NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Mary Parrish Center in Nashville gets a little more than half a million dollars from the federal government to support their temporary and permanent housing programs for survivors who are leaving domestic violence situations.

But now, that funding is at risk because of new changes to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) homelessness grant programs.

HUD announced the changes focused on shifting priority for grants from organizations with a housing-first approach to those that take a treatment-first approach, requiring clients to be working or in support services in order to get housing.

In a press release, HUD said the changes were aimed at promoting “self-sufficiency among vulnerable Americans.”

Executive Director Mary Katherine Rand s

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