VOLUNTEER MINISTRY CENTER
MINVILLA MANOR
Minvilla Manor is VMC’s first permanent supportive housing development and opened in 2010, providing 57 apartments. Minvilla Manor serves people who are experiencing chronic homelessness, providing stability, support, and re-integration into the community. Services include interpersonal counseling, skills training, workforce re-entry training, education, financial literacy, life enrichment, field trips and more. Property attendants are on-site around the clock, seven days a week, with onsite professional case managers working in close cooperation with the McNabb Center and Cherokee Health Systems.
Minvilla Manor
447 N. Broadway
865-525-4708
Who we serve:
Chronically homeless individuals who are in need of on-site case management
support
(HUD defines Chronic Homelessness as a person with a disability who has been
literally homeless for either a full year, or for 4 episodes in the past 3 years that
equal twelve months)
What we provide:
Affordable permanent housing
On-site case management
Cost:
Residents must qualify for a Project Based Voucher through KCDC and will pay
rent equal to 30% of their income
Times of service:
Case management and property management offices are open Monday-Friday
8:00 am -5:00 pm
How to get services:
Residents are selected from the Coordinated Housing Assessment and Match
Plan (CHAMP) referral process. Clients must be referred to the CHAMP
Permanent Supportive Housing list by a community case manager and are
selected from the list according to vulnerability. Upon being selected from the
list, clients and referring case managers will complete additional paperwork.