Stories

After surviving domestic violence and other life-altering events, Tammy became homeless. For more than five years, she relied on resources from the Salvation Army and a local women's center, while living without shelter between the streets and tents.

Mary Allen (pictured left on the corner photo with her daughter E’Vonne) is a single mother of two children in Missouri City, TX.

Rosales is a non-violent offender who spent six months in the Volunteers of America Texas Mothers and Infants Nurturing Together program.

"Volunteer of America Texas is heaven sent and I am proud to say I once was a client and now an employee!" Aurbandy Jackson, income support specialist.

​After seeing the devastation Hurricane Maria left behind in Puerto Rico, Volunteers of America Texas sent a team of staff members to assist with recovery efforts.

Volunteers of America Texas officially celebrated the opening of its Homeless Veterans’ Reintegration Program in Fort Worth.

Volunteers of America Texas honored nearly a dozen individuals a its annual North Texas Difference Maker Awards.

Renae Baker, U.S. Navy veteran, moved to Conroe, TX from Salt Lake City, Utah on May 7, 2017. She moved in hopes of securing a better future, although, when she arrived, she had no home and no job. With in a week, she was enrolled in the Volunteers of America Texas Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP) which helps homeless and unemployed veterans secure employment and other services needed through intensive case management and referral services.

Angela King, president and CEO of VOA Texas, gives an update on the national discussion of the Johnson Amendment.

Volunteers of America Texas has been helping the most vulnerable Texans for 100 years, but a chance meeting between two men resulted in the organization being on the receiving end of a huge blessing.