Homelessness is not a government issue. It is not a nonprofit issue. It is not a neighborhood issue, and it is not a business issue.
Homelessness is a community issue.
We, at The Key Alliance, believe when our community comes together we will be able to end chronic homelessness and reduce overall homelessness by 2015.
Please join The Key Alliance and follow us through our social media (Facebook and Twitter).
By joining you will become a Key Supporter. If you share your email address with us, we will send you a regular update through our Director's Report and our newsletter.
All your donations are tax-deductible.
Here is a list of scenarios that shows the difference your contribution will make:
$25-$55 will help an individual obtain his out-of-state birth certificate (cost depends on the state);
$40 wil pay for a one-month bus pass for a disabled homeless person;
$60 will pay for a motel room for one night to get a mother and her two small children off the street;
Platinum Key level sponsors have the opportunity to negotiate the distribution of their contribution at our events throughout the year. This will result in continuous exposure to our different audiences. (Click here to view a brief summary of our most prominent events.)
GOLD KEY SPONSOR - $5,000
Prominent logo placement on our Website with link to your Website
Company mentioned in an article about the event on the home page of our Website
Prominent logo placement on all promotional items such as posters, t-shirts, display items, and signs at the event
Recognition given and logo placement in our annual report
Organization mentioned in our press releases and included in media kits
Recognition given and logo placement through our social media outreach (Facebook and Twitter)
Opportunity to be featured in an article with prominent logo placement in our online newsletter (4,000 subscribers), which is posted on our Website and our blog
Opportunity for someone at your organization to speak at the event
Six (6) complementary entries to the event (if applicable)
SILVER KEY SPONSOR - $2,500
Logo placement on our Website with a link to your company's Website
Logo placement on all promotional items such as posters, t-shirts, display items, and signs at the event
Recognition given and logo placement in our annual report
Organization mentioned in media kits
Recognition given and logo placement through our social media outreach (Facebook and Twitter)
Four (4) complimentary entries to the event (if applicable)
BRONZE KEY SPONSOR - $1,000
Logo placement on our Website with link to your company's Website
Logo placement on all promotional items such as posters, t-shirts, display items, and signs at the event
Recognition given and logo placement in our annual report
Two (2) complimentary entries to the event (if applicable)
LOWER LEVEL SPONSORSHIPS
$500: Logo on our Website Logo on signs/banners at event Two (2) complimentary entries to the event (if applicable)
$250: Logo on our Website Two (2) complimentary entries to the event (if applicable)
For questions and more sponsorship information, please contact Clifton Harris at 615-862-6401 or
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Project Coat Connect
Imagine sleeping in a tent or in a hidden doorway on a cold, crisp winter night. Maybe it is raining and foggy. And even if you spent your night at the Nashville Rescue Mission or with one of the congregations that participate in Room In The Inn, the next day when you walk the streets once more, your light jacket cannot keep the freezing wind from reaching your skin.
Project Coat Connect has closed its donation sites. However, if you would like to help, consider a financial contribution for The Key Alliance. Click on the "Join The Key Alliance" button on the right hand corner of this page and choose whether to support Housing First, which offers permanent solutions to homelessness by taking people off the street and moving them into apartments where they receive intensive services to help them move towards self-sufficiency. You can also choose to support our Emergency fund, Project Homeless Connect or homeless outreach services.
Great Community Support
Thank you Nashville for stepping up to the plate once again. We were able to collect more than 2,000 coats - most of which have been distributed to homeless individuals and homeless Metro school children. The remainder are being used to stock closets of different service providers in our community, so they can be given to a person in need during the coming winter months.
We are proud to report that LeAnn Rimes supported our efforts. A special thank you goes out to our Project Coat Connect chair, Allison Steel and our special supporter Diane Joy Albertsen of the Unseen Child Foundation, for their tireless support.
Project Arts Connect
Project Arts Connect is an exhibition of artwork by Nashville artists who have been affected by homelessness.
Metro Arts & The Key Alliance collaborated with The Contributor, Nashville’s street paper, and Room In The Inn, one of the largest homeless service providers in town, to present a body of artwork that includes photography, ceramics, paintings, collage and mixed media.
The exhibit includes selected works from The Disposables, a collection of photographs taken by homeless and formerly homeless newspaper vendors, pieces from the permanent collection from Room In The Inn, and art from the private collections of Criminal Court Clerk Howard Gentry and local artist Kevin Barbieux. Some works will be for sale and 100% of the proceeds will benefit the artists.
The exhibition is free to the public and open during business hours through March 2, 2012.
Project Arts Connect captures the essence of who people are, what they think, and what they feel regardless of their housing status.
