The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is making essential financial resources available to families that have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 emergency. Beginning 10 A.M. CST Thursday, March 26, families can begin applying, online, for up to two months of emergency cash assistance if they were employed as of March 11, 2020 and they’ve lost employment or at least 50% of their earned income as a result of the pandemic.

The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is partnering with The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to make $10 million in new assistance available to help licensed childcare agencies that were impacted by the recent COVID-19 emergency and the March 3 tornado disaster. Starting Tuesday, March 24, agencies will be able to apply for grant money to recoup some of their losses and expenses.

The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is encouraging its customers to stay home during the COVID-19 state of emergency and take advantage of the online resources that are available. This includes new resources that were made available online today for those with a financial need who were impacted by the March 3rd tornado disaster.

The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is continuing to operate three emergency locations in Davidson County to help provide services to families. This includes processing replacement Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for individuals who suffered losses in Tuesday’s severe weather.

The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) reopened seven county offices today that were impacted by Tuesday morning’s severe weather. Employees at these locations in Wilson, Putnam, Carroll, Benton, Fentress, Overton, and Smith Counties are ready to help provide replacement Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits to families who request it.

The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is seeking rural communities as it opens the application process for organizations to participate in this year’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). The goal of the SFSP is to ensure that children 18 and younger who benefit from meal programs during the school year continue to have that same access to nutritious meals during the summer.

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 Tennessee Department of Human Services announced next steps for investing surplus funds from the state’s Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant, as well as plans for responsibly maintaining the fund’s reserves.

The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is announcing new investments in child care that improve options for parents, incentivize employment in early childhood education, and ensure a continued bright future for individuals to open a licensed child care agency.

The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is receiving recognition for new requirements designed to promote good health in state licensed child care agencies. The National Resource Center (NRC) for Health and Safety in Child Care and Early Education cited those changes in a report https://nrckids.org/files/Final.ASHW.2018.Report_8.19.19.pdf ranking Tennessee’s regulations as the most supportive of obesity prevention in the country.

Notable Tennessee landmarks and structures will be lit green to symbolize Child Support Awareness Month this week and to recognize the positive impact the Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) Child Support Program provides to strengthen families and children.

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.