Austin, TX - On Tuesday, November 26, 2024, Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center was notified via the press that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit to stop Sunrise from providing humanitarian services to people experiencing homelessness at its South Austin location.

“It is regrettable that the Attorney General Paxton took this route, especially during the week of Thanksgiving, but Sunrise intends to keep offering services to people in our community who need them,” said Mark Hilbelink, Executive Director of Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center. “We are committed to being a good neighbor. We will continue to work, every day, to support Joslin Elementary School, our neighborhood, and our entire community.”

Austin, Texas – Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center, the highest-volume provider of homeless services in Travis County, is expanding Austin’s first dedicated homelessness hotline call center, thanks to funding from the City of Austin. The expansion, which increases availability from 4 hours a day to 12 hours a day, will provide even greater access to critical services and coordinated housing assessments for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Thanks to your support, we served over 10,000 clients in 2023, assisting more than 800 households in securing safe, affordable housing!

Sunrise has significantly expanded its ability to meet the growing needs of our community. Our impressive growth is attributed to innovative programs and a commitment to data-driven services, producing the amazing statistics we are excited to share here in our 2023 Year in Review.

We're excited about expanding and refining our work in 2024 as we empower people experiencing homelessness.

This past fall, we initiated our inaugural 3-year Strategic Plan. This blueprint outlines our primary objectives for the upcoming months, and the prospect of witnessing our continuous growth is genuinely exciting.

As we embark on this new journey in 2024, I am grateful for the unwavering support of our community, the dedication of our team, and the resilience of those we serve.

Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on the lives of our unhoused friends.

Last year we connected over 6,500 people experiencing homelessness to innovative, low-barrier solutions and housing resources across Austin.

Austin, Texas – Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center, the highest-volume provider of homeless services in Travis County, is officially launching Austin’s first homelessness hotline call center which allows people experiencing homelessness to connect to integral services and coordinated housing assessments directly by phone, which are often difficult to find offered in person.

"We have grown from a helpful day center into the highest volume provider of homeless services in Austin-Travis County where the Sunrise Hub team is just one of 7 distinct teams following our now-famous integrated model of care that brings whole-person care to the whole person trauma of homelessness." Mark Hilbelink, Director

It's 500 Day at Sunrise! We're celebrating 500 clients housed! Check out Helen & Vernon's story and help partner with Sunrise to steer the next 500 out of homelessness!

A lot of places that provide direct services for people experiencing homelessness scaled back or closed down due to COVID-19. The Sunrise Homeless Navigation Center picked up the slack.