The Bridge North Texas

The Bridge North Texas is an multi-service campus that offers basic needs services, along with access to healthcare, income alternatives, and long-term housing. This “one-stop” concept lessens the need for transportation and alleviates frustration experienced by homeless individuals when accessing services. A Care Management team coordinates all on-site services and advocates for those experiencing homelessness from the point of entry until they are placed in housing. The Bridge serves as a central entry point for the stabilization of chronically homeless individuals, helping them leave the streets for shelter and transitional housing, participate in healthcare, receive treatment for mental illness and substance abuse, find jobs, and move into permanent housing. Both the design of the campus and operating service programs were greatly influenced based upon three years of research from best practices utilized in other such centers around the country.