AUSTIN HAS STOPPED RUNNING FROM HOMELESSNESS

Homelessness, Local

SOURCE: AUSTIN MONTHLY This July was the hottest month ever recorded, but rising global temperatures were hardly the only thing that had Austinites fired up. In late June, city council moved to decriminalize homelessness by revising previously existing bans on...

Shelter In East Austin Provides Safe Haven For Immigrants Seeking Better Lives For Their Children

Homelessness, Local

SOURCE: KUT For many people seeking asylum or citizenship in the U.S., getting here is just the start. Then there’s often the long legal work that needs to be done to stay in the country. For some families, there’s also the need for shelter. Casa Marianella is a...

A school lunch in Austin costs $3.85. Here’s what it looks like

Hunger, Local

SOURCE: AUSTIN 360 I’ve been trying to bring my own lunch to work more lately, but last week, I went out to eat. With $5 in my pocket, I joined my son at his Austin ISD elementary school, where we both ate the school lunch. As I’ve written before, he eats the school...

Dress For Success Austin aims to reach more women, no matter their income

Job/Income-Creation, Local

SOURCE: GIVING CITY AUSTIN Rebecca Dark wants us to know that there’s more to Dress for Success Austin than suits. Dark, the local chapter’s program manager, says the nonprofit continually expands its programs to be more inclusive to women at all stages of their...

Mayor Adler sits down with KXAN to discusses homelessness in Austin

Homelessness, Local

SOURCE:  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After several public forums and hours of public testimony, there was still no decision made in the homelessness issue facing Austin. The Austin City Council postponed any changes or clarification to the city’s homeless ordinance, despite...

Hearing at Austin City Council exposes sharp public divide in camping ban debate

Homelessness, Local

SOURCE: STATESMAN Emotions ran high as the public weighed in Wednesday on the Austin City Council’s removal in June of homeless camping bans that now might be resurrected. More than 150 people addressed the council in a hearing that at times grew heated and exposed...