A Place to Stay

09/30/2024

07/04/2022

Happy Independence Day!
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07/03/2022

Street Outreach Service Day is coming up July 16 at Chilhowee Baptist Center, 1905 E. Broadway.
You can help:
-Assist neighbors with check-ins and services
-Set up/break down/clean up
-Drivers (pick-ups from local hotels and Midland Plaza)
-Guide neighbors
Sign up for set-up (10-Noon), SOS Day (noon-3 p.m.), and/or post-event (3 p.m.-4 p.m.) or in shifts.
To volunteer reach out to [email protected] or call 865-604-0714.
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06/30/2022

A Place to Stay Community Outreach Resource Center will be closed July 4.
Regular office hours are M-F 9:00-3:00 p.m. except for holidays.
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06/30/2022

For neighbors experiencing homelessness, relationships are critical…
Those who were no longer homeless said, “Having someone who believed in me, someone who stuck with me, who coached me was critical.” From Dr. R. Noee, Open Doors Together We Thrive Event
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06/23/2022

Street Outreach Service Day is coming up July 16 at Chilhowee Baptist Center, 1905 E. Broadway.
You can help:
-Assist neighbors with check-ins and services
-Set up/break down/clean up
Sign up for set-up (10-Noon), SOS Day (noon-3 p.m.), and/or post-event (3 p.m.-4 p.m.) or in shifts.
To volunteer reach out to [email protected] or call 865-604-0714.
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06/20/2022

Freedom Day!
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06/19/2022

Thinking about fathers!
According to Kids Count The State of the Child 2021 from the state of Tennessee, “High housing costs force caregivers to make difficult choices in providing for their children. More than one in four Tennessee children Live in a household with a high housing cost burden. A high housing cost burden is when a household spends more than 30 percent of their monthly income on rent, mortgage, homerelated insurance or other related expenses.”
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06/16/2022

How can we work together for a continuum of housing in Blount County?
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06/14/2022

New hours for the Community Outreach Resource Center—
Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
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06/09/2022

There are many patterns of homelessness people experience.
Acute homelessness is due to a crisis (like losing a job, medical bills, rent increases) or a life change (like military discharge or leaving foster care).
Episodic homelessness happens from time to time and looks like couch surfing or staying with different friends or family.
Chronic homelessness is the smallest population of persons experiencing homelessness. These neighbors have experienced homelessness for more than one year or 4 times in the last 3 years.
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06/06/2022

“Homelessness is a condition. It’s not the person and it’s awfully easy to view homelessness as ‘the homeless’ as if it is the person or a personality trait and it really isn’t. It’s a condition and there’s a wide variation of people who will become homeless.” Dr. Roger Nooe, Professor Emeritus, UT Knoxville.
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