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HOMELESS

…BUT NOT HOPELESS

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HOMELESS

…BUT NOT HOPELESS

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THE APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS (ARCH)

At ARCH, we organize, facilitate and provide services to end homelessness in Northeast Tennessee by coordinating front line service providers and collaborating with community partners to create permanent solutions, and target the direct causes of homelessness.

ARCH provides direct services to veterans & veteran families. We also provide referrals to community links and can help if you are not a veteran. If you or someone you know is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, please contact us at 423-928-2274.[/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row”][vc_column][vc_column_text]Averted glances, a quickened pace, avoidance of the issues before them; these are the ways many individuals typically react when they encounter one of the hundreds of homeless individuals throughout the Northeast Tennessee/Southwest Virginia region.

If you are currently homeless, or walking the delicate line between sheltered and homelessness, you need an advocate to help you navigate through the sea of programs and services that may be available to assist you. Whether your situation has been dictated by disability, addiction or circumstance, ARCH can help! ARCH fights to end homelessness in our region by coordinating and empowering the efforts of diverse charities, civic organizations, nonprofits and public institutions working to improve the homeless situation.

We provide a variety of services to these organizations, including: Technical Assistance; Consulting; Program Evaluation, Homeless Management Information System (HMIS), Education and Public Awareness Advocacy. Through the provision of these key services, ARCH is able to track results and help local groups qualify for needed state and federal funding.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]

SUCCESS STORIES

[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner gap=”10″ css=”.vc_custom_1511840315982{padding-right: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;}”][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1511840264174{padding: 10px !important;background-color: #dcb16d !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”320″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]”So far, I’ve not had to live under a bridge, out in the country or the fields or anything terrible like that. My advice would be if you’ve got a great job or making steady income, no matter how bad it seems, stick with it, because it can get a whole lot worse…”[/vc_column_text][ult_buttons btn_title=”Read More…” btn_link=”url:%2Fblog%2F|||” btn_align=”ubtn-center” btn_bg_color=”#aed989″ icon_size=”32″ btn_icon_pos=”ubtn-sep-icon-at-left”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1511840277865{padding: 10px !important;background-color: #dcb16d !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”319″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]“We’ve got a good group of veterans here right now and most of them have positive attitudes, because of the situations they’re in. You know, they could be worse. They keep their heads up and keep looking forward to better things.”…[/vc_column_text][ult_buttons btn_title=”Read More…” btn_link=”url:%2Fblog%2F|||” btn_align=”ubtn-center” btn_bg_color=”#aed989″ icon_size=”32″ btn_icon_pos=”ubtn-sep-icon-at-left”][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1/3″ css=”.vc_custom_1511840287361{padding: 10px !important;background-color: #dcb16d !important;}”][vc_single_image image=”317″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text]“I grew up in Tullahoma, Lynchburg, Tennessee. We grew up very poor, so there was a lot of family abuse. There was a lot of alcohol abuse. However, my mother was a good mother. She did the best she could with the tools she had. We were raised with very high morals.”…[/vc_column_text][ult_buttons btn_title=”Read More…” btn_link=”url:%2Fblog%2F|||” btn_align=”ubtn-center” btn_bg_color=”#aed989″ icon_size=”32″ btn_icon_pos=”ubtn-sep-icon-at-left”][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_empty_space][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” bg_type=”image” parallax_style=”vcpb-default” bg_image_new=”id^313|url^https://www.appalachianhomeless.org//wp-content/uploads/2016/08/mountians-arch.jpg|caption^null|alt^null|title^mountians arch|description^null” el_class=”white-text-section”][vc_column][vc_column_text]

VISION

That no Parent will wonder where her child will lay their head at night, no Veteran feel the sting of homelessness, and no person feel as though they have no place to call home.[/vc_column_text][ult_buttons btn_title=”DONATE ♡” btn_link=”url:%2Fdonate%2F|||” btn_align=”ubtn-center” btn_size=”ubtn-large” btn_title_color=”#ffffff” btn_bg_color=”#ff3b3c” icon=”none” icon_size=”0″ btn_icon_pos=”ubtn-sep-icon-at-right” btn_font_size=”desktop:45px;mobile:35px;”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=”yes”][vc_column][TS_VCSC_Title_Typed title_html=”true” title_advanced=”SE9NRUxFU1MlM0NiciUzRU5PVCUzQ2JyJTNFSE9QRUxFU1M=” mobile=”true” startdelay=”1992″ typespeed=”156″ showcursor=”false” font_family=”Default:regular” font_size=”65″ font_color=”#ffffff”][vc_column_text]

APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COALITION ON HOMELESSNESS

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ARCH provides direct services to veterans or veteran families. If you or someone you know is a veteran and homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, please contact us. ARCH also provides referrals to community links if you are not a veteran. If you or someone you know is homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, please contact ARCH at 423-928-ARCH (2724).

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ARCH is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization that serves as the HUD administrator for homeless assistance in Northeast Tennessee through the Continuum of Care grant program.

We are the first “point of entry” for those with immediate housing needs – help secure community supportive services.

…homelessness in the counties of Carter, Greene, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington. Part of our role is to coordinate and empower the efforts of charities, civic and non-profit organizations working to improve the homeless situation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]