Central Texas Table Of Grace Growth Grant Recipient

Foster Care

Central Texas Table of Grace has been selected to receive a $50,000 Glimmer|Austin growth grant to expand their services and offer support and wraparound case management to young adults that are referred from the Department of Family and Protective Services. The...

Texas’ foster kids deserve safe homes

Foster Care

By American-Statesman Editorial Board Court orders haven’t fixed it. Scathing reports and fines haven’t fixed it. Even the weight of public shaming hasn’t fixed it. Texas is still failing to protect some of the most vulnerable children and teens in its foster care...

FOSTER VILLAGE IS THE RECIPIENT OF A $50,000 GLIMMER AUSTIN GROWTH GRANT

Foster Care, Local

Glimmer Austin has granted Foster Village a $50,000 growth grant to enhance the reunification experience in families that have had their children put into foster care. With this funding, Foster village hopes to support the birthparents and foster parents of at least...

Austin-based foundation Glimmer|Austin is providing emergency funding to local non-profits serving the homeless, hungry and elderly.

Basic Needs, Foster Care, Homelessness, Hunger, Local

SOURCE: PATCH.COM AUSTIN, TX — Austin-based foundation Glimmer|Austin is providing emergency funding to local non-profits serving the homeless, hungry and elderly, officials announced on Wednesday. “In these times the need is greater than ever. We are working...

Hat Creek Burger, Glimmer partner Foster Village team up to feed families

Foster Care, Local

SOURCE: statesman.com By: Kristin Finan Hungry? Here’s an easy to way to grab a meal and give back. Austin-based Hat Creek Burger Co. and local nonprofit Foster Village are teaming up to provide meals to underserved children and families involved in the child welfare...

Disrupting the cycle: Unprecedented effort tries to untie foster care, homelessness in Austin

Foster Care, Homelessness, Local

Source: Community Impact It had been over a year since Michaela Sullins aged out of the Texas foster care system—a system she had known since she was left in a dumpster at age 3—and her struggle to find stability continued. She was 19, pregnant and alone in the midst...