The gallery will also serve as a collection point for art supplies, hand warmers, gloves, and other items to assist the artist and programs offered by the participating organizations.
Thank you, Rebecca Berrios and Jennifer Cole for a great Opening Reception on Jan. 20.
If you have not had a chance to attend the Opening Reception, please visit the Metro Arts Gallery (4th floor of the Metro Office Building, 800 Second Avenue South - same building as the Election Commission) during Metro office hours.
Help us spread the word through Facebook and feel free to print out our flyer and post it at your place of work, congregation, favorite coffee house, etc.
Anita Smith is the artist who created Where It All Started, the first picture on top of this front page.
To donate online, click on the "Join The Key Alliance" button.
The Key Alliance is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that partners with the Metropolitan Homelessness Commission to bring together the community to collaborate around permanent solutions to homelessness in Nashville.
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Upcoming Events:
Project Homeless Connect March 28, 2012, from 8 a.m.- 3 p.m. (services begin at 9 a.m.) at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds, 500 Wedgewood Avenue. We need 500-700 volunteers, please sign up through Hands on Nashville.
Project Arts Connect runs through March 2 Project Arts Connect is a event hosted by the Metro Arts Commission and The Key Alliance who are collaborating with The Contributor newspaper and Room In The Inn to exhibit artwork by Nashville artists who have been affected by homelessness. The show is exhibited at the Metro Arts Gallery, on the 4th floor of the Metro Office Building, 800 Second Ave. South. The exhibit is free and open to the public and will run through March 2.
Run for the Homeless on May 12 The second annual Run for the Homeless, a 5K walk/run through Downtown Nashville will take place on May 12, 2012. Sign up starts at 6:30 a.m. with the race to begin at 8 a.m. Register here.
ReCommunity Calendar The Key Alliance hosts a new feature on its Website: A Community Calendar (view tab on the left). Service providers are invited to email details of their events and happenings they would like to be listed on our Community Calendar to
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The Contributor goes to twice monthly On Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, The Contributor, Nashville's successful street newspaper, will publish two issues per month. "In a time when print media is on the decline, street newspapers all around the world have seen major increases in distribution. The Contributor, now the highest-distributing street newspaper in North America, is a leader in the global street newspaper movement’s success. Thanks to the hard work and determination of its vendors and staff, as well as the generosity of its donors, The Contributor has grown exponentially over the last two years, enabling approximately one-third of the paper’s vendors to earn enough money to obtain housing." - Andrew Krinks, The Contributor's editor, in a recent press release.
Volunteer Award The Key Alliance is proud to announce that our volunteer, Ben Morton, was honored with the Phyllis M. Frank Volunteer Award by the Nashville Coaltion for the Homeless for his outstanding efforts to help the local homeless community. Read the press release here.
New initiative launched called Adopt A Unit The Key Alliance, in partnership with the Metropolitan Homelessness Commission, has launched a new program called Adopt A Unit that invites congregations to help formerly homeless individuals establish a household. For more information, click here.
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The next MHC meeting is scheduled for Friday, March 2, 2012, at 9:30 a.m. in the Sonny West Conference Room of the Howard Office Building (Fulton Complex), 700 Second Ave. South.
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A Summary Report of the Committee on Police/Homeless Issues of the MHC is posted here.
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Adopt A Meter Program
The Key Alliance has partnered with NashVitality to promote its Adopt A Meter program. The program places refurbished "parking" meters in high foot traffic areas Downtown. All change collected will benefit homeless outreach with the goal to place people into Housing First. For a $1,000 sponsorship, contact Clifton Harris at 862-6401 or email him at
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The Key Alliance launched a Speaker's Bureau program. We are available to speak to groups larger than 10 members including businesses, neighborhood associations, civic groups and congregations.
Contact Judy Tackett at
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to set up YOUR meeting.
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To date the Metropolitan Homelessness Commission and MDHA have been able to connect 37 homeless individuals who lost everything in the May floods with Section 8 Housing vouchers. The Homelessness Commission has closed the program. All Section 8 Voucher applicants have to go through MDHA's Secion 8 Office at 620 Dew Street.
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For media inquiries call Judy Tackett at 517-7000.
Imagine sleeping in a tent or in a hidden doorway on a cold, crisp winter night. Maybe it is raining and foggy. And even if you spent your night at the Nashville Rescue Mission or with one of the congregations that participate in Room In The Inn, the next day when you walk the streets once more, your light jacket cannot keep the freezing wind from reaching your skin.
Project Arts Connect is an exhibition of artwork by Nashville artists who have been affected by homelessness.
Help us spread the word through 
