ACL's Move-In Ministry delivered furniture and household items to 114 individuals and families in 2024. Recipients were either people exiting homelessness or those living in situations making them vulnerable to…
Category: Programs
Rent Assistance Program #4 – 2024
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…
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…