The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) announced its second major change this year to help families participating in the Child Care Certificate Program access quality care.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) has seen a noticeable drop in the recurrence of self-neglect for vulnerable adults since the creation of a Coordinated Community Response (CCR) to elder abuse three years ago.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS), Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery, and the Division of Consumer Affairs of the Department of Commerce and Insurance (DCA) are working together to protect parents from misleading advertising by unlicensed day care operations.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) has joined with CVS Health to unveil an innovative program to help individuals with disabilities find jobs in Tennessee’s growing health care industry.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) announced a major step forward in helping families pay for the cost of child care and incentivizing more providers across the state to participate in the child care subsidy program.
The partnership between the Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) and the Knox County Sheriff’s Office added two more arrests Thursday to its campaign against the abuse of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) will once again open the application process for organizations to participate in this year’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) on Friday, February 1, 2019.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is taking steps today to alert SNAP recipients of a very important deadline imposed by the USDA. Individuals who are renewing their benefits or filing a 6 month Simplified Report form need to have any required paperwork in by the end of business Monday, January 14. Meeting this deadline is an important step to ensure February benefits are available to those who qualify during the government shutdown.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is expanding its work this month to help connect more Tennesseans with jobs. For the last year, TDHS has helped organize more than 50 resource fairs across the state for individuals searching for employment or educational assistance. This month will be the busiest yet with ten events scheduled including a resource fair January 22nd at 629 N. Main Street in Jamestown from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is expanding its work this month to help connect more Tennesseans with jobs. For the last year, TDHS has helped organize more than 50 resource fairs across the state for individuals searching for employment or educational assistance. This month will be the busiest yet with ten events scheduled including next week’s resource fair in the Yvonne Rogers Sutton Agriculture Exhibit Building at 288 Burritt College Drive in Spencer from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is expanding its work this month to help connect more Tennesseans with jobs. For the last year, TDHS has helped organize more than 50 resource fairs across the state for individuals searching for employment or educational assistance. This month will be the busiest yet with ten events scheduled including Wednesday’s resource fair at 1199 South Dupree in Brownsville from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is working to find more partners next year to serve as sponsors of the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). The CACFP is a federally funded program that provides meals to children and adults who meet age and income requirements. TDHS administers the program in partnership with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reimburse sponsoring organizations for meals that meet or exceed federal nutrition standards.
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is issuing a warning about the growing problem of financial exploitation of vulnerable adults. The department’s Adult Protective Services (APS) division received more than 4,000 complaints of financial exploitation in fiscal year 2017-2018. That’s more than the year prior and an increase of 33% from state fiscal year 2015-2016.
Employees with the Tennessee Department of Human Services and other state agencies are helping raise awareness of the problem of hunger in Tennessee with a hunger and wellness walk through downtown Nashville. Participants will be easy to spot wearing the color orange to recognize Feeding America’s Hunger Action Month, which runs through the end of September.
If you’ve noticed green lights on landmarks across Tennessee this month, there’s a good reason why. Green is the color Tennessee has chosen to recognize Child Support Awareness Month. Every August the Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) raises awareness of the services available through the Child Support program and the positive impact it can have on families and children in Tennessee.