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Artwork by JMS sixth-grader chosen for homeless coalition poster

Posted at 11:35 am April 1, 2015
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JMS Misty Greenhalgh

Misty Greenhalgh holding the 2015 PIT Count Poster with art teacher, Jim Dodson; JMS Principal Phil Cox; and TORCH Art Show Director Sheila Michel. (Submitted photo)

 

Misty Greenhalgh, a sixth-grade art student of Jim Dodson at Jefferson Middle School in Oak Ridge, submitted artwork to the Second Annual TORCH Homelessness and Hunger Awareness Art Show that was then submitted to the TVCH (Tennessee Valley Coalition for the Homeless) Point in Time Count Poster Contest.

In the past, TVCH chose one piece of art from each county to be that county’s PIT poster. This year, they created the same poster for all 12 counties they serve. Faces from artwork used in past year’s posters as well as the face from Greenhalgh’s work were used for this year’s poster.

The 2015 poster states: “We are more than just faces. Everyone counts.”

Greenhalgh was recognized at the Monday night meeting of the Oak Ridge Board of Education. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Arts, Community, Education, Entertainment, Front Page News, K-12, Nonprofits, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Elizabeth Noe, homeless, Jefferson Middle School, Jim Dodson, JMS, Misty Greenhalgh, Oak Ridge Board of Education, Phil Cox, PIT, PIT poster, Point in Time, Tennessee Valley Coalition for the Homeless, TORCH, TORCH Homelessness and Hunger Awareness Art Show, TVCH, TVCH Point in Time Count Poster Contest

Anderson County homeless counted Jan. 28, training on Thursday

Posted at 9:49 pm January 14, 2014
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An annual 24-hour count of the homeless in Anderson County is scheduled for Jan. 28, and the first of two hour-long training sessions is Thursday morning.

The Point in Time Count is organized by TORCH, and the count is used by Congress to determine funding for the area.

Those who volunteer for the PIT count must attend a one-hour training session that will teach them how to fill out the homelessness survey and provide input on where homeless families might be located.

Thursday’s training session is from 10-11 a.m. at the TORCH office, which is at 320 Robertsville Road, Suite 5, in Oak Ridge. There is a second training session from 6-7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23. Volunteers will be signing up for a three-hour volunteer time slot at the training sessions. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News Tagged With: Anderson County, funding, homeless, PIT, Point-in-Time Count, Rapid Response Team Member Pledge, TORCH, training, Zabrina Minor

TORCH will count homeless in January, will train volunteers who want to help

Posted at 9:48 am December 11, 2013
By Mare Martell Leave a Comment

Each year in January, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, coordinating with county mayors in conjunction with the Tennessee Valley Coalition to End Homelessness, do what is called a Point in Time Count of the homeless. This is an unduplicated count on a single night of the people in a specific county who are experiencing homelessness.

The Point in Time Count of 2011 showed 28 homeless individuals. The PIT count of Jan. 24, 2013, found a total of 86 people were homeless (sheltered and unsheltered) and 68 people were precariously housed (almost homeless).

Unsheltered means that the people sleep outside without a roof over their heads or in places not fit for human habitation like a car or an abandoned building. Sheltered means that they were either in transitional housing such as half-way houses or they were actually living in a homeless shelter. Precariously housed are more commonly called “couch surfers.” They live at the homes of friends or family but do not have an address of their own. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Community, Front Page News, Nonprofits Tagged With: couch surfers, domestic violence, homeless, homeless shelter, mentally ill, PIT, Point-in-Time Count, substance abuse, Tennessee Valley Coalition to End Homelessness, TORCH, transitional housing, Trinity Out-Reach Center of Hope, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, veterans

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