Angel House‍ has been part of our work from the beginning. For more than 15 years, we’ve worked alongside them to support some of Austin’s most vulnerable neighbors.

Hundreds of people show up every day. Breakfast at 9:30. A pause for prayer at 11:00. Hot lunch until 12:30. It’s steady. Reliable. People know they can count on it.

It’s more than meals. Angel House provides showers, clothing, and a place where people are treated with dignity. For many, it’s one of the few places in the city where they can reset and feel human again.

Our role is simple. When something breaks, we fix it.

When the clothes pantry ran low, we sourced donations and bought jeans and shoes to keep it stocked. When flooding damaged the building, we covered the repairs.

We also handle their coffee. About 200 pounds at a time, every few weeks. More when needed. It’s a small thing, but it matters. It creates a moment of comfort and connection. When there’s extra, they share it with other kitchens in Del Valle and Bastrop.

We stay close to the work. When something is needed, we step in and follow it through.

Project HELP is a long-standing partner. They support students experiencing homelessness across Austin ISD, making sure housing instability doesn’t force kids out of school.

Because you can’t support a child without supporting their family.

Most of the families they serve are single mothers with young children living in cars, facing eviction, or waiting for shelter. Through protections under the McKinney-Vento Act, Project HELP ensures students can stay enrolled in the same school, even when everything else in their lives is unstable.

That consistency matters.
It keeps kids connected to teachers, friends, and a sense of normal life.

When a family reaches a breaking point, Project HELP calls us.

Most of the time, the needs are simple but critical:
food cards, clothing, toiletries, and bus passes.

The bus passes matter more than people realize. They’re what get kids back to the same school every day, even when their living situation changes.

When families are waiting for shelter, living in cars, doubled up, or on the street, we help cover short-term hotel stays so parents and children have a safe place to land.

We also prioritize unaccompanied high school students, kids navigating life on their own while trying to stay in school. Many are couch surfing or in unsafe environments.

This is the invisible side of homelessness, kids that most people never see. They don’t trust adults, and they’re often afraid that asking for help could mean being sent into foster care.

Each year, around the Christmas holiday season, Project HELP identifies about 50 of these students.
We make sure they’re seen and reminded that someone is thinking about them.

Sunrise has quickly become a central force in addressing homelessness in Travis County.

What makes them different is how they operate.

Most organizations work in silos, separate intake, separate funding, separate systems. People fall through the cracks.

Sunrise changed that.

A central hub. A 24/7 hotline. Mobile outreach teams. Housing programs. Food, showers, healthcare, case management, and digital access, all in one place.

When someone needs help, Sunrise is often where it starts. And they stay with that person instead of passing them off.

We’ve worked alongside them for the past few years with a shared focus: get to families before the bottom falls out.

The best time to help is before an eviction. Once that line is crossed, everything accelerates: housing is lost, belongings disappear, and the cost of recovery rises quickly.

So we focus on that window.

That might mean covering a rent gap, helping a family land somewhere new, or stepping in with direct support so they can move forward instead of being pushed out.

We also provide coffee daily, about 120 pounds a month. It’s a small thing, but it matters. In a place where people are starting over, a cup of coffee is a moment of normalcy.

Mobile Loaves & Fishes has been serving people experiencing homelessness in Austin for a long time. Their work has helped shape a culture of service that reaches far beyond their own organization.

Their most visible work today is Community First! Village, a permanent housing community for people coming out of chronic homelessness. But it is more than housing. It is a neighborhood.

The idea behind it is simple and powerful: homelessness is not just the absence of shelter. It is often the loss of family, community, and connection. Community First! Village was built around restoring those things.

The design is intentional. Front porches. Shared spaces. Community kitchens. Places where people naturally run into each other and build relationships. It creates a connection in a way most traditional housing never does.

We have worked with Mobile Loaves & Fishes for more than 15 years. Our role has always been simple. We show up and support where we can.

Over the years, that has meant socks, backpacks, helping serve meals, and connecting local builders to sponsor new homes for neighbors coming out of homelessness. More recently, it has meant delivering coffee to Community First! Village for the neighbors and the community center.

It is a small thing, but it brings people together. Sharing coffee. Talking. Building relationships. That is where community actually happens, and we try to stay close to it.

Austin Blessings Co-op is built around a simple idea: show up and meet people where they are.

They work with churches, nonprofits, businesses, and local partners across Austin to provide food, clothing, diapers, and other essentials to families in need. No barriers. No complicated process. Just practical help when it is needed.

They operate food pantries multiple days each week in East and South Austin. Families drive through, pick up what they need, and keep moving. It is simple, consistent, and it works.

This is a newer relationship for us, but it already feels like the right kind of partnership.

We provide coffee for their food pantries. Families picking up groceries can now take home fresh-roasted coffee as well. It is something familiar. Something normal. A small comfort in the middle of a hard season.

That is how we think about it. Not just meeting basic needs, but adding something that brings a little dignity and relief along the way.

Brian, their founder, has also helped us connect with other partners in the Austin nonprofit community. We bring what we can. They help us see where else help is needed. That kind of relationship is how the work grows.

LifeWorks focuses on helping young people move out of homelessness and into stability.

They work with youth and young adults coming out of foster care, dealing with mental health challenges, or trying to stay in school while holding everything together.

Housing. Mental health support. Education. Job training.

We have worked with LifeWorks on and off for more than 15 years. The relationship is simple. When something comes up, we respond.

That has meant emergency requests, clothing, and covering cap-and-gown costs so students can walk across the stage at graduation.

Some of the most meaningful moments are small. Recently, we provided movie passes and food cards so a group of 20 young people could go out, watch a movie, and share a meal together over Christmas. For many of them, that kind of normal experience does not happen often.

We have also built an ongoing program to provide laptops for students in their GED program. A laptop at that moment matters. It removes a real barrier and helps them finish what they started. It also gives them a tool they will need for whatever comes next, whether that is college or a first job.

We have also supported their food pantry and helped connect them with resources they might not find on their own. That includes a pilot program with a longtime Austin barbershop that brings a simple but meaningful service directly to the young people they serve.

We try to do one thing well: remove obstacles and help create a path forward.