City of Knoxville
Madeline Rogero, Mayor
Knox County
Tim Burchett, Mayor

Monthly Archives: January 2011

Tonight’s meeting cancelled

Tonight’s Ten-Year Plan Public Conversation meeting is canceled due to inclement weather. This meeting had been scheduled for 6pm tonight at Volunteer Ministry Center’s Resource Center. It will be rescheduled for a later date.

Video interviews of case managers in permanent supportive housing

Good case management is the essential “supportive” component of supportive housing for people who are leaving homelessness. What do case managers do? As discussed at length here, case managers often facilitate “…coordination of services at a community level. Case managers connect their clients with the resources they need to take control of their lives, and [...]

Continuum of Care funding renewed for area service providers

Eight Knoxville-area agencies will receive funding to continue their work to end homelessness in our community. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced the funding through the department’s Continuum of Care program. The agencies received a combined $1,240,464 in funding to continue the operation of existing housing and service programs. The multi-agency [...]

CANCELED: Public Conversation #8 coming Jan 26

Please note that tonight’s Ten-Year Plan Public Conversation meeting is canceled due to the threat of inclement weather. This meeting had been scheduled for 6pm tonight at Volunteer Ministry Center’s Resource Center. It will be rescheduled for a later date. What: Ten-Year Plan public conversation: Permanent Supportive Housing Residents – Three Stories When: Wednesday, January [...]

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