On the one-year anniversary of an Austin non-profit’s new homeless outreach program, the team behind the initiative is celebrating success. The program pays homeless people $15 per hour to clean up public spaces, and it’s working so well that it’s going to expand twofold.
The homeless often encounter numerous obstacles to finding gainful employment. According to Austin Echo, the 2019 Point in Time Count revealed that there were 2,255 people experiencing homelessness in Travis County on any one day.
