This past summer, Austin City Lutherans provided rent assistance to support 73 households. Through this effort, our fourth rent assistance program, we distributed more than $76,000 to support individuals and…
Category: Programs
Move-In Ministry Passes the 100-Mark
ACL's Move-In Ministry served its 100th household in February of this year. People exiting homelessness - individuals and families - have received beds, living room furniture, kitchen tables and chairs,…
Rent Assistance 2023 – Stories of Favorable Outcomes
On the first Monday in March of this year at our outside receiving line at Bread For All Food Pantry, I checked in a man whom we hadn’t seen for…
Desmond’s “Poverty, By America” – Book Review
Matthew Desmond’s new book, Poverty, By America, takes a hard look at prevalence of poverty in the richest country in the history of the world. As a writer on inequality…
ACL’s Move-In Ministry Testimonial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwaf3usOmJY
ACL’s Rent Assistance Program Testimonial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IGEKTuVbpY
ACL’s 2023 SUMMIT MEETING
Sunday, February 26 at St. Martin's Lutheran Church Plan to join ACL leaders as ministries alongside low-income individuals and families expand. We'll continue to do "more, better, together" with food…
2023 PIT Count
Combatting Homelessness ACL plans to participate in the "Point in Time" count of unhoused people in Austin and Travis County on the evening of Friday, January 27. St. Martin's Lutheran…