Terrace at Oak Springs is an apartment community that offers these services to people experiencing homelessness in Travis County to support their well-being. Residents moved in December 2019.
When you have access to tools like housing to regain health and independence, counseling to support emotional health, and drug and alcohol treatment to help with recovery, you can reach your full potential and contribute to our community. With a safe place to live and appropriate support services, people thrive and recovery begins.
We know that housing is more than four walls. It’s the basic foundation for mental health and well-being.
When you live on the streets, it’s extremely difficult to seek recovery from a mental illness or substance use disorder. Terrace is a unique type of permanent supportive housing. In this evidence-based model, individuals move immediately, without pre-condition, from the streets or shelters into housing. Once housed, they are offered rehabilitation services and recovery supports to help them regain their health and stability. With a safe place to live and appropriate support services, the vicious cycle of shelter, jail, and emergency room ends and recovery begins.
Modeled on other successful Housing First programs across the country, Integral Care’s Terrace at Oak Springs is the first of its kind in Travis County. Construction started in January 2018 and the Ribbon Cutting was Monday, September 23, 2019.
Terrace at Oak Springs is located at 3000 Oak Springs Drive, Austin. It is a four-story, 40,000 square-foot housing complex with 50 fully-furnished single occupancy efficiency apartments, an integrated health clinic offering primary care and behavioral health services, a community room, supportive employment, computer lab, and a serenity garden.
Features include:
- 50 fully-furnished efficiency units for single individuals with kitchenette, bedroom and living area
- Community Health Care Clinic offering onsite primary health care and mental health care for adults, including support for substance use disorder. (clinic services will be available to the community)
- Health care team includes a medical doctor, a psychiatrist, a psychiatric nurse practitioner, nurses, medical assistants and case managers
- Community room
- Computer lab
- Supported employment services
- Easy access to public transportation
- On-site laundry facility
- Outdoor green space
- On-site staffing 24 hours a day
- On-site security cameras
Neighborhood Planning Resource: If you live or work near 3000 Oak Springs and have questions, please outreach@integralcare.org. We can schedule neighborhood presentations as well as answer questions via email about Terrace at Oak Springs. Please note: We will answer questions within three business days. If additional time is needed for research or information gathering, we will let the requesting parties know about a delay.