Montgomery County
Adult Literacy Council
Free year-round service providing reading, math, and English for speakers of other languages and instruction for adults who function below the seventh grade competency level.
AJAX Turner Senior Center
Provides daily lunches at reduced prices and a variety of activities, including education, health screenings, exercise, support groups, evening dances, and more to seniors aged 55+. The Adult Day Care Program provides families with a senior member who has lost their ability to live independently an option to nursing home care by providing care for those seniors during the day.
Boy Scouts of America, Cogioba District, Middle Tennessee Council
Provides opportunities for boys ages 6-18 and girls ages 14-18 to build character and leadership skills through programs designed to encourage youth to become participating citizens and to care for others as well as themselves.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clarksville
Places positive adult role models with at-risk youth to promote healthy social, psychological and academic development through school-based mentoring and one-to-one friendship programs.
Catholic Charities – CHAP Program
Works with families whose children are at risk for abuse or neglect through home-based counseling, parenting education, crisis intervention, and case management services.
*Clarksville Area YMCA Youth Program
Provides programs and services for children, teens, adults, and families to strengthen the spirit, mind and body. United Way funds support the youth programs, including Operation Excel, financial assistance for the Youth Programs, and Before and After School programs.
Crisis 2-1-1 Call Line
Provides telephone hotline services 24-hours, 7 days a week, including crises hotline for anyone in need of crisis intervention and suicide prevention: 2-1-1 information and referral line; and school safety hotline.
Fort Campbell Armed Services YMCA
Serves military service members and their families throughout the region through programs such as childcare, hospital assistance, spouse support services, food services, computer training classes, health and wellness services, and holiday meals.
Fort Campbell Army Community Services
Provides comprehensive social service programming to help commanders maintain readiness of individuals by developing, coordinating, and delivering services promoting self-reliance, resilience, and stability of families.
Foster Grandparents Program-By Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Action Agency
An inter-generational program that matches seniors with pre-school aged children and their families to help children succeed in school by ensuring their social and academic readiness for kindergarten.
Girl Scout Council of the Cumberland Valley
Provides opportunities for girls, ages 5 through 17, for adventure, learning, and fun through programs that build confidence, courage, and characters so they may become confident and contributing citizens.
Grace Assistance- By United Methodist Urban Ministries
Provides emergency assistance, including food and financial assistance for utilities, shelter, prescriptions, and transportation.
Head Start Program- By Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Action Agency
A family-oriented program providing children and their parents with the skills needed to help the children succeed in school by ensuring their readiness for kindergarten.
Hearing Bridges
Unites the deaf and hard of hearing and the hearing communities through education, services, and support.
Homemaker Program- By Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency
Provides a variety of services for our most vulnerable citizens, from housekeeping, meal preparation, transportation, shopping, etc. for the elderly & disabled, to training in parenting skills, budgeting, resources and nutrition for families with children or adults at risk of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
*Mobile Cafe by Manna Cafe’
Consists of taking hot, appetizing meals to homeless camps, parking lots, and/or other gathering places, both indoor and out. Sometimes includes worship and a brief church service. Available on Tuesday and Thursday nights and Saturday Morning Community Breakfast (in cooperation with Grace Community Church).
Montgomery County Imagination Library
Any child from birth to 5 years of age in Montgomery County can receive a free book every month. A national committee of indiviuals meet each year to review the Library. The book is delivered to the child’s residence addressed to the child.
*Child Care Assistance, LEAP Intern Program and Supportive Emergency Housing by LEAP Organization
The mission of LEAP is to develop and strengthen communities of productive citizenship with values of Leadership, Enlightenment, Academic Achievement, and Perseverance through faith, hope and love by providing mentoring, tutoring, affordable housing, and various assistance programs. L.E.A.P. provides adequate housing to low income single parents, quality and professional child and family development services for low income families in our community, establishes a development program for youth for primary education, community involvement, higher education and career development, and establishes strategies and implement workforce development initiatives that addresses the problem of long-term, disproportionately high unemployment within community.
Legal Aid Society
Provides free legal advice and representation to eligble clients with civil issues including domestic violence, housing, health care access, and other matters that impact family well-being and stability, and community education on legal rights and responsibilities.
