In-Person & Online Public Hearing Scheduled for Social Service Block Grant Application

WHAT:  A public hearing to offer comments on Tennessee’s Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) application has been scheduled for August 14, 2024. The SSBG plan can be found by clicking here.

WHEN: August 14, 2024, 10:00 A.M. (CDT)

WHERE:

In-Person: Holiday Inn Vanderbilt, Centennial Ballroom

Online: Webex, Event Number: 2305 805 1641

IMPORTANT: This event requires registration. After your registration has been approved, you will receive instructions for joining the event.

To join this online event

1. Go to https://tn.webex.com/tn/k2/j.php?MTID=t3afe699fd668212d8eff2f3e89432b5b to register. On the day of this event, visit link again to access the event.
2. Enter the event password: This event requires registration. After your registration has been approved, you will receive instructions and details for joining the event.
3. Click “Join Now”.
4. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen to join the teleconference.

To only join the audio conference: This event requires registration. After your registration has been approved, you will receive email instructions for joining the event, which includes instructions to call in.

Public Comments can additionally be submitted through August 21, 2024, via email to Rhonda.L.Barnes@tn.gov or by phone at 615-223-8284.

SSBG is 100 percent federally funded through a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  The program is available in all 95 Tennessee counties and administered through contracts with a network of nonprofit and government agencies provides funding for eligible citizens for various programs, including adult daycare and homemaker services.  Services are limited to low-income elderly and disabled adults.

Learn more about the Tennessee Department of Human Services.