Our Mission
Project Transitions is dedicated to serving people with HIV and AIDS by providing hospice, housing and support in a compassionate and caring environment.
Hospice
Doug's House is a five-bedroom residential hospice for people in the final stages of AIDS. Short-term intensive respite care is also provided on a space available basis.
Housing
Roosevelt Gardens,
Highland Terrace and
Community Housing are transitional housing programs for people living with HIV and AIDS. Experienced social workers help residents apply for permanent housing and achieve their personal goals.
Thrift
Top Drawer Thrift is open to the public and provides an extensive voucher program for people living with HIV and AIDS.
Red Hot 2009
Get ready for the party of the summer- Friday, July 17th, Project Transitions and Oilcan Harry's bring you the 18th Red Hot Fundraiser! Live performances, an extensive silent auction, drink specials and a buffet will transform the evening into an unforgettable night of revelry, all in support of our critical mission!
14th Annual Texas Swing
Thanks for joining us on Friday, June 5th, for our 14th Annual Texas Swing fundraiser. Guests enjoyed our family-friendly event, which featured live music by local favorite Alvin Crow, barbeque by Scholz’s, and free two-step lessons. Texas Swing also boasted a popular silent auction, featuring hundreds of items!
Volunteers are the key to our agency. Some volunteers have been with us since we opened Doug's House in 1989, while new volunteers join our team everyday.
All services are provided for people with HIV/AIDS and their families regardless of age, race, sexual orientation, religion, gender, national origin or disability. No person is refused services for inability to pay. Project Transitions is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Make a secure online donation to support our programs.
A History of Project Transitions
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.
No one is denied participation in ANY of our programs because of inability to pay. We are very, very proud of what we have been able to accomplish with the full support of a caring community.