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Partners in Care is a co-responder program between the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) and the Mental Health Cooperative that serves to divert people who experience a mental health crisis from the criminal justice system.
Last month, Tennessee arrested 10 unhoused people in Downtown Nashville for unauthorized camping.
The Office of Homeless Services (OHS) recently revealed to the Metro Council in a public meeting that they have been keeping 70-80 gap housing units open because a specific facility, currently run by The Salvation Army, is set aside for encampment closures.
EVAWI defines sexual misconduct in law enforcement as, “including sexual harassment, sexual assault, sexual battery, and any inappropriate or unwanted sexual behavior committed against a member of the community or fellow employee by agency personnel.
Listening is a fundamental key to effective street outreach. Let me explain.
The revelation that healthcare and homelessness solutions both include the need for housing should come as no surprise to anyone.
It is homelessness grant season for communities like Nashville-Davidson County.
The data shows fewer than half of the people the city moved out of encampments over the past 18 months or so are in permanent housing.
Metro has officially opened the door of its first 90-unit Permanent Supportive Housing building in Downtown Nashville. This is a huge milestone that has been years in the making.