Meals-On-Wheel by Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency
Provides group or home- delivered meals to individuals ages 60 and over to help maintain their health and independence and enable them to remain at home.
Nurses for Newborns of Tennessee
Provides a safety net for families most at-risk to help prevent infant mortality and child abuse and neglect through in-home nursing visits that provide healthcare, education, and positive parenting skills.
Old Firehouse Day Shelter and Community Resource Center-By Clarksville Montgomery County Community Action Agency
Shelters homeless and working poor during the day. Offers job search support and training, transportation, housing assistance, food, and clothing onsite through several agency partners of the Resource Center.
Parents Reaching Out, Inc.
Provides peer counseling and support to families throughout the region during high-risk pregnancy situations and to parents of premature or critically ill newborns.
Progressive Directions, Inc.
Early Intervention Program- Serves developmentally delayed children birth to three years and their families through developmental screenings and assessments, and behavior management offered through center-, home-, and community-based programs, family group activites, transportation, and transition into the school system.
Adult Services Program- Serves developmentally delayed adults and their families through center-, home-, and community-based programs, including residential support, suppotred employment, job placements, activities, transportation, and respite care.
Regional Intervention Program- By Centerstone
Nationally recognized parent training program working with families with preschool age children who have emotional development and/or behavior problems.
Safehouse Domestic Violence Program- By United Methodist Urban Ministries
Provides a safe shelter for domestic violence victims, a crisis line, counseling support groups, and other supportive assistance, including jobs, housing, clothing, and follow ups after leaving the shelter.
*Kids on the Block by Students Taking A Right Stand (STARS)
the leader in school-based student assistance program services in middle Tennessee. STARS helps schools tackle tough issues that threaten the emotional, psychological and academic well-being of students – issues such as substance abuse, violence, bullying, harassment, family conflicts and divorce, loss, grief, and other concerns. Through assemblies, classroom presentations, and group or individual counseling sessions, STARS Nashville assists schools in preventing and confronting these difficult challenges.
Kids on the Block educates children – as well as the broader community – about health and social concerns that affect their lives. Using puppets and other teaching tools, Kids on the Block promotes understanding and acceptance of all children and adults, regardless of their differences. Their KIDS ON THE BLOCK program reached over 40,000 young children in 2008-2009 by making over 500 puppet performances in Middle Tennessee.
Turning Point Transitional Housing – By United Methodist Urban Ministries
Provides comprehensive diagnosis and therapy for children and adults with problems related to hearing, speech, and language, as well as brain injury rehabilitation for adults and teens.
*Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center
Provides comprehensive diagnosis and therapy for children and adults with problems related to hearing, speech, and language, as well as brain injury rehabilitation for adults and teens.
Houston County
Bethesda Community Mission
Provides emergency assistance, including food and financial assistance for utilities, shelter, prescriptions, and transportations.
Boy Scouts of America, Cogioba District, Middle Tennessee Council
Provides opportunities for boys ages 6-18 and girls ages 14-18 to build character and leadership skills through programs designed to encourage youth to become participating citizens and to care for others as well as themselves.
*“Reclaiming Me” Program by Child Advocacy Center for the 23rd District
Provides a place for children who are victims/alleged victims of child abuse. They receive support after a report of child abuse has been made. Located in Charlotte, TN, they work with the police and child protection services to speak with children in a safe and child-friendly location.
Crisis 2-1-1
Provides telephone hotline services 24-hours, 7 days a week, including crises hotline for anyone in need of crisis intervention and suicide prevention: 2-1-1 information and referral line; and school safety hotline.
Girl Scout Council of the Cumberland Valley
Provides opportunities for girls, ages 5 through 17, for adventure, learning, and fun through programs that build confidence, courage, and characters so they may become confident and contributing citizens.
Homemaker Program- By Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency
Provides a variety of services for our most vulnerable citizens, from housekeeping, meal preparation, transportation, shopping, etc. for the elderly & disabled, to training in parenting skills, budgeting, resources and nutrition for families with children or adults at risk of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
Hearing Bridges
Unites the deaf and hard of hearing and the hearing communities through education, services, and support.
