where God's love
changes lives
changes lives
Our History
Austin Street Shelter opened its doors on November 17, 1983, and for over two and a half decades has been an efficiently run, financially sound shelter for the homeless providing emergency care, food, showers, medicines and holistic psychosocial programs to rehabilitate.
Since November 17th, 1983, Austin Street Centre has developed into a "whole person" therapeutic community, evolving from a basic overnight emergency shelter facility (without air conditioning or cots!) to a full "Care Campus," complete with a transitional living facility, substance abuse facility, free-standing chapel and an outdoor playground for our shelter kids.
Our first shelter was created in 1983 when overcrowded mental health institutions left many with no alternative but a life on the streets. Developer Henry C. Beck Jr. and former Dallas Mayor Starke Taylor arranged to lease space at 723 Austin Street in downtown Dallas near Reunion Arena for $1 per month. The shelter moved to its current location, 2929 Hickory Street in 1992.
Supported by volunteers from 120 Dallas-area churches and civic organizations, and funded entirely by individuals and foundations, Austin Street Centre accepts no government funding from any level, and no United Way funding. Since its inception, Austin Street Centre has provided shelter for an average of 425 men, women and children each day - at no cost to the individual. And because we neither solicit nor do we accept government funding from any level, all services are provided at no cost to the taxpayers.
All program expansions and facility enhancements have been completed without debt, allowing our staff to focus its energies completely on the care and rehabilitation of our homeless clients. Today, Rev. Beulah "Bubba" Dailey, an Episcopal Priest, serves as Executive Director. Her husband, Rev. Harry Dailey, also an Episcopal Priest, serves as Co-Executive Director.
Austin Street Shelter opened its doors on November 17, 1983, and for over two and a half decades has been an efficiently run, financially sound shelter for the homeless providing emergency care, food, showers, medicines and holistic psychosocial programs to rehabilitate.
Since November 17th, 1983, Austin Street Centre has developed into a "whole person" therapeutic community, evolving from a basic overnight emergency shelter facility (without air conditioning or cots!) to a full "Care Campus," complete with a transitional living facility, substance abuse facility, free-standing chapel and an outdoor playground for our shelter kids.
Our first shelter was created in 1983 when overcrowded mental health institutions left many with no alternative but a life on the streets. Developer Henry C. Beck Jr. and former Dallas Mayor Starke Taylor arranged to lease space at 723 Austin Street in downtown Dallas near Reunion Arena for $1 per month. The shelter moved to its current location, 2929 Hickory Street in 1992.
Supported by volunteers from 120 Dallas-area churches and civic organizations, and funded entirely by individuals and foundations, Austin Street Centre accepts no government funding from any level, and no United Way funding. Since its inception, Austin Street Centre has provided shelter for an average of 425 men, women and children each day - at no cost to the individual. And because we neither solicit nor do we accept government funding from any level, all services are provided at no cost to the taxpayers.
All program expansions and facility enhancements have been completed without debt, allowing our staff to focus its energies completely on the care and rehabilitation of our homeless clients. Today, Rev. Beulah "Bubba" Dailey, an Episcopal Priest, serves as Executive Director. Her husband, Rev. Harry Dailey, also an Episcopal Priest, serves as Co-Executive Director.
Matthew 25:45-46
Then they will also answer Him saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You? Then he will answer them saying, "Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me."
Then they will also answer Him saying, Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not minister to You? Then he will answer them saying, "Assuredly I say to you, inasmuch as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me."
© 2006-2010 Austin Street Centre, Inc., a 501(c)(3) charitable organization
Austin Street Centre - 2929 Hickory Street - Dallas, TX 75226
