We have a message for tech billionaire Joe Lonsdale and the Cicero Institute: We are here representing Victims of Cicero across the country. We are community leaders from Texas, Kentucky, Tennessee, New York, and Grants Pass, Oregon. We come from states that have pushed policies to ticket and arrest people too poor to afford a […]
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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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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
