With the launch of the Tennessee Opportunity Pilot Initiative the Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is taking a groundbreaking step to transform the way Tennessee serves its most vulnerable families. Over the next four years, this initiative will provide up to $5 million in Planning Grants and $175 million in Implementation Grants to further the Department’s vision of fundamentally changing the way government assistance is delivered to families in Tennessee.

Tennessee revenues were more than the budgeted estimates for the first month of the state’s fiscal year.

The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is making additional assistance available to help families following the recent flooding disaster. Qualifying families who received damage to their homes or have been unable to work because of the August 21, 2021 storm are now able to apply for a one-time payment of Emergency Cash Assistance.

A Shelby County woman is charged with TennCare fraud for allegedly reporting false information to the state to receive health care insurance benefits through the state’s Medicaid program.

A Shelby County woman living in Mississippi is charged with TennCare fraud for allegedly reporting she lived in Tennessee.

A Shelby County woman is charged with TennCare fraud for allegedly falsifying information given to the state in order to obtain healthcare insurance benefits from TennCare.