Promoting Self-Sufficiency

Our Goals:

  • Individuals have and utilize fundamental life skills to achieve independence in daily living and become productive members of society.

  • Individuals gain and maintain employment.

  • Employers have access to an appropriately educated, accountable, and dependable workforce.

  • Individuals have access to transportation that is affordable, readily available, and easily accessible.

  • Individuals have the opportunity to gain secure, safe, and affordable housing.

 

KHC

Kingsport Homeless Coalition is the result of a common vision shared by the United Way of Greater Kingsport (UWGK), the City of Kingsport and over 25 area partners that offers a well-resourced path to self sufficiency for individuals experiencing homelessness

To learn more visit uwaykpt.org/homeless

2025 Member Agency Programs

PROMOTING SELF-SUFFICIENCY

Family Promise of Greater Kingsport – Family Self-Sufficiency Program ($17,000) enhances the lives of those experiencing homelessness in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia by providing families with children temporary shelter and assistance so they may become self-sufficient.

Hope House – Fresh Start Program ($21,000) offers support services for pregnant women, new parents, and extended family members who are in crisis concerning pregnancy, parenting, and providing basic needs for themselves and their young children.

Hope House – Restart Program ($20,000) provides a residential program with a full range of support for pregnant mothers in crisis in our community to grow, succeed, and become self-sufficient.

Literacy Council of Kingsport – Tutoring Program for Adults ($35,953) helps improve the literacy and/or English language skills of adults who struggle to read, write, do math, or use technology above a third-grade level through one-on-one tutoring with trained volunteers.

Oasis of Kingsport – Core Program ($15,000) provides education, mentorship, support groups and training to at -risk women in the community through classes and case management.

Salvation Army – Social Services Program ($60,000) provides a wide variety of services including rent/mortgage/utility assistance, clothing assistance, food assistance, referrals, and case management.

Salvation Army – Emergency Shelter Program ($30,000) provides lodging, meals, personal hygiene items, clothing, counseling, job placement, and financial planning, to assist individuals/ families in becoming self-sufficient.

Small Miracles Therapeutic Equestrian Center, Inc. – Horses Empower Heroes Program ($9,500) promotes the recovery, stability, and self-sufficiency of veterans by assisting with the transition from mere survival mode into resiliency and hope through trauma-focused, relationship-rich, equine-assisted activities and therapies (EAAT).

Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency – Community Service Neighborhood Assistance Program ($24,000) Provides rental and utility assistance, and employment needs for the prevention of homelessness through financial literacy and life coaching.