Crisis Response Committee

Creating dignified options for daily needs

The Crisis Response Committee advises and makes recommendations to the Austin/Travis County Homelessness Response System Leadership Council. Meetings are virtual and open to the public, and all are encouraged to attend to share subject matter and/or lived expertise. The committee’s voting members include people with lived experience of homelessness, equity advocates, direct service provider staff, and other advocates working to end homelessness in our community.

This committee meets monthly on the fourth Monday.

Purpose & Responsibilities

Purpose

The Homelessness Response System (HRS) will ensure people experiencing homelessness are provided dignified options to meet their daily needs, including referring households experiencing homelessness to permanent housing service provider, shelter, diversion, outreach, and navigation, as well as services, such as harm reduction, health care, mainstream benefits & community-based supports, and behavioral health.

Specific priorities are updated yearly in the Leadership Council Roadmap.

2023-24 Leadership Council Roadmap (PDF)

Click here

Workgroups
Workgroups will be created by committees as necessary to achieve the committee’s Roadmap priorities. They will be tasked to discuss and provide recommendations to the committees for decisions.

Current Crisis Response Committee Workgroups
- Shelter Beds Workgroup
- Inclement Weather Shelter Workgroup

How to Join

All committee and workgroup meetings are open to the public. You can join using the links in the calendar at the top of the page.

To apply for a voting seat on the Crisis Response Committee, please fill out the Voting Seat Interest Form below.

Voting Seat Interest Form
(links to Google Form)

Click here

Year	Month	Agenda	Minutes
2024
	June		Draft Minutes (PDF)
	May
	April
	March
	February	Agenda (PDF)
	January
2023	September		Minutes (PDF)
	August
	July