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The title of each nonprofit links to its Donation Page when possible. The website at the end of the description links to the nonprofit’s Home Page.
Austin Area Interreligious Ministries Austin Area Interreligious Ministries (AAIM) unites faith and cultural communities to foster mutual respect, partnership and transformation in service of the common good. We enhance the quality of life for Austin's low income homeowners, refugees, the hungry and those in need of special assistance, and foster religious, cultural, racial and social cooperation. www.aaimaustin.org
Our mission is to improve the quality of life for all by providing sustainable design, planning and development services to low and moderate income individuals, families and neighborhoods and the organizations that serve them. www.acddc.org
Austin Habitat for Humanity Austin Habitat for Humanity works in partnership with God and people everywhere, from all walks of life, to put our faith in action by building affordable, quality houses with families in need to eliminate poverty housing, one family at a time. www.austinhabitat.org
Austin Tenants’ Council Operating under the philosophy that everyone has a right to safe, decent, fair, and affordable housing, the Austin Tenants' Council fulfills thousands of requests each year for help with housing problems. ATC programs address many areas of need: housing discrimination; landlord/tenant education and information; and housing repair and rehabilitation. www.housing-rights.org
Our mission is to offer a continuum of resources for people in poverty that will assist them with their income stability, housing needs and the life skills to maintain them. 20,000 adults and children in Travis County benefited from our Basic Needs and Self-Sufficiency Programs in 2006. www.caritasofaustin.org
Casa Marianella Casa Marianella creates a community of respect and solidarity with Spanish speaking immigrants and international refugees by providing hospitality and promoting self-sufficiency. Casa Marianella serves homeless men, women, and children and believes in providing personal attention, treating clients with kindness and respect, and using a strength-based approach to case management. www.casamarianella.org
Clarksville Community Development The CCDC works to preserve the history of historic Clarksville and to maintain the ethnic and economic diversity of the neighborhood through its affordable housing program. www.historicclarksville.org
Foundation Communities Foundation Communities creates housing where families succeed. We provide quality affordable homes for 2,000 families and services that educate, support, and improve the financial standing of the working poor right where they live. Earning 80 percent of our budget, we invest in services that provide a hand up to stability. www.foundcom.org
Foundation for the Homeless, Inc. mobilizes communities of faith in the Austin area to fight homelessness and poverty in a spirit of compassion, hope and love through three core programs: (1) Family Promise/Interfaith Hospitality Network and (2) Passages serving families with children; and (3) Feed My People, serving low income adults. www.foundationhomeless.org
Based on the belief that all people deserve the dignity of a safe place to call home. Front Steps provides people who are experiencing homelessness with a pathway home by offering case management, support and shelter services, sustainable housing options and community education. www.frontsteps.org
Green Doors Green Door's mission is to prevent and help end homelessness and poverty housing for those working to achieve independent living in Austin. Green Doors accomplishes this by: creating affordable, safe, quality housing; providing residents with access to services; and education about individuals and families struggling with homelessness and at-risk for homelessness. www.greendoors.org Mary Lee Foundation Mary Lee Foundation serves persons with special needs so they may develop dignity, self-worth, and skills to socially integrate and contribute to their community. Mary Lee helps persons “to live like everyone else.” This is possible through Mary Lee’s supportive neighborhood of affordable housing and services on Lamar Square Drive. www.maryleefoundation.org
Mobile Loaves & Fishes Mobile Loaves & Fishes provides food, basic supplies, housing, and transportation to the working-poor, hungry, and the homeless in Austin through the use of mobile catering trucks. MLF has a fleet of six local catering trucks that are uniquely used to provide dignity and compassion to those in need. www.mlfnow.org
Network for Life of Austin, Inc This agency is a Christian 501c 3 that assists ladies in recovery from chemical dependency and those coming from prison by a women’s housing program called Maggie’s Home and an ex-offender support group called The Overcomer’s. www.networkforlife.org
Project Transitions, founded in 1989, is dedicated to serving people living with HIV/AIDS, by providing hospice, housing, and support in a compassionate and caring environment. www.projecttransitions.org
Salvation Army of Central Texas The Salvation Army, an international movement, is an evangelical part of the universal Christian church. Its message is based on the Bible. Its ministry is motivated by the love of God. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. www.salvationarmyaustin.org
Trinity Center Trinity Center is a faith-based organization meeting the spiritual, emotional and physical needs of people experiencing poverty and homelessness, our “neighbors.” The Center functions as a place of worship, a day resource/drop-in center, a basic needs provider (restrooms, phones, computers and meals), and a place to feel welcome, safe, and heard. www.trinitycenteraustin.org
VinCare Services of Austin The mission of VinCare Services of Austin is to serve homeless women with children and homeless youth. VinCare operates two programs: St. Louise House, a transitional housing community for homeless women with children and the Outreach to Street Youth, which provides weekly hot nutritious meals and freezing weather shelter to youth ages 10-23. www.vincare.org
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There are approximately 3,760 homeless individuals in Austin on any given day. A family needs to make $17.54/hour to afford an average 2-bedroom apartment in Austin. The annual income required to purchase a median priced home in Austin ($179,000) is $56,756 — yet workers in occupations that do not require advanced education take home 1/3 of that. 33 percent of homeless men are veterans, although veterans compose only 23 percent of the general adult male population. 22 percent of the single adult homeless population suffers from some form of severe and persistent mental illness. Approximately half of all women and children experiencing homelessness are fleeing domestic violence.
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