Official State Website: http://www.state.tn.us

President and Vice President: www.whitehouse.gov

State Representative: http://www.house.gov/

Senators: http://www.senate.gov/

Local Child Abuse Number: 877-237-0004

Children's Rights Foundation:
1-800-329-KIDS
http://www.preventchildabusenow.org/

National Child Traumatic Stress Network:
http://www.nctsnet.org/nccts/nav.do?pid=abt_ntwk

Childhood Trauma Intervention Center
Contact: Donna Humbert
Phone: (615) 254-1595
Email: donnahumbert@yahoo.com

Shelters

Dyersburg-Dyer Co. Union Mission
213 West Cedar
Dyersburg, TN 38025-0179
Phone: (901)285-0726

Haven of Rest Rescue Mission
624 Anderson Street
Bristol, TN 37621
Phone: (615)968-2011
FAX: (615)968-4697

Hope Haven Ministries, Inc.
670 Dale Street
Kingsport, TN
Phone: 423-246-6012
FAX: 423-246-6012

Knox Area Rescue Ministries
48 North Broadway
Knoxville, TN 37917
Phone:(865)673-6540
Fax:(865)673-6556
web: http://www.karm.org

Maranatha Rescue Mission
924 E. 8th Street
Chattanooga, TN 37404
Phone: (615)756-3126

Memphis Day Shelter
383 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38105
Phone: 901-525-8626

Memphis Union Mission
393 Poplar Avenue
Memphis, TN 38105
Phone: 901-526-8403
FAX: 901-526-5430

Nashville Mission
129 7th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37202
Phone: (615)255-2475
FAX: (615)780-9452

Northwest Safeline
P. O. Box 1831
Dyersburg, TN 38025
Phone: (901)285-6470

Safe Haven Family Shelters
1234 3rd Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37210
Phone: 615-256-8195

Union Gospel Mission
16 E. 8th Street
Chattanooga, TN 37401
Phone: (615)493-4161

West Tennessee Legal Services, Inc.
P. O. Box 2066
Jackson, TN 398301
Executive Director: Steve Xanthopoulos
Homeless Coordinator: Mabel Teamer
Phone: 731-423-0616
FAX: 731-424-2600

Women's Shelters

Domestic Violence:
http://www.tcadsv.citysearch.com
http://www.sboard.org/resources.htm?

Tennessee Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence
P.O. Box 120972
Nashville, TN 37212
(615) 386-9406 Fax: (615) 383-2967
(800) 289-9018 In State
Website: http://www.tcadsv.org/
Email: tcadsv@tcadsv.org

National Domestic Violence Hotline:
http://www.ndvh.org/help/help_in_area.html

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence:
http://www.ncadv.org

National Network to End Domestic Violence:
http://www.nnedv.org

Directory of Women's Shelters:
http://wedirectyou.com/womennmr/women.htm

Sounding Board Counseling Center:
http://www.sboard.org then click on shelters in your State

Community Action Program:
http://www.tncommunityaction.org/pages/1/index.htm
http://www.ncaf.org/linkcaas.htm
www.ncaf.org/linkcaas.htm

Head Start Program:
http://www.tennessee.gov/governor/prek/govsplan.htm
http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/resourcekit/HeadStart/tennessee.html
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/hsb/hsweb/index.jsp
http://www.headstartinfo.org/infocenter/ehs_tkit1.htm

State Listings of Charities

Federal Trade Commission: http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/tmarkg/charity.htm

Office of the Secretary of State
Division of Charitable Solicitations
8th Floor, William R. Snodgrass Tower
312 Eighth Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243
615-741-2555
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/charity.htm

Office of the Attorney General
Consumer Advocate & Protection Div.
425 5th Ave. North, 2nd Fl.
P. O. Box 20207
Nashville, TN 37243 / 37202-0207
615-741-1671
http://www.attorneygeneral.state.tn.us

Search by State

Family and Youth Services:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/fysb//

Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/

Government Grants:
http://www.firstgov.gov/
http://www.grants.gov/
http://www.govbenefits.gov/govbenefits_en.portal

Housing Grants:
http://www.hud.gov/offices/cpd/communitydevelopment/programs/
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ocs/csbg/

Health Care: For the Uninsured
http://ask.hrsa.gov/pc/

Help finding healthcare in your area:
http://www.healthfinder.gov/healthcare/

Emergency Food and Shelter:
http://www.efsp.unitedway.org/EFSP/WC.DLL?EFSP~FundedStates