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One Question With Outgoing Metro Councilmembers
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In this issue, we focus on departing advice from outgoing Metro Council members to the new city leadership.
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Learn More about the Push to End Veteran Homelessness
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Veteran homelessness is getting renewed attention.
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A Few Questions with Councilmember Robert Swope, District 4
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We interview councilmembers about their district’s most pressing issues.
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Learn More About SOAR
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We have mentioned the SOAR program in prior columns, but it’s worth explaining more why it is critical to our local homelessness response
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A Few Questions with the Mayor’s Office of Community Safety
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The Contributor talked with Mike Lacey, Metro’s deputy director of community safety from the Mayor’s Office of Community Safety as part of a series called A Few Questions With where we interview Metro agencies about their most pressing issues. The Community Safety Office is housed within the Mayor’s Office and has three staff members. Next to Lacey, Ron Johnson serves as the director of community safety and Breanna Tillman as the grants manager. Describe the main purpose of the Office of Community Safety in five sentences. The Office of Community Safety was created in 2021 to help the city to be more responsive to community-based violence, which is violence that happens outside the home.
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Learn More About: Metro’s Support Services Grants
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Earlier this month, Metro awarded a federal funds to five lead nonprofit organizations to provide support services for individuals experiencing homelessness.
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A Few Questions with Councilmember Bob Nash, District 27
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The Contributor talked with Nash as part of a series called A Few Questions With where we interview councilmembers about their district’s most pressing issues.
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A Few Questions with Vice Mayor Jim Shulman
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The Contributor talked with Shulman as part of a series called A Few Questions With where we interview councilmembers about their district’s most pressing issues.
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Learn More about the Dangers of Encampment Sweeps
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A new study confirms encampment sweeps can have detrimental outcomes for people experiencing homelessness.
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Learn More About Participatory Budgeting
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The Mayor’s Office has launched a Participatory Budgeting (PB) process that encompasses the entire Nashville-Davidson County area and looks to see how Davidson County residents would like to invest $10 million.