AUSTIN (June 28, 2024) — The Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) issued the following statement in response to the ruling issued by the U.S. Supreme Court Friday in the case
I am reminded as we approach the entrance that “they” would like to marginalize us, even make us disappear. I am thinking this way because what I had heard this place, formerly known as Camp RATT, was not positive.
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
By Kyle Walker and Donald Whitehead The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of Johnson v. Grants Pass beginning Monday, April 22. Justices will decide whether jurisdictions
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
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 – 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
AUSTIN – This week, the City of Austin and service provider Urban Alchemy re-opened a shelter facility that closed earlier in the year, adding much-needed short-term beds for women and
Content warning: violence, hate crimes, and transphobia November 20th, Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), stands as a pivotal chapter in our collective awareness. Started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn
AUSTIN (Nov. 3, 2023) – Local bus service in Austin and Travis County is now free for anyone experiencing homelessness with a new fare card Capital Metro debuted last week.
AUSTIN (Nov. 3, 2023) – Local bus service in Austin and Travis County is now free for anyone experiencing homelessness with a new fare card Capital Metro debuted last week. These new plastic cards replace the paper passes and provide no…
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
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 received the first message directly on…
Hispanic Heritage Month began as a commemorative week in 1968 and became the month-long, national celebration we know today to express our gratitude for all the ways in which each Latin culture enriches, enlightens, and enhances our…
Hispanic Heritage Month began as a commemorative week in 1968 and became the month-long, national celebration we know today to express our gratitude for all the ways in which each
AUSTIN (Sept. 26, 2023) — People living outside in Austin and Travis County are connecting more quickly to organizations that can offer help due to targeted expansion of our community’s
AUSTIN (Sept. 26, 2023) — People living outside in Austin and Travis County are connecting more quickly to organizations that can offer help due to targeted expansion of our community’s outreach system. At the same time, the…
AUSTIN – For years, Austinites have relied on a single number to describe the scope of homelessness. This number has punctuated news stories, informed public debates, and guided policy decisions. Yet it’s always been a flawed estimate, and…
AUSTIN – For years, Austinites have relied on a single number to describe the scope of homelessness. This number has punctuated news stories, informed public debates, and guided policy decisions.
AUSTIN — It’s hard for many of us to imagine life without a smartphone. Tracking appointments, finding directions, looking up information, calling for help — all are made much more difficult without a device. “Most people think that people…
AUSTIN — It’s hard for many of us to imagine life without a smartphone. Tracking appointments, finding directions, looking up information, calling for help — all are made much more
AUSTIN (March 6, 2023) — Laws criminalizing camping and other behaviors associated with homelessness disproportionately harm Black people living in Austin and Travis County, and thus are a violation of international human rights law.…
AUSTIN (March 6, 2023) — Laws criminalizing camping and other behaviors associated with homelessness disproportionately harm Black people living in Austin and Travis County, and thus are a violation of
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 Homelessness Coalition (ECHO), the…
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
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 recruit at least 1,000 volunteers and fill at least 3,000 care packs to hand out to folks living…
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 recruit at least
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
AUSTIN – It’s getting harder to afford a place in Austin, and longtime Black and Hispanic/Latinx residents face the most severe effects, according to two new reports from the Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO). ECHO’s Research …
What does it take to be vulnerable? For a Black man, it can take overcoming generational expectations and stereotypes while navigating systems that, at best, were not designed to serve you. One of those systems is the Homelessness Response…