SYM--QNL Fall Sep 2022

 

A former client I’ll call Robert told us this: “It’s so important that you offer the skills upstairs in the Learning Center to help people get jobs, keep them, and move up to better paying jobs. If all the homeless organizations in Austin worked together and provided different services to fit together, it could be so awesome!”
   Alan, one of our team members, had this to say about our new services: “It’s really great that we have a place where the six people who want to move forward today can go and not be distracted by the entire group of 20, many of whom are not yet ready for a change.” Our in-person events as well as our virtual groups allow clients to progress at their own pace and with convenience that makes it more likely they will engage.
   We haven’t abandoned fun engagements. Our Event Center still hosts clients in a relaxing environment several times each week. One client I’ll call Adrian was frequently observed drinking outside before we added these events. Now he attends the events because he loves playing board games with our volunteers. The other day, instead of playing games, he was filling out benefit forms.