Texas Homeless Network

Through safe housing, support, and stability, is helping youth and young adults rebuild their lives and move toward brighter futures.

From reconnecting families to helping young adults find housing, education, and employment, these stories are a reminder that stable support systems can create lasting change.

We’re proud to highlight personal stories of resilience and growth from communities across the Texas Balance of State Continuum of Care.

What can we learn about supporting transition-age youth before they experience homelessness?

Valerie Hallam, THN board member and Director of Systems Advancement at the Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services, shares key findings from her study involving more than 200 young adults and 120 staff across Texas focused on barriers facing youth aging out of foster care.

The analysis highlights critical gaps in housing, documentation, life skills support, and long-term stability. It also points toward solutions such as expanded housing support, earlier intervention, and youth-led systems change.

To read the full report, visit:https://tacfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/EFC-Report-2025-1.pdf

We’re heading to Houston for the 2026 Texas Conference on Ending Homelessness, and we want you to join us!

This year’s theme, From Ideas to Impact: Building Solutions Together, reflects our focus on learning, connection, and practical problem-solving, with an emphasis on real-world strategies, honest conversations, and ideas that attendees can take back and apply in their work.

Our call for speakers is now open! We’re looking for engaging sessions grounded in real experience.

🗓 Sept. 23–25, 2026
📍 Houston Marriott Westchase
⏰ Proposal deadline: June 1

Visit https://shorturl.at/YM286 to submit a proposal + be on the lookout for registration opening soon!

Stronger solutions start with shared learning.

At .tx’s 2026 Annual Training Conference, THN’s Hope Rodgers and Crystal Narviz of co-facilitated a Housing and Homelessness Roundtable, bringing together agencies from across Texas to share strategies, identify gaps and strengthen local response systems.

From prevention to collaboration, the conversation focused on what it takes to build systems that keep people housed.