CHAMP

AKA:

Coordinated Housing Assessment Match Plan | Coordinated Entry (1009) xxCE

Description:

The Coordinated Housing Assessment and Match Plan (CHAMP) is the first step in your housing search. The CHAMP is a way for agencies to coordinate so that everyone in Knoxville who is homeless will have their housing needs assessed and will have access to all of the programs they are eligible for. Once you have completed the CHAMP intake, you will receive referrals based on your needs. Please be aware that completing the CHAMP does not guarantee housing, and it is possible that you may not be eligible for any programs.

Hours:

CHAMP hours are specific to the following intake agencies:
- Call 211 telephone information-line, 7 Days a Week from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
- Call 911 for a life-threatening emergency
- Volunteers for America, Tuesday and Thursday: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
- CAC Homeward Bound, Monday - Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
- Volunteer Ministry Center Refuge, Monday - Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Intake Process:

If you are homeless and fleeing domestic violence, contact the Family Justice Center.

If you are homeless, staying in a shelter, outside, or in a car, and are:
- a Military Veteran: contact Volunteers of America.
- a Household with Minor Children: contact CAC Homeward Bound.
- on your own and 21 or younger: contact CAC Homeward Bound.
- a household containing only you and/or other adults: contact Volunteer Ministry Center Refuge.

If you are not staying in shelter, outside, in a car, or fleeing domestic violence call East Tennessee 211 by dialing 211.

Program Fees:

No fees are associated with screening and referrals.

Eligibility:

What happens after I take the CHAMP?

- If your contact information changes after you have your intake, please tell the agency where you completed your CHAMP.
- If you are eligible for a program, you will receive a referral.
- The program might be at the same agency where you completed your CHAMP, but it might be somewhere else.
- Once the program you are referred to has an opening, the referral agency will contact you directly to schedule an intake.
- After you have completed the intake and are enrolled in the program, you will work with a case manager to find housing.

Handicap Accessible?

Yes

Is Shelter?

No

Year Incorporated:

2017

Address Listings

Contacts

Phone Numbers

Legal Status:

Non-Profit

Accessibility:

All facilities are handicap accessible and may have language assistance programs.