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Central Health's bridge program offers an alternative to the emergency room when unhoused people have health needs.
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St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in North Austin started opening its doors to people experiencing homelessness earlier this year. The church aims to have the pop-up shelter up and running anytime the temperature hits 35 degrees or lower.
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Unlike nearby Travis County, Williamson County does not have any government run overnight shelters for the area’s homeless population — including when it gets cold outside. Residents frustrated by the situation came together to create their own solution this winter.
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The study looked at the causes of death of more than 1,000 people without housing who died over a five-year period.
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Once the decision to open cold-weather shelters is made, the decision stands – even if the forecast changes.
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After receiving community feedback, the city lowered the temperature threshold to open the shelters and started giving people experiencing homelessness more of a heads up.
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Austin's Ending Community Homeless Coalition will set out to count as many people experiencing homelessness as possible on a single night on Jan. 25.
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Students at UT's Dell Medical School run the C.D. Doyle Clinic at the Esperanza Community in Southeast Austin, offering free medical care to people in need.
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The city will use a combination of COVID relief money and general fund dollars to support the shelter through September 2025, but will then have to find a more permanent solution.
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Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center said the attorney general's lawsuit could have a chilling effect on nonprofits that provide services in Austin.