Homelessness, Local
SOURCE: SPECTRUM LOCAL NEWS AUSTIN, Texas — Public libraries are a place where people are welcome to go in and access services, but being able to bring books home is a different story. Books are delivered 3 times a week 500 books in the collection Book donations are...
Homelessness, Local
SOURCE: AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Friday, November 15, Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) conducted a survey of people experiencing homelessness at three locations, including Barton Creek Wilderness Park, Gaines Creek Greenbelt and Williamson Creek Greenbelt....
Homelessness, Local
SOURCE: KVUE Every year, ECHO volunteers head out early in the morning to count every person experiencing homelessness. It’s called the Point in Time (PIT) count. In 2019, the homeless count reported more than 2,200 homeless people in Travis...
Foster Care, Local
SOURCE: DOMESTIC SHELTERS For kids who have lived through, or are currently living through, the trauma of domestic violence, school can be the last thing on their minds. How can one concentrate on long division, Catcher in the Rye or the periodic table of elements...
Homelessness, Local
SOURCE: CBS AUSTIN AUSTIN, Texas — Capital Metro will begin to provide transportation to those experiencing homelessness Wednesday at noon, as requested by the state. The services will bus people to the more than five acre state-owned land Governor Greg Abbott has set...
Homelessness, Local
SOURCE: KUT Austin is no longer pursuing a 100-bed shelter in South Austin and could opt instead to provide housing in motels for homeless Austinites. The move comes after a suggestion from the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO), the nonprofit that...
