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Redesigning

Coordinated Entry

ECHO was recently tasked by Leadership Council with redesigning our community's Coordinated Entry System, the front door to our Homelessness Response System. Click to learn more about why and what it will mean for our community.

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Prevention

Right at Home Austin

Austin/Travis County received a planning grant to build a community-wide homelessness prevention system as part of the Right at Home: National Homelessness Prevention Partnership. Learn more about planning and where we are in the process.

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FY 2025

NOFO Released

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released the Fiscal Year 2025 Continuum of Care program Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) on Thursday, Nov. 13, 2025. Review changes to federal funding priorities and next steps for providers.

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Report Released

2025 State of the System

ECHO's annual review of the people, programs, and progress in our Homelessness Response System is published, featuring cover art (right) by Art from the Streets artist Jefferson Bright.

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Fast Facts

Community partners connected more than 10,000 people to permanent housing between 2017-2022

By 2026, we expect about 1,000 new Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH) units to come online

A Black Austinite is 6x more likely to experience homelessness than a white Austinite

About 2/3 of unhoused people report they were born/raised or last housed in Austin/Travis County

10% of unhoused people are unaccompanied youth (age 13-24); 11% are families with children

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Continuum of Care
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System Progress
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Reports & Research
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Homeless Management Information System
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