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2025 Legislative platform: Building Safe and Thriving Communities in Texas

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VOCAL-TX was founded in 2023 because the high rates of homelessness, overdose, and unmet mental health needs continue to impact an ever-growing number of Texans and are causing a humanitarian crisis across the state. More than 25,000 people are homeless on any given night in Texas, including 6,000 families with children. As housing costs rise, […]

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VOCAL-TX Responds to Austin’s Costly New Police Contract After Life-Saving Services Went Unfunded

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CONTACT: Cate Graziani, cate@vocal-tx.org, 919-360-1007 VOCAL-TX RESPONDS TO AUSTIN’S COSTLY NEW POLICE CONTRACT AFTER LIFE-SAVING SERVICES WENT UNFUNDED City Officials Failed to Make a Plan to Prevent the “ARPA Cliff” That Cut Funding for Services, but Now Have Millions for Added Policing VOCAL-TX Members Plan to Testify at the City Hall Tuesday and Thursday, Calling for More

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VOCAL-TX Hosts Mayoral Forum on Homelessness, the Drug War, Mass Incarceration, and HIV/AIDS

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CONTACT: Paulette Soltani, paulette@vocal-tx.org  VOCAL-TX HOSTS MAYORAL FORUM ON HOMELESSNESS, THE DRUG WAR, MASS INCARCERATION, HIV/AIDS See Pictures and Videos From Forum in This Thread AUSTIN, Texas — Last night, candidates running to be Austin’s next mayor attended a forum with community members to establish where they stand on the issues of homelessness, HIV/AIDS, the drug war, and

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VOCAL-TX Responds to SCOTUS Decision to Criminalize Homelessness & Poverty

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CONTACT: Cate Graziani, cate@vocal-tx.org, 919-360-1007 VOCAL-TX RESPONDS TO SCOTUS DECISION TO CRIMINALIZE HOMELESSNESS & POVERTY The Answer to Ending Homelessness is Permanent, Affordable Housing — Not Fines, Tickets and Incarceration AUSTIN, Texas — The U.S. Supreme Court today decided that the U.S. Constitution does not protect people who are unhoused against cruel and unusual punishment, even when

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VOCAL-TX Launches Campaign to Fix Austin’s Rapid Rehousing Program, Invest in Housing the Poor

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CONTACT: Paulette Soltani, paulette@vocal-tx.org  VOCAL-TX LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO FIX AUSTIN’S RAPID REHOUSING PROGRAM, INVEST IN HOUSING THE POOR Find Campaign Policy Brief and Firsthand Accounts of the Rapid Rehousing Program Here View Pictures From Today’s Rally Here AUSTIN, Texas — Today, VOCAL-TX unveiled a new campaign, Stop the Clock: Fix Austin’s Rapid Rehousing Program and

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