Fix Homelessness How to rebuild human lives
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Sad little boy alone in a dark room
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Marvin Olasky
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July 26, 2024
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The Foster-Care-to-Homelessness Pipeline

Marvin Olasky
July 26, 2024
Homelessness
Earlier this month I wrote about the regular Wednesday dinners for unhoused humans at the University Avenue church. This week I'll write about a Friday night fundraising dinner in a church gym four miles further north. The beneficiary: Safe Families for Children of Austin — one of a hundred Safe Family chapters in 30 states that try to keep children from having the traumatic experiences that contribute to the psychology of homelessness. Read More ›
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People support each other in a rehab session
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Marvin Olasky
Date
July 12, 2024
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Homelessness, What Works
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Community — Not Housing — First

Marvin Olasky
July 12, 2024
Homelessness, What Works
Can people, laden with childhood traumas plus the hard experience of years of homelessness, overcome their pasts? On a Monday afternoon in May, I threw that question at Alan Graham, founder and CEO of Austin's Community First! Village (CFV), where close to 400 formerly homeless humans now live. Read More ›
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Volunteers close up are serving meal to homeless
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Marvin Olasky
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July 5, 2024
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A Church Dinner for the Homeless

Marvin Olasky
July 5, 2024
Homelessness
At 5:50 pm on a drizzly day in May, in the parking lot closest to the church's back entrance, backpacks held spots in line for the central Austin homeless who sat on a nearby patch of grass, waiting for dinner. Read More ›
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Inside of a homeless shelter
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Marvin Olasky
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June 28, 2024
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Homelessness is Exceptionally Hard to Solve

Marvin Olasky
June 28, 2024
Fixers, Homelessness, What Works
Sunrise pastor Mark Hilbelink said its navigation center last year helped more than 800 people get off the streets. Michael Busby was typical among those who benefited. He told the press that Sunrise staffers "helped me out a lot. They helped me restore my sanity. They help out with housing, they help out with medication, they keep your meds for you, and they give them out to you every day or every week." Read More ›
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Aerial view of american suburb at summertime. Establishing shot of american neighborhood. Real estate, residential houses. Drone shot, from above
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Marvin Olasky
Date
June 21, 2024
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Not In My Backyard: When Serving the Homeless Clashes with Neighbors

Marvin Olasky
June 21, 2024
Fixers, Homelessness
Five miles southwest of "Church Under the Bridge" is Sunrise Community, a church that's part of everyday trench warfare against homelessness. At 11 am on Wednesday, May 22, 60 people (mostly in T-shirts and worn jeans, and carrying plastic shopping bags) waited patiently in two quiet lines. One line was for lunch: Two volunteers sat at a table handing out cups of cold water and plates of pizza and sandwiches. The other line was for everything else, including picking up ID cards and bus passes. One window was for getting mail — for thousands, it's their only address. Read More ›
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Warm food for the poor and homeless
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Marvin Olasky
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June 14, 2024
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Mission Possible: Feeding Bellies and Hearts in Austin

Marvin Olasky
June 14, 2024
Homelessness
Last month, starting on a Sunday morning, I learned more about the intractability of homelessness in my home city, Austin, Texas. During three decades of "Church Under the Bridge" Sunday morning services, some of the faces have changed but the overall tragedy of lost lives has not. Read More ›