Mission Statement

Our Place Nashville empowers adults with developmental disabilities (“friends”) by providing homes that are affordable, work that is meaningful, and inclusive communities in which to live. We partner with other non-profit organizations to provide brick-and-mortar housing, called Friendship Houses. We create a rich and rewarding interdependent living environment by placing friends alongside graduate students from Vanderbilt University Divinity School and other graduate programs, and beginning in 2019, also alongside older adults. We help our Friendship House residents find employment and volunteer opportunities that give them a sense of accomplishment, independence and community. We are advocates for them and for their families, serving as a resource for information about the benefits and services available to them, and involving them in the transition and acclimation process experienced by their differently abled loved one. We believe adults with developmental disabilities deserve a sense of community comprised of home, work, and friendships that will sustain them as independently and affordably as possible. We believe Our Place Nashville can become a model through the city and the country for providing community for adults with developmental disabilities.

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Mission Statement

Open Table of Nashville is a non-profit, interfaith community that disrupts cycles of poverty, journeys with the marginalized and provides education about issues of homelessness. Values:Compassion: We meet people where they are with non-judgmental compassion.Dignity: We respect the dignity of all people.Integrity: We work with integrity by aligning our values and actions and being transparent and accountable to one another and our community.Community: We strive to create a more welcoming and just community by journeying alongside people who have been forgotten or excluded.Solidarity: We take a stand on the side of people experiencing homelessness and work for justice by fostering personal and systemic transformation.

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Mission Statement

NeedLink Nashville helps our neighbors meet their most basic needs in times of crisis by providing short-term financial assistance for rent and utilities, while also linking clients to other available resources.

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Mission Statement

Our mission is to build equitable housing and mentor families to grow healthy homes and neighborhoods.

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