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Learn More About the National Increase in Homelessness
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More than 770,000 people were experiencing homelessness on a single night in January 2024. That is the highest estimated number of homelessness The United States has ever recorded.
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Learn More about Partners in Care
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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.
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Column: Learn More About Unauthorized Camping on Public Property
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Last month, Tennessee arrested 10 unhoused people in Downtown Nashville for unauthorized camping.
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Column: Learn More About Metro’s Gap Housing Fiasco
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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.
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Learn More about Zero Tolerance Policy for Sexual Misconduct at MNPD
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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.
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Learn More About the Importance of Street Outreach
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Listening is a fundamental key to effective street outreach. Let me explain.
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Learn More about Federally Qualified Health Centers
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The revelation that healthcare and homelessness solutions both include the need for housing should come as no surprise to anyone.
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Learn More About Emergency Solutions Grants
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It is homelessness grant season for communities like Nashville-Davidson County.
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Learn More about the Effectiveness of Encampment Closures
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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.