing in […]
14 organizations awarded microgrants for diversion and rapid exit through WoodNext Foundation partnership with ECHO
AUSTIN – Fourteen organizations working to end homelessness in Austin and Travis County have a new tool in their toolbox: at least $25,000 each to help eliminate financial barriers unhoused […]
KVUE: Grand opening for North Austin apartment complex to help people exiting homelessness
AUSTIN – Caritas of Austin cut the ribbon on its first housing development this month, providing people ending their homelessness access to safe, stable places to live paired with supportive […]
Austin/Travis County orgs receive record $12 million from federal grant program to end homelessness
AUSTIN – Nine organizations in Austin and Travis County will receive nearly $12 million to help people end their homelessness as part of an annual nationwide grant cycle administered by […]
Free bus rides: How to get your permanent free fare card from CapMetro
UPDATE April 2025 Capital Metro implemented changes to HMIS-linked bus passes in April 2025 as the transit agency transitions to a new system-wide vendor for fares. Anyone who received an […]
City of Austin launches text alert system for people experiencing homelessness
AUSTIN – The City of Austin launched a new text message alert system last week that notifies people experiencing homelessness about severe weather and other emergency situations. About 3,500 people […]
ECHO Receives $2.5 Million Bezos Day 1 Families Fund Grant to Help End Homelessness for Families in Austin and Travis County
Fund grants $123.45 million to 40 nonprofits across the U.S. to move the needle on re-housing and supporting families experiencing homelessness AUSTIN, Texas – (November 22, 2022): The Ending Community […]
KVUE: Austin community coalition says it has raised 90% of $515M goal to combat homelessness
AUSTIN — The coalition of community partners known as Finding Home ATX is now 90% of the way to meeting its fundraising goal, stakeholders announced at a news conference on […]
Dig into homelessness data using new dashboard
AUSTIN (Oct. 21, 2021) — A new dashboard provides direct access for the first time to regularly-updated in-depth homelessness data covering housing programs, the unhoused population, and the overall flow […]
HUD renews $11 million in CoC program funds to 10 Austin organizations
AUSTIN, Texas (Feb. 3, 2021) – Ten homeless service providers in Austin/Travis County will be renewed for funds of more than $11 million in federal dollars to support permanent housing […]
Slowing the jail-to-homelessness inflow
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: AUSTIN, Texas (Dec. 14, 2020) — Travis County Commissioners voted last week to approve an agreement with the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) to give justice system […]
Homeless response gets a big boost in Austin’s budget
AUSTIN, Texas (August 13, 2020) — The Austin City Council approved the city’s budget Thursday, which includes historic levels of investment into the city’s homeless response system. ECHO applauds city […]