Message from the CEO

3,223 number of people experiencing homelessness in the three-county area

13% of the individuals experiencing homelessness indicated they were homeless due to the COVID-19 pandemic

For more information, go to homelesshouston.org

Thanks to your generous support last year, our staff was able to continue the important work of providing essential and next-step services to restore hope to help end homelessness in Houston. We were able to increase the number of individuals served via the Day Center as the pandemic abated and we bolstered our efforts in housing case management as a partner in the Community COVID Housing Program (CCHP).

Now in its second phase, one of the anticipated outcomes of this communitywide effort is to end chronic homelessness and reduce encampments. The Beacon expanded its housing navigation team to nine people last year and more than 171 households received services in partnership with other CCHP agencies. I was so pleased to know that the gentleman featured on the cover of last year’s Gratitude Report was one of the individuals who is now safely housed. Mr. Harvey had been a regular at The Beacon for years, but thankfully, he no longer needs our services.

Our team has been recognized as experts in this tough work and are working regularly at the City of Houston Navigation Center to help gather documentation and move individuals into housing when its available. Many of these individuals were recently living in encampments and it takes a lot of time and attention to move them from living unsheltered into a new environment.

I am also grateful for the strides we have made to knit all of our program staff to work in unison for the good of each individual that comes through our doors. Regular trainings and in-person meetings have fostered a collective sense of purpose at The Beacon and it plays out in the daily activities that happen amongst our essential services team, housing case managers, legal staff of Beacon Law and our Brigid’s Hope program.

Thank you for making this work possible. We are honored to earn your continued support!

In service,

Becky Landes Chief Executive Officer