Awards & Press

Acknowledging the milestones, media, and recognition that honor the work our team does every day. 


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  • “This is a community-driven investment. It will add safe and stable homes close to schools, jobs and transit. It will provide a number of essential wraparound services like peer support, case management, employment services and providing a space for true community.”

    Council Member José Velásquez, District 3

  • “When you think about having that many transitions, changing schools that many times... it’s not surprising that young people are really, really challenged to then make it on their own when they’re exiting the foster care system.”

    Liz Schoenfeld, Ph.D., LifeWorks CEO 

  • "Their innovative efforts to provide community-based support as an alternative to juvenile justice involvement [are] inspiring."

    Jody Levison-Johnson, president and CEO of Social Current

  • "Youth homelessness is an invisible problem. They will be trying to position themselves in places where they won’t necessarily be detected"

    Liz Schoenfeld, Ph.D., LifeWorks CEO

  • "I really wanted to try to shine a spotlight and raise the awareness that homeless students exist."

    Scott Johnson


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Media Coverage

Acknowledging the milestones, media, and recognition that honor the work our team does every day. 

October 10, 2025

I Live Here I Give Here Launches ‘Amplify Home’ to support unhoused youth and families

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October 10, 2025

LifeWorks breaks ground on 120-unit East Austin complex for youth exiting homelessness

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July 22, 2025

LifeWorks Named 2025 innovative impact impact award winner by Social Current

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September 22, 2025

Counties Fight Child Homelessness

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January 24, 2024

Inclement weather draws attention to more support needed for unhoused youth 

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September 12, 2023 

Point Source Youth Scales Direct Cash Transfers as Prevention for Youth Homelessness to Five U.S. Cities 

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February 2, 2023

Grumet: For one night, homeless count sought those in the shadows 

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August 3, 2021 

‘How do you shelter-in-place when you have no place?’ Austin group’s push to end youth homelessness

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February 28, 2020 

Disrupting the cycle: Unprecedented effort tries to untie foster care, homelessness in Austin 

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Awards & Accolades

Essential 47 Class - Leadership Austin (2026)
Liz Schoenfeld, Ph.D., CEO

Hispanic Austin Leadership Class (2025-26)- Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Krissy Perez, Division Director, Education & Workforce

Innovative Impact Award - Social Current (2025)
LifeWorks

Community Champion - Central Texas African American Family Support Conference (2025)
LeShawn Arbuckle, Director of Mental Health & Well-Being

LeaderLab Inaugural Cohort - Leadership Austin (2024-5)
Liz Schoenfeld, Ph.D., CEO

McBee Fellow (2024)
Liz Schoenfeld, Ph.D., CEO

U.S. Health & Human Services Children & Youth Resilience Challenge Runner-Up (2024) LifeWorks

McBee Fellow (2024)
Liz Schoenfeld, Ph.D., CEO

Champions for Change – Nonprofit Leader of the Year Nominee –DivInc (2023) 
LeShawn Arbuckle, Director of Mental Health & Well-Being

Austin Under 40 – Nonprofit Service winner (2023) 
Liz Schoenfeld, Ph.D., CEO

Phyllis Richards Icon for Youth nominee – Austin Child Guidance Center (2021)
LeShawn Arbuckle, Director of Mental Health & Well-Being

african American Leadership Institute – Inaugural Cohort (2021)
LeShawn Arbuckle, Director of Mental Health & Well-Being

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