Navigating Marginalized Community Members
to Sustainable Resources
Our Purpose
At The Healing Project, we know access to housing, food, transportation, education, and mental health support is critical for our marginalized communities. By meeting these needs, we help people in Travis County and surrounding counties move toward sustainability, independence, and access barrier free resources.
By meeting these basic needs, we help HEAL individuals in all of Central Texas towards self-sufficiency, empowerment, and community leadership.
What We Do
Check out our programs and events, from community engagement to personalized help.
Healing Hunger
Through our community partners, we provide free, nutritious groceries to families in need. This program helps eliminate barriers to food access across Austin, TX and surrounding counties, offering support with dignity and compassion.
Healing on Wheels
Healing on Wheels brings essential resources directly to community members. Healing on Wheels ensures that families with the greatest barriers still receive consistent, dependable support and care from The Healing Project.
Healing in the Neighborhood
Our Generational Health program promotes healing in the Neighborhood by supporting whole-family wellness—mind, body, and spirit. We offer movement-based activities like meditation, yoga, sound baths, breathwork, and grounding practices for marginalized communities across Central Texas.
Resource Navigation
Need support? We connect our community to trusted support—like housing, food, healthcare, or transportation—through gentle referrals to the right partners at the right time.
Find Local Resources
Explore our full list of local resources—just scroll down to see the most up-to-date options available.
Locate a Food Pantry
Click below to find free groceries and meals in your area—no matter your situation, help is available.
Contribute to Our Cause
Your generosity provides our families with access to vital resources.
The Healing Project is a community-focused organization that relies on the support of volunteers & community partners.
Press
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![A young woman with purple curly hair, wearing a light purple shirt, standing outdoors in a park with trees and houses in the background.]()
The Austin Chronicle
“It was her great-great-great grandfather, Rev. John Henry Winn, who founded St. John Freedom Colony in Austin in the early 1870s.
Community leadership seems to run in the family – in 2021, still without a college degree, Arnold co-founded the nonprofit Healing Project.”
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Austin American-Statesman
“Nyeka Arnold, Executive Director of The Healing Project, right, works at the food pantry at Black Mamas Village ATX which is in a building previously occupied by Whole Women’s Health abortion clinic in Austin Thursday May 23, 2024.”
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KUT News
“According to Nyeka Arnold, a community activist who organized the protest, residents were initially given no timeline for when the gas would be fixed. She said she was concerned about elderly and disabled residents who have been unable to take hot showers or cook.”
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![Black Lives Matter protest with people holding signs, including one with a portrait of a Black man and the words 'Stop Killing Us' and '@AlphaKarris' in a park.]()
Voyage Austin
“I love my city and my people. This is where I was taught to survive and live.”
