Homeless Strategy Division Hosting Virtual Community Meetings May 9-11

 

The City of Austin’s Homeless Strategy Division will host virtual meetings to update the community on efforts to address homelessness and answer community member questions. There will be two identical virtual meetings on the evenings of May 9-10, 2023, with an additional webinar tailored to service providers on the morning of Thursday, May 11, 2023.   “These quarterly sessions serve as a critical avenue to communicate, provide updates on the City’s work. We will continue our quarterly community update sessions, which have become an important channel for hearing from the community and service providers,” said Dianna Grey, the City of Austin’s Homeless Strategy Officer.   Topics to be presented will include, but not be limited to: Shelter System Assessment Preliminary Findings Shelter Capacity Expansion Social Service Contracting Housing Pipeline Encampment management and the HEAL Initiative   Register to attend a Virtual Meeting Public Session One: Tuesday, May 9, from 6:30 – 7 p.m. Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_RH3A0PlaSvSCuVdLsiClYQ   Public Session Two: Wednesday, May 10, from 6:30 – 7 p.m. Registration link: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_1XoHo0kzTR2BtCAZ9QSy7Q   Service Providers: A separate email invitation will be sent for a webinar taking place on Thursday, May 11, from 9 am – 10 am. This webinar is for Service Providers only.   To learn more about homelessness in Austin, please visit www.austintexas.gov/homelessness