As Nashville closes encampments, residents are finding themselves in temporary transitional housing for far longer than expected.
Outreach workers are talking with encampment residents as Nashville prepares to offer more transitional housing
In Phase 1, more than 100 people were moved — primarily into transitional housing.
A Nashville woman’s story shows the challenge of moving from homelessness to a permanent home
After a year, Tammy still lives in a “transitional” motel room in South Nashville. “I’m lost,” she says, “and I don’t know where to look.”
As Nashville closes encampment, it’s a new era for Brookmeade Park and a major adjustment for residents
For the first time in many years, Brookmeade Park is no longer home to a tent encampment. Renovations are expected.
As Nashville closes encampments, nonprofits are coordinating ‘gap’ housing options
Newly posted signs at Brookmeade Park in West Nashville declare Jan. 4 is the closing date when renovations will begin. That’s the deadline for people living there to find somewhere else to go.
Nashville’s renewed attention on encampments could bring change to Brookmeade Park
For years, there’s been an encampment at Brookmeade Park. Now the unsanctioned campsite could become one of the first places targeted in a new housing initiative.
Early cold weather snap triggers overflow shelter — and at a higher temperature
This winter, Metro will open its overflow cold weather shelter at 32 degrees instead of 28 degrees.
Peers find a better way to save lives
“Peer support” is a term you might hear in mental health, disease and addiction recovery work. The idea is really just what it sounds like: support provided by people who have been there, done that, and are still walking the walk. There’s one organization in Memphis that’s really leaning into this approach. It’s called A […]
Displaced purple martins struggle to find new Middle Tennessee roost
Since the symphony’s trees have been recently been removed or deeply pruned, the birds no longer find a resting spot there. But where did they go? That’s what Melinda and other local researchers are trying to find out.
After helping her husband through a mental health crisis, one Nashville woman wonders why help is so hard to find
We want to believe that there is going to be help when we need it. That when we call for help for a family member in an emergency, it’s all going to work out. But for Ellie Kane, it wasn’t so simple.
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