Project Transitions is dedicated to serving people with HIV and AIDS by providing hospice, housing, and support in a compassionate and caring environment. No one is denied admission because of inability to pay.

We have been serving Central Texas since 1989, and are very proud of what we have been able to accomplish with the full support and effort of a caring community.

Project Transitions provides affordable, transitional housing with supportive services for individuals and families living with HIV through three housing programs: Roosevelt Gardens, Highland Terrace and Community Housing. Our goal is to help transition from homelessness, support them to gain the life-skills needed to live independently, and then move into long-term, affordable housing of their own.

Residents are required to develop a plan of exit from day one and we help them stay the course. Monthly meetings are scheduled with housing case managers to monitor progress, develop strategies to achieve independent living and to address areas of need.

Our agency was conceived in 1986 by Barbara Davis because of her work with the issues of death and dying in persons with AIDS. She established one of the first support groups for people living with AIDS in the city. She saw the need for a residential hospice facility where such people could die with dignity and spend their final weeks in a compassionate and caring environment. She brought together a group of interested people, incorporated in 1988 and opened Doug’s House in July of 1989. The hospice was named for Doug Key who was one of the early organizers. Doug died in 1991. By that time, we were experiencing long waiting lists for the services at Doug’s house, and even today nearly twenty years later, the occupancy rate continues to run over 90%.

It also became evident that there were other unmet needs within the community…primarily housing! There were many individuals in need of affordable housing in a safe and secure environment. As a result of this need, we began Roosevelt Gardens in 1995, which is a supportive housing program for individuals and families living with HIV/AIDS. The cost of this program was largely supported by the proceeds from our thrift store, Top Drawer which was opened in 1993 and remains fully operational to this day. Roosevelt Gardens has evolved into a transitional housing program offering a path to independent living for its residents.

In 1998 we opened our independent living facility called Highland Terrace which offers affordable housing to residents living with HIV/AIDS, and in 2002 we started our Community Housing program offering scattered site housing around the city.

Hospice

Doug’s House is a five-bedroom residential hospice for people in the final stages of AIDS-related illnesses. Short-term intensive respite care is also provided on a space available basis.

Housing

We operate three transitional housing programs for people living with HIV and AIDS. Experienced social workers help residents apply for permanent housing and achieve their personal goals of independent lives.

Support Services

Hospice and Housing is an integral part of what we offer, but there’s so much more. The journey for residents to independent living and recovery is made possible by an exhaustive list of wrap-around social services that Project Transitions makes available to everyone in our programs:

Hospice Program Services include:

Full-time social worker on premises

Counseling case management

End of life planning; wills, DNRs, funeral

Full-time nurse at Doug’s House

Private room

Cable/ Internet/ WiFi

Oversight of medical care

Daily check-ins

Physical assessment

Wound care

Medicine refills and ordering; adherence counseling

Transportation to and from appointments/ companionship and advocacy

Breakfast, lunch and dinner and snacks for hospice patients

Full hoilday meals and community celebration events

Family counseling

Connect clients and family members to case management, therapy, food pantry, dental services, STS carts

Develop medical care plan with client and team (doctor and family)

Medical education; diagnosis, labs, referral

Assistance with disability application

Resident memorials social activities among residents

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