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Welcome to the online home for Breaking Ground's Winter 2025 issue. This edition features stories highlighting resilience and innovation, including adaptive athletics in Nashville, mental health support for kids with disabilities, and weatherization programs improving energy efficiency for Tennessee homes. Scroll down to learn how communities across the state are making strides toward inclusion, sustainability, and better mental health resources.
- Introduction by Lauren Pearcy
- From The Cover: Achilles International Nashville: Building Community and Resilience Through Adaptive Athletics
- Meet Our New Director of Leadership Development
- Weatherizing Your Home: A Program to Help Lower Energy Costs and Increase Comfort
- Reflections on Mental Healthcare for Kids with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities
- Vanderbilt Consortium LEND Trainees Reflect on Their Experiences as the Program Turns 25
- Letter to The Editor
- Tennessee’s Crisis Walk-In Centers Offer Hope in a Mental Health Crisis
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Subscriptions to Breaking Ground are free and available through the Council website. Visit tn.gov/cdd to subscribe or contact us by phone or email with subscription updates or requests, and please include name and mailing or email address. This project was supported in part by grant number 2101TNSCDD, from the U.S. Administration for Community Living, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, D.C. 20201. Grantees undertaking projects with government sponsorship are encouraged to express freely their findings and conclusions. Points of view or opinions do not, therefore, necessarily represent official ACL policy.