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

Category Archives: General

Circles of Support invites you to join a mentoring team.

Circles of Support Mentor Teams are teams of five people who come together to offer friendship and support to our neighbors who live in permanent supportive housing (PSH). The Circles of Support program is administered by the Compassion Coalition. Small teams of mentors are invited from congregations throughout Knox County to participate. The program’s coordinator [...]

Public Conversation #2: cost of PSH

Overview The TYP held a public conversation last night, Wednesday, May 19, 2010 at the Cansler YMCA about the cost of permanent supportive housing (PSH). Bill Lyons, the City of Knoxville’s Senior Director of Policy & Communication, acted as moderator. Jon Lawler, Director of the TYP, delivered a presentation about the cost of PSH in [...]

TYP at Cansler, Wednesday, May 19

Subject: Ten-Year Plan public conversation: Cost of permanent supportive housing Meeting date and time: Wednesday, May 19, 2010, from 6:00-7:00pm Meeting location: Cansler Family YMCA , 616 Jessamine St., Knoxville, TN 37917 Contact: Robert Finley 215-3071 The Office of the Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness would like to invite the public to a public [...]

Public Conversation #1: Case Management in PSH via VMC

Overview The TYP held a public conversation on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at the Cansler YMCA about case management in permanent supportive housing. Bill Lyons, the City of Knoxville’s Senior Director of Policy & Communication, acted as moderator. Ginny Weatherstone, CEO of Volunteer Ministry Center, and several members of VMC’s staff along with a resident [...]

Ten-Year Plan at Cansler YMCA: Wed, Apr 28

Subject: Ten-Year Plan public conversation: Case management in permanent supportive housing Meeting date and time: Wednesday, April 28, 2010, from 6:00-7:00pm Meeting location: Cansler Family YMCA , 616 Jessamine St., Knoxville, TN 37917 Contact: Robert Finley 215-3071 The Office of the Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness would like to invite the public to a [...]

Arnstein Jewish Community Center

Overview & Takeaways The neighborhood organizations representing the Kingston Hills and Kingston Woods neighborhoods held a meeting on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at the Arnstein Jewish Community Center. Bill Lyons, the City of Knoxville’s Senior Director of Policy & Communication, Jon Lawler, Director of the Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness, David Arning of Southeastern [...]

Advisory Board meeting: Friday, March 26

The Ten-Year Plan Advisory Board meets quarterly. Members of the public are invited to attend. The TYP AB is an advisory board. It offers guidance and acts as a sounding board, but does not act in a directive capacity. At every meeting, the TYP staff present a progress report. Click here to review those reports [...]

Teaberry Housing background

Background: The Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness The Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness (TYP) in Knoxville and Knox County is part of a national movement to end long-term or chronic homelessness. A person who is chronically homeless is, by HUD’s definition, a disabled individual who has been homeless for at least one year [...]

Updated: WBIR permanent supportive housing series

WBIR’s Alison Morrow is doing a series on residents of permanent supportive housing (PSH). The first story ran on Friday, and you can watch it here. Click here to watch the second story. The idea behind this series is to give viewers a window into PSH, which is such a critical part of our community’s [...]

Minvilla: progress

I’ve put up a quick progress update at minvilla.org. Actually, two of them. One’s a very short video piece composed of captioned stills, and the other is a brief discussion. I plan to do this about every month. Please let me know what you think about this.