Legal Aid Society
Provides free legal advice and representation to eligble clients with civil issues including domestic violence, housing, health care access, and other matters that impact family well-being and stability, and community education on legal rights and responsibilities.
J.D. Lewis Senior Citizen’s Center of Houston County
The Center offers a wide range of activities, games, crafts, and fellowship opportunities for seniors. Exercise, art, and craft groups meet regularly. Health screenings aand potluck meals are offered several times a year.
Meals-On-Wheel by Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency
Provides group or home- delivered meals to individuals ages 60 and over to help maintain their health and independence and enable them to remain at home.
Nurses for Newborns of Tennessee
Provides a safety net for families most at-risk to help prevent infant mortality and child abuse and neglect through in-home nursing visits that provide healthcare, education, and positive parenting skills.
Safehouse Domestic Violence Program by Urban Ministries
Provides a safe shelter for domestic violence victims, a crisis line, counseling support groups, and other supportive assistance, including jobs, housing, clothing, and follow ups after leaving the shelter.
*Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center
Provides comprehensive diagnosis and therapy for children and adults with problems related to hearing, speech, and language, as well as brain injury rehabilitation for adults and teens.
Youth Center Cooperative (Houston County Youth Center)
Offers opportunities for youth in Houston County and the surrounding region by providing a wide variety of safe, positive, and relevant activities.
Stewart County
Boy Scouts of America, Cogioba District, Middle Tennessee Council
Provides opportunities for boys ages 6-18 and girls ages 14-18 to build character and leadership skills through programs designed to encourage youth to become participating citizens and to care for others as well as themselves.
*“Reclaiming Me” Program
by Child Advocacy Center for the 23rd District
Provides a place for children who are victims/alleged victims of child abuse. They receive support after a report of child abuse has been made. Located in Charlotte, TN, they work with the police and child protection services to speak with children in a safe and child-friendly location.
Crisis 2-1-1
Provides telephone hotline services 24-hours, 7 days a week, including crises hotline for anyone in need of crisis intervention and suicide prevention: 2-1-1 information and referral line; and school safety hotline.
Girl Scout Council of the Cumberland Valley
Provides opportunities for girls, ages 5 through 17, for adventure, learning, and fun through programs that build confidence, courage, and characters so they may become confident and contributing citizens.
Homemaker Program- By Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency
Provides a variety of services for our most vulnerable citizens, from housekeeping, meal preparation, transportation, shopping, etc. for the elderly & disabled, to training in parenting skills, budgeting, resources and nutrition for families with children or adults at risk of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
Hearing Bridges
Unites the deaf and hard of hearing and the hearing communities through education, services, and support.
Legal Aid Society
Provides free legal advice and representation to eligble clients with civil issues including domestic violence, housing, health care access, and other matters that impact family well-being and stability, and community education on legal rights and responsibilities.
Meals-On-Wheels by Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency
Provides group or home- delivered meals to individuals ages 60 and over to help maintain their health and independence and enable them to remain at home.
Nurses for Newborns of Tennessee
Provides a safety net for families most at-risk to help prevent infant mortality and child abuse and neglect through in-home nursing visits that provide healthcare, education, and positive parenting skills.
Progressive Directions, Inc.
Early Intervention Program- Serves developmentally delayed children birth to three years and their families through developmental screenings and assessments, and behavior management offered through center-, home-, and community-based programs, family group activites, transportation, and transition into the school system.
Adult Services Program- Serves developmentally delayed adults and their families through center-, home-, and community-based programs, including residential support, suppotred employment, job placements, activities, transportation, and respite care.
Safehouse Domestic Violence Program-
By United Methodist Urban Ministries
Provides a safe shelter for domestic violence victims, a crisis line, counseling support groups, and other supportive assistance, including jobs, housing, clothing, and follow ups after leaving the shelter.
Stewart County Imagination Library – By Stewart County Friends of the Library
To encourage childhood development and future educational success, the program offers a book a month to each registered child’s home at no cost to the family from birth through age five.
*Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center
Provides comprehensive diagnosis and therapy for children and adults with problems related to hearing, speech, and language, as well as brain injury rehabilitation for adults and teens.
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