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Family Support Services
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Family Services |
| Program |
Description |
| Families First
(formerly AFDC) |
Tennessee's new welfare
reform program, which is a temporary cash assistance program
emphasizing work, training, and personal responsibility. Job
readiness activities, job training, education, job development,
placement assistance, child care and a variety of other support
services are available to assist welfare recipients. |
| Food Stamps |
Coupons, available to
low-income individuals or families, that may be used to purchase
food or seeds to grow food. |
| Child Support |
Services to help
families locate absent parents, obtain child support, enforce child
support orders, or establish paternity. |
| Medicaid/TennCare |
Tennessee's medical
assistance program, which provides health care for low-income
individuals and families who otherwise could not afford it. |
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Community and
Field Services |
| Child Care Resource and
Referral Service |
Personalized and
detailed information to parents searching for child care. |
| Child Care Assistance |
For low-income
families, assistance for purchasing child care while the parents are
working, enrolled in job related training programs or seeking
employment. |
| Child Care Licensing |
Assistance to persons
wanting to establish a child care center, receive licensing, or file
a child care complaint. |
| Adult Protective
Services |
Services to adults who
are abused, neglected, or financially exploited and unable to
protect themselves due to mental or physical disabilities or
advanced age. |
If you are interested in any of these
services or simply more information about them, contact the office
nearest you or the Department of Human Services office in your county.
You may also access
information on DHS at http://www.state.tn.us/humanserv.
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