Frontline Response brings mission to combat homelessness, human trafficking to Chattanooga area

November 10, 2023 at 6:33 p.m. | Updated November 10, 2023 at 9:58 p.m.

by David Floyd

Staff photo by Matt Hamilton / Jeff Shaw, the organization's national expansion officer, speaks Friday during a celebration of Frontline Responses announcement choosing Chattanooga as the location for Freedom Homestead.

Originally from East Ridge, Christopher Payne was 16 years old when an older girl named Emily invited him to Nashville to party with her friends.

Payne