The Office of the Ten-Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness would like to invite the public to a public conversation on Wednesday, September 22 from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. at the Cansler Family YMCA at 616 Jessamine Street.

The topic will be Who are the homeless? The presenters will be Dr. David Patterson of the UT College of Social Work and members of his staff.

Mary Thom Adams once again will moderate.

This particular meeting will focus on HMIS, the database vital to understanding people experiencing homelessness in our community. The first half hour will be presentation and the second half will be conversation about the subject.

This is the sixth in a series of similar public conversations.

We will keep these meetings concise to respect the time of attendees. We will continue to offer them on a regular basis, and invite presenters who can speak to their areas of expertise and to the roles that they play in support of the TYP.

We'll open up the floor for questions and conversation on the specific issue being addressed, and we'll ask attendees for ideas about subjects they'd like for us to address in future public conversations.