We empower communities into a lifestyle of service with the homeless.
Mobile Loaves & Fishes is a Christian social outreach ministry in Austin, Texas that has been empowering communities into a lifestyle of service with the homeless since 1998.
6,540,200
MEALS SERVED
to the homeless in Central Texas through MLF’s food truck ministry.
393
FORMERLY HOMELESS NEIGHBORS now living at home in Community First! Village.
28,998
HOURS SERVED
in 2023 by dedicated volunteers in Community First! Village.
Community First! Village is a master planned neighborhood that provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for men and women who are coming out of chronic homelessness. A development of Mobile Loaves & Fishes, this transformative residential program exists to love and serve our neighbors who have been living on the streets, while also empowering the surrounding community into a lifestyle of service with the homeless.
Truck Ministry
Mobile Loaves & Fishes’ food truck volunteers hit the streets 7 nights a week, 365 days a year to provide food, clothing, hygiene products and other life-sustaining items to our homeless neighbors. With the support of tens of thousands volunteers and more than 6.5 million meals served, Mobile Loaves & Fishes is the largest prepared feeding program to the homeless and working poor in Austin, Texas.
Community First! Village
Community First! Village is a 51-acre master planned community that provides affordable, permanent housing and a supportive community for the chronically homeless in Central Texas. A development of Mobile Loaves & Fishes, this transformative residential program has become the largest relationally-focused model in the country lifting homeless men and women up off the streets into community and home.
Community Works
Community Works provides opportunities for individuals who have experienced homelessness to rediscover purpose and use their God-given talents to earn a dignified income. The program empowers Mobile Loaves & Fishes volunteers to serve alongside our friends as they develop new skills through meaningful work, while also cultivating enduring relationships.