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The EPA has selected the City of Austin to receive a $4 million grant to create a reuse warehouse that will accept furniture donations from residents and then redistribute them to nonprofits working on transitional housing for the homeless.

The city is one of 25 communities to receive the grant as part of EPA's Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling Program.

Once fully operational, the reuse warehouse will accept drop-off furniture donations to redistribute to nonprofit organizations working to furnish transitional homes for the homeless.

Did you know that the City of Austin purchased the Candlewood Suites located at 10811 Pecan Park Blvd., in 2021 with the intention of using the site as a shelter for Austinites experiencing homelessness?

Help feed people experiencing homelessness daily on the streets of Austin. Mobile Loaves & Fishes is offering a monthly opportunity, primarily for first-time individuals or families, to serve with Mobile Loaves & Fishes on Sunday, October 15.

They will have 1-2 veteran volunteers for each run who will be there to lead the way!

Volunteers can serve on the make-ready team from 4:00-5:00PM, the truck team from 5:00-7:00PM, or both! Scan the QR Code for more info.

In a statement to Fox News Digital, a city of Austin spokesperson labeled the homelessness problem as a "multifaceted national challenge" due to external factors like housing affordability, economic opportunity, access to healthcare, employment and transportation.

On any given night, Austin has approximately 1 shelter bed for every 5 persons experiencing homelessness. Scan the QR Code to view A Community Wide Assessment of Austin’s Homeless Shelter System.

Sunrise’s invisible capacity is actually even larger than its visible capacity. Digital service delivery benefits neighborhoods by limiting foot traffic but ALSO benefits people experiencing homelessness by letting them be served from where they are and empowering them to take charge of their housing case.

Sunrise has built one of the largest digital homelessness services delivery systems in the country and we are just getting started!

Because of community members like you, we can provide hundreds with a safe place to call home and all the resources they need to thrive and contribute to the city we all love and live in.

Thank YOU for your support and commitment to ensuring all Austinites have a safe place to call home. Whether you volunteer, sponsor our Community Kitchen, or donate, you are helping end homelessness and making our community more vibrant for all❤️

Operation Stand Down Central Texas continues helping the homeless Multiple groups from the community work together to provide for homeless veterans and citizens.

is just 10 days away, but the giving is already underway at https://www.northtexasgivingday.org/organization/NTXFoundationCommunities. It's a great way to support our three affordable apartment communities in the DFW area and our free tax preparation program in North Texas.

Support your local homelessness organizations! Today we’re highlighting The Salvation Army. The Salvation Army meets human need wherever, whenever, and however they can.

Swipe right and scan the QR Code to learn more and donate.

Austin's homeless population remains concentrated around downtown but is spreading out. (Photo Courtesy of Ending Community Homelessness Coalition)

“An increased homeless presence has been tracked toward the city's edges and in less visible places since Austinites voted in May 2021 to reinstate a public camping ban. Analysts and service providers at that time had predicted such a distribution would take place, likely making it harder to find homeless residents and connect them with supportive services and shelter or housing.” (McAfee & Thompson, 2023)

REMINDER! ECHO is hiring!

Scan the QR Code to learn more about the following positions:

- Director of Systems Advancements

- VP of Operations and Organizational Culture

- Capacity Building Manager