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As a follow up to the last entry… We stopped in Lenoir City, Tennessee, where we toured “I’va’s Place.” \u00a0 This is a complex for “women in crisis.” \u00a0 And that could be women who are homeless, or victims of domestic violence, or women in crisis pregnancy… Iva’s Place Board Member Paul Hilchey told us Iva’s Place is, in effect, a tiered system. \u00a0 That is, there is a shelter for women (and their children) in immediate crisis. \u00a0 There are also transitional living quarters women can stay in for a month or two. \u00a0 And there are also apartments on the complex for women who want to stay long term. \u00a0 Churches, and individuals, in the area support Iva’s Place with donations. \u00a0 What’s more, Mr. Hilchey’s wife Mary, who is a certified counselor, volunteers her time for individual counseling and group work. \u00a0 There is also a Food Pantry and Soup Kitchen on site. \u00a0 And Iva’s Place also offers computer training, GED educational help and a number of other supplemental services. \u00a0 Mr. Hilchey, who is retired, \u00a0supervises construction projects as a volunteer. \u00a0 He said several years ago he heard \u00a0a priest reading from Mathew 25 where it says we are to feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the imprisoned, help the homeless… \u00a0 “I thought to myself: ‘I should be doing that,'” he smiled. \u00a0 Note:<\/strong> \u00a0 Mr. Hilchey added that a recent survey indicated there were some 160 homeless women in the county here. \u00a0 And a good number are “couch homeless.” \u00a0 That is, they are bouncing from week to week at family places, friend’s places, or sleeping in their car…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a follow up to the last entry… We stopped in Lenoir City, Tennessee, where we toured “I’va’s Place.” \u00a0 This is a complex for “women in crisis.” \u00a0 And that could be women who are homeless, or victims of …<\/span> Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/615\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voteforjoeblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}