Overview
El Buen Samaritano is an outreach ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas that helps Latino and other Central Texas families by providing affordable health care, education, and food assistance. It operates as a community hub where people of different backgrounds learn and serve together, guided by hope, compassion, resilience, and integrity. Its programs work through staff, volunteers, and participants who engage in health services, educational programs, and food-support initiatives within an inclusive, respectful environment. What sets it apart from similar groups is its faith-based, community-centered approach that integrates healthcare, education, and food aid with cultural empowerment and leadership development in a shared space for people of all cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. The organization’s goal is to help families lead healthy, productive, and secure lives while increasing their capacity to participate in and contribute to their families and the wider community.
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What believers are saying
- Austin hired El Buen for expanded navigator services and six community fairs.
- Flexible grants from Austin Community Foundation support program recalibration and operations.
- Murillo won the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award, strengthening fundraising and partnerships.
What critics are saying
- Austin cut $1 million in city funding, while eviction filings hit 15,683 yearly.
- Emergency rental aid dispersed up to $8 million annually is thinning fast.
- If displacement grants shrink again, El Buen loses its core homelessness-prevention mission.
What makes El Buen Samaritano unique
- El Buen Samaritano runs Austin's expanded Displacement Prevention Navigator Program through March 2027.
- It combines housing stabilization, food access, legal referrals, and wraparound case management.
- CEO Rosamaria Murillo and Diocese ties anchor deep Central Texas community trust.
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