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Coronavirus/COVID-19 Health & Safety Information

WEBCOVID-19 (coronavirus) specific information. Operating a phone line where you can speak to a provider and check your symptoms without going to …

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URL: https://www.austinecho.org/coronavirus/

Our unhoused population is aging

WEBAUSTIN, Texas (May 14, 2021) – May is Older Americans Month, and right now the research is as clear as ever: The median age of America’s unhoused population is …

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Fiercely Focused: Community Health Paramedics

WEBAUSTIN, Texas (July 31, 2020) — COVID-19 has made direct outreach more difficult for homeless service providers. But that outreach takes on a new urgency during a …

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Fiercely Focused: Integral Care

WEBMay is Mental Health Month, and ECHO is highlighting Integral Care for being Fiercely Focused on ending homelessness. The most recent ECHO …

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Housing for health resource guide

WEBCentral Health Eligibility Services team helps you and your family find and apply for programs to cover your health care needs. Central Health also connects …

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Housing instability is bad for your heart

WEBcardiovascular disease health care Housing housing instability. AUSTIN, Texas (August 5, 2020) — Housing instability is bad for your heart, according to a new …

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Social workers, trauma-informed care, and the winter storm

WEBAUSTIN, Texas (March 16, 2021) – As the bitter cold set in across Austin and Travis County on Valentine’s Day weekend, government and nonprofit leaders joined forces with a …

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ECHO exempted from 2021 Point in Time Count due to COVID-19 …

WEBFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. AUSTIN, Texas (Jan. 7, 2021) — Due to health and safety concerns around the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Ending Community …

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Addressing Racial Disparities in Austin/Travis County, TX

WEBreduce health disparities. The clinic also ensures that those who qualify for SOAR benefits are connected to vital resources to increase approval of submitted …

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The intersection of disabilities, employment, and homelessness

WEBAUSTIN, Texas (October 29, 2020) — People with disabilities in Austin and Travis County face significant hurdles to gainful employment; many of these hurdles are reflected in …

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Racial Disparities Report

WEB5 the Coordinated Entry system through CA and outflow to program move in. In order to increase move ins and deplete this client backlog, a significant increase in system …

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HMIS Snapshot: 2021 Homelessness Prevalence Estimate

WEBPRESS RELEASE. AUSTIN, Texas (May 21, 2021) – The Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO) estimates that on a single day in 2021, …

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Fiercely Focused: A New Entry

WEBAUSTIN (Aug. 31, 2021) — Two decades ago, an unfulfilled Peter Daniels left behind his career in electrical engineering and went back to school to become a licensed clinical …

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Fiercely Focused iCAN

WEBThe project, titled Interactive Care Coordination and Navigation (iCAN), is a collaboration between the University of Texas College of Pharmacy, Sunrise Homeless …

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HMIS Snapshot: 2021 Homelessness Prevalence Estimate in …

WEBTherefore, in November 2020, ECHO. submitted a request to HUD, per the department’s guidelines, to not conduct an unsheltered PIT. count in 2021 and instead …

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Homelessness in Austin/Travis County: Current Needs and …

WEB70%. Report their homelessness is connected to previous trauma or abuse. 36%. Report having spent at least one night in jail. 70%. Report having no planned activities that …

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Austin/Travis County Continuum of Care

WEBHealth • Hospitals, EMS/crisis response teams, etc., including: • Austin-Travis County EMS Advisory Board representative • CommUnity Care – Healthcare for the Homeless • …

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