Pass it on
Local nonprofit provides 7,000 free bus passes to unhoused Austinities
KVUE — A new initiative from local nonprofit the Texas Harm Reduction Alliance (THRA) will assist in mobility for thousands of Austinities experiencing homelessness.
THRC has secured and distributed approximately 7,000 free bus passes to individuals. Each pass lasts for 31 days, and the program will last for the next six months.
The passes come after a months-long effort to bring attention to the lack of transportation for those experiencing homeless and to bridge the gap to accessing "doctors appointments, [the] inability to access harm reduction services, barriers to find housing, lack of access to food pantries and more," a press release from THRA states.
Forty-one organizations across Austin requested the bus passes to help promote mobility throughout the greater area.
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