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Adoption Services

Education Legal Housing Youth Services

Address
9111 Cross Park Drive, Knoxville, TN 37923

Phone
865-560-2550

Youth Villages child adoption services partners with the state Department of Children’s Services to find permanent homes for the children in our care who have adoption as a goal.
 

CASA for Children

Legal Youth Services

Address
Loudon, TN 37774

Phone
606-682-1522

CASA of the Tennessee Heartland, a non-profit and volunteer-based agency, aims to provide a voice for abused and neglected children in the area; after judges appoint the CASA program, a volunteer matches with a child in foster care, communicating with everyone involved in the child’s case.  

 

CASA advocates for children's best interests in court until they are returned to their home or placed into a safe and permanent home, ensuring that they don’t become forgotten in the foster care system. 

Get Covered Tennessee

Legal Health

Address
Call Only

Phone
866-475-7879

Get Covered Tennessee (GetCoveredTenn) offers free, unbiased, one-on-one assistance to help people understand their health care options and sign up for health insurance coverage.
 

Oak Ridge TORCH

Legal Housing

Address
152 Bus Terminal Rd, Oak Ridge, TN 37830

Phone
(865) 318-4788

The goal of TORCH is to help the homeless find housing as quickly as possible. Their Housing First approach prioritizes the need for housing as a foundation to improve life quality, without any prerequisites such as requiring participation in service or addressing behavioral health problems.  

TORCH case managers assist with giving housing referrals, filling out applications, covering fees, and facilitating a quicker move into housing. TORCH offers face-to-face meetings providing information about services in the area and housing resources.