Resources: Austin
Listed below are some local resources available as a helping hand. We hope these resources will ease the obstacles in your path.
Housing
- Foundation for the Homeless
- Passages
- Austin Energy Plus One
- Guide to Affordable Housing
- Housing Authority for City of Austin
- Travis County Housing Authority
- ECHO (512) 234-3630
- Salvation Army
- Foundation Communities
- Front Steps
- Travis County Health and Human Services
- Neighborhood Centers (Rent and Utilities assistance)
- Austin Tenants Council
- SAFE Austin (Formally Austin Children’s Shelter and SafePlace)
Food
- Capital Area Food Bank
- Sustainable Food Center
- Double Dollars
- Farmers’ Market Downtown
- Urban Roots
- Meals on Wheels
- SNAP (TX Food Stamp Assistance Program)
Childcare
- Austin Parks & Recreation
- Child Inc
- Extend-A-Care
- Workforce Solutions Child Care Services: (512) 597-7191
- Travis County Child Care Services
- Austin Public Health
- Pregnancy Centers & Resources
- Integral Care
- Community Care
- Medical Access Program (MAP) Application
- Crisis Line (512) 472-HELP
- Texas Health and Human Services
Career Guidance
- Texas Workforce Commission (TWC)
- Workforce Solutions Capital Area
- Texas On Course
- Texas Labor Analysis
- Texas Reality Check
- TX Internship Challenge
- Guide to Careers in Social Work | Guide to Social Work Licensure in Texas | Guide to Becoming a Better Social Worker
Continuing Education
- English as a Second Language (ESL) | Austin Public Library
- Capital IDEA
- Western Governor’s University (WGU)
- Austin Community College (ACC)
- Literacy Coalition (ESL Classes, GED Prep)
- Austin Freenet (Computer Training Classes)
- Southern Career Institute
- Aunt Bertha
- United Way
- Foundation for the Homeless (Obtaining govt. ID assistance)
- Free Legal Services
- 2-1-1 (Dial for all assistance in Austin)
- Foundation Communities (financial stability)
- Trinity Center (obtaining govt. ID assistance)
- Thehotline.org