Nonprofit Urban Alchemy's contract with the Austin Homeless Strategy Office , or HSO, to operate the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless , or ARCH, and the Eighth Street Women’s Shelter will not renew. The decision comes after some staff, identified by Urban Alchemy, "misrepresented Homeless Management Information System exit dates and records," according to a city memo .

What happened

An Urban Alchemy spokesperson said in an emailed statement to Community Impact that the nonprofit notified Austin officials after discovering the issue and terminated the employees responsible.

"We hold our entire team to the highest possible standards, and will never hesitate to take appropriate action when we fall short of those standards," the spokesperson said in the statement. "We wil

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