Texas Harm Reduction Alliance wins fight for free bus passes for the unhoused.
database shared by all local providers would automatically get free trips through the Amp card. Levack says once that is implemented,"where people fall through the cracks in the HMIS system, [we] can still provide passes. That's the perfect case study: If someone is [unhoused], and they want to get into the HMIS system, you need a bus fare to go get case management."
Cap Metro will track the 7,000 passes to see how many rides are being taken. They and TEF will then use that data to determine the true demand, and how much they need to budget to make the program permanent."Right now, if those riders use all of the fare value, it's about $2 million a year," says Levack."That would be a serious budget issue for them to consider. My sense is that the unmet need is much less than that.
TEF and Cap Metro will check in with community partners in January, but Soltani has a feeling more passes will be needed before April. She notes that"it was unhoused people who spoke up, they testified at board meetings, they led the charge, and if we don't listen to them, we're gonna miss the needs of our community. I think for so long [unhoused] people in Austin have been hit with horrible policy decisions that have made [their] lives so much more difficult.
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