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.
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"Austin's Next Shot At Ending Homelessness""Austin Chronicle August 25, 2018 by Mike Clark-Madison https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2018-08-24/austins-next-shot-at-ending-homelessness/
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"Case management, facilities impovements among recommendations for new ARCH contract" "Austin Monitor July 17, 2018 by Chad Swiatecki https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2018/07/case-management-facilities-improvements-among-recommendations-for-new-arch-contract/
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"Designing more than a service" "Medium Publication June 10, 2018 by Erin Tilley https://medium.com/@erintilley/designing-more-than-a-service-c4be05c45bbe
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"Hustlin' For The Homeless""Medium Publication June 8, 2018 by Joshua Browning https://medium.com/@joshua.browning/hustling-for-the-homeless-71c01a5aa281
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"How could open data help Austin, Texas better serve people experiencing homelessness?" "Sunlight Foundation May 23, 2018 by Katya Abazjian and Alex Dodds https://sunlightfoundation.com/2018/05/23/how-could-open-data-help-austin-texas-better-serve-people-experiencing-homelessness/
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"Austin Launches 'MyPass Initiative' To Help Homeless People""Downtown Austin Patch April 19, 2018 by Tony Cantu https://patch.com/texas/downtownaustin/austin-launches-mypass-initiative-help-homeless-people
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"Innovation team sets sights on bedbugs, overcrowding at homeless shelter""Austin Monitor March 28, 2018 by Caleb Pritchard https://www.austinmonitor.com/stories/2018/03/innovation-team-sets-sights-on-bedbugs-overcrowding-at-homeless-shelter/
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"Austin's Open Government Showcase 2017: 5 Civic Participation Exercises in 1 Event" "Medium Publication December 27, 2017 by Sabine Romero https://medium.com/civiqueso/civic-participation-initiatives-the-city-of-austin-open-government-showcase-9be319e6c9d9
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"Austin receives grants to resolve homelessness" "The Daily Texan January 13, 2017 by Lisa Dreher http://dailytexanonline.com/2017/01/13/austin-receives-grants-to-resolve-homelessness
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"Austin joins Bloomberg Philanthropies' Innovation Team Program in latest expansion" "Mayor Adler's Website January 12, 2017 by Comms http://www.mayoradler.com/austin-joins-bloomberg-philanthropies-innovation-team-program-in-latest-expansion/
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"Austin wins Bloomberg grant to aid homeless outreach" "Austin American-Statesman January 12, 2017 by Nolan Hicks https://www.mystatesman.com/news/local-govt--politics/austin-wins-bloomberg-grant-aid-homeless-outreach/tSFh6EpT7k7z5xb9s2UqUO/