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Nonprofit Mobile Loaves & Fishes is marking the 10th anniversary of its landmark Community First! Village, the master-planned community for residents exiting homelessness that's now expanding in Northeast and Southeast Austin.

The Northeast Austin village includes scores of tiny homes alongside shared features like community centers, a clinic, kitchens, gardens and parks, an amphitheater and a chapel. MLF is now marking the opening of another property covering 51 acres across the street from the existing site. The expansion houses the nonprofit's new headquarters and room to grow to 600 total microhomes as funding comes in.

During the community's 10th anniversary summit event in October, MLF representatives highlighted the lower cost of housing and caring for residents there versus other public homelessness programs. They also said Community First! residents have higher life expectancies, and reduced alcohol and drug consumption.

The ongoing expansion comes as a new Community First! property is also being developed in Southeast Austin, alongside a low-income housing complex from nonprofit Foundation Communities.

Local advocates and city leaders promoted the launch of Amplify Home, a new initiative to support Austin's thousands of homeless children and families this fall.

The details: The I Live Here I Give Here campaign marked Oct. 21 as a day of action against family homelessness with local events, volunteer opportunities and a fundraising push. Officials said renewed focus on the issue is needed given that, within Austin ISD alone, an estimated 2,500 children across more than 1,100 families are currently growing up without a home.

"It is a humanitarian crisis when we have that many children not being able to be children because they’re living unhoused," Mayor Kirk Watson said.

More information about the campaign is available online.

People’s Community Clinic is aiming to serve more uninsured and underserved women through a new health care center in Central Austin.

The federally qualified health center opened an expanded clinic for its Center for Women’s Health in September. People’s Community Clinic leaders said the expansion is helping fill gaps amid a growing need for women's health care in Central Texas.

The big picture: The new People’s Center for Women’s Health, located at St. David’s Medical Center off 32nd Street, features additional exam rooms, a dedicated area to provide group care and health education, and more space to grow future programs.

The center now offers cardiology care and is planning to eventually launch menopause and perimenopause services, women’s mental health support and pelvic floor care.

Why it matters: Some women travel over an hour to visit the clinic due to an inability to receive care where they live, People’s Community Clinic CEO Matt Balthazar said. The limited number of OB-GYN providers has not kept pace with population growth in the area, he said.