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KnoxHMIS: The Annual Report on Knoxville's Homeless and At-Risk Populations

University of Tennessee

The City of Knoxville’s Community Development office is putting together its five-year development plan for the city and the Knoxville-Knox County Homeless Coalition is trying to determine how housing opportunities for the homeless will fit into that plan. WUOT's Chrissy Keuper sat down with Lisa Higginbotham, manager of the Knoxville Homeless Management Information System, or KnoxHMIS, with the University of Tennessee’s Social Work Office of Research and Public Service, to talk about the latest report on Knoxville’s homeless and at-risk populations…

The annual report and more information about KnoxHMIS can be found here

If you need housing help or know someone who does, you can find information here.

Chrissy served as WUOT's News Director and host of monthly public affairs talk show Dialogue from late 2021 to early 2023. Her first job with the station was as weekend student announcer while earning her bachelor's in Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. She had previously been the station's local host for NPR's Morning Edition and All Things Considered news programs; occasionally filled in as host for WUOT's Morning and Afternoon Concerts; and won multiple awards for her interviews, feature stories, and Dialogue.