Cycles of Risk
People who grew up in precarious home environments are more likely to raise children in similar contexts, although that’s not necessarily their intention. The risk factors associated with homelessness are especially dangerous in this way; they get passed down generationally. Studies have found a strong relationship between the amount of childhood maltreatment and family dysfunction that homeless parents experienced and the amount that their children were experiencing. Poverty has also been also associated with child maltreatment, indicating that young people are growing up exposed to the same risks their homeless parents did.
For example, women who were abused as children are more likely to become targets for violence as adults through no fault of their own. If they have children with abusive partners, then their children are at risk for poverty, abuse, residential instability, foster care placement, and many other predictors of future homelessness, creating a cycle of risk that’s extremely difficult to break out of.
The Toiletries Delivery is enabling a couple of our HACA members to build, test, and develop a toiletries delivery service that fills the gaps they see in the existing homelessness system. This process is helping us understand how we can proactively enable people experiencing homelessness to help themselves by developing opportunities for them to help their community.
The Toiletries Delivery is enabling a couple of our HACA members to build, test, and develop a toiletries delivery service that fills the gaps they see in the existing homelessness system. This process is helping us understand how we can proactively enable people experiencing homelessness to help themselves by developing opportunities for them to help their community.
AWARENESS GROUP
This group is engaged through our weekly meetings with Ending Community Homelessness Coalition (ECHO). They consist of organizations who are interested in the progress of the project, participating in it, or providing feedback on the project.
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ECHO
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Front Steps
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Housing Authority of Austin
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Caritas of Austin
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Apartment Association
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Downtown Austin Alliance
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Salvation Army
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Trinity Center
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Downtown Neighborhood Association
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Downtown Cluster of Congregations and Social Service Agencies
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Central Health
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Community First
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The University of Texas
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Micah-6 Austin
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LifeWorks
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SAFE
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Neighborhood Housing and Community Development Department
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Parks and Recreation Department
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Austin Public Library
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Code Department
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Leadership Austin
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Austin Independent School District
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City of Austin Office of the Auditor