Austin Travis County Integral Care (formerly MHMR)

Provides outreach and case management to homeless individuals who have a mental illness, helping them connect to services they need.

Program: Access to Community Care and Effective Services and Support (ACCESS). The ACCESS program reaches out to homeless individuals with mental health issues and offers assistance.

If you are in need of assistance from Integral Care, please sign up at the Front Desk Mondays and Wednesdays between 8:00 am and 10:30 am. http://www.integralcare.org/

The Austin Advocate Newspaper

The Austin Advocate is a monthly street newspaper providing a place for the homeless population to voice concerns regarding homeless issues, while also providing an opportunity to earn income by receiving donations for the paper.

Another goal of the paper is to provide an outlet for you to express yourself. For instance, the paper includes poetry, a host of jokes, and personal stories of homelessness.

If you would like to become involved, please contact Cliff Taylor at 512-305-4123. http://www.austinadvocate.org/

Goodwill Industries of Central Texas:

Offers resources to help individuals with barriers to employment.  These barriers include physical and mental disabilities, as well as lack of education and training, chronic homelessness and unemployment, as well as criminal backgrounds.

Program: Job Source Program provides job-related services and job search assistance to homeless individuals with barriers to employment. Your case manager can sign you up for an intake appointment at the Front Desk. There are also walk-in sites that you may go to at:

• Rosewood Courts - Goodwill Job Help Center (2001 Rosewood Ave, Bld B)
  Intake Hours: 9am - 11:30am and 1pm-3:30pm, 512-480-0772
• South Lamar - Goodwill Job Help Center (3005 S. Lamar, Ste 104)
  Intake Hours: 9am - 11:30am and 1pm-2:30pm, 512-707-6894
• Goodwill Community Center - (1015 Norwood Park Blvd)
  Intake Hours: M-Th 9am - 11:30am and 1pm-3:30pm; F 1pm-3:30pm
• Goodwill Resource Center - (6505 Burleson Rd)
  Intake Hours: M-Th 9am - 11:30am and 1pm-3:30pm

Currently on hold - Job application and interview training is offered the 1st and 3rd Tuesday of each month at the ARCH. Refer to the ARCH service calendar for time and room number.

For more information, please call 512-480-0772. http://www.austingoodwill.org/

House the Homeless

House the Homeless is an educational and advocacy group working for potential solutions to homelessness, such as fair living wages and affordable housing. Please visit the website for more information. http://www.housethehomeless.org/

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid

Texas RioGrande Legal Aid provides free legal services to needy residents of south and west Texas for civil, non-criminal issues.

If you are in need of legal services, please sign up at the ARCH Front Desk on Thursdays at 1:00 pm. Richard Troxell takes appointments Monday through Friday from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. http://www.trla.org/

Veterans Administration (VA)

The VA aims to provide United States veterans with the highest quality service.

Program: Health Care for Homeless Veterans Program provides outreach and case management services to homeless veterans. They also assist with referrals for medical care, mental health care, substance abuse treatment, and housing.

VA classes are held on Mondays starting at 9:00 am. They are open to any veteran experiencing homelessness. http://www.centraltexas.va.gov/services/Social_Work/HCHV.asp

Homeless Health Clinic

The ARCH Clinic is located within the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless in downtown Austin. The ARCH clinic is staffed with a number of very helpful and caring medical personnel committed to caring for this special patient population.  The ARCH clinic is open 40 hours a week and provides primary medical care to patients on a walk-in basis, which includes everything from minor cuts and bruises to major diagnoses. Also available are tests for Hepatitis, HIV and TB. Patients may also access services for dental, vision, behavioral health and case management.

The clinic is open Monday through Thursday from 7:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 pm to 5:30 pm.

If you are in need of a MAP card, the MAP screening and enrollment office is located at the clinic case management office within the Salvation Army at 8th and Neches, ground floor level.  MAP screening is available Monday through Wednesday beginning at 8:00am and 1:00pm, and at 1:00pm on Thursdays. You can also call the Main MAP office at 512-978-8130 for more information.

http://www.communitycaretx.org/arch.html

Texas Pie Kitchen

The Texas Pie Kitchen is a culinary job training program that trains low-income adults with barriers to employment and equips them with baking and financial self-sufficiency. TPK pies are made by students, low income adults with barriers to employment who participate in a job training program. Their students focus on culinary and baking skills as well as financial literacy skills.http://www.texaspiekitchen.org/

Austin Free Net

Austin Free-Net (AFN)  is proud to have a partnership with Front Steps at their ARCH (Austin Resource Center for the Homeless) location in downtown Austin. AFN provides a free public computer lab with five work stations. Free computer classes will also be offered soon to clients at ARCH.

Please click here to view June's AFN June Schedule.

http://www.austinfree.net/

Family Eldercare

Family Eldercare provides a free money management and representative payee service for individuals. www.familyeldercare.org.