Automatic Summer Food Aid Coming To Multiple UC Counties
The Tennessee Department of Human Services will provide a $120 one-time payment to families in several UC counties through the Summer Nutrition Initiative. The program launched in 2025 to provide nutrition assistance to families in underserved counties. That includes Cannon, Clay, Dekalb, Fentress, Jackson and Smith Counties. The benefit is available to children between the […]
Fatherhood Program Coming To Fentress
Ridgeview Behavioral Health Services in Jamestown is launching the Rural Fatherhood Program Monday. Director of Development Michael Yates said Ridgeview received a $500,000 grant from the Tennessee Department of Human Services to start the program . Yates said the program will teach biological, adoptive, and foster fathers how to be better dads for their children. […]
P-EBT Funds Available For Familes
Families in Tennessee eligible for the Pandemic Electronic Benefits Transfer (P-EBT) program still have time to apply. The program provides families $5.70 for every missed school day during the pandemic to make up for lost meals. Tennessee Department of Human Services Press Secretary Sky Arnold said many families were unprepared to make up two meals […]
Child Support Guidelines Revised Since 2005
Divorced parents could soon see changes to their child support orders. New guidance released Monday by the Tennessee Department of Human Services include: More provisions for incarcerated, noncustodial parents; $100 minimum child support payments; and allowing insurance paid by a stepparent to be calculated into the child support worksheet. Local Attorney Henry Fincher said there […]
