Community Resources in Nashville: May 2012

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Safelink Wireless

www.safelinkwireless.com

Lifeline assistance is part of a program that was created by the government to provide discounted or free telephone service to income-eligible consumers. Through the Lifeline Service you will receive FREE cell phone, FREE cellular service, and 68 minutes of FREE minutes every month. Safelink Wireless Services does not cost anything- there are no contracts, no recurring fees and no monthly charges. Features such as caller ID, call waiting and voicemail are all also included with this service. To qualify you have to participate in State or Federal assistance programs such as Federal Public Housing Assistance, Food Stamps, and/or Medicaid. You can also be qualified if your total household income is at or below 135% of the poverty guidelines set by the state of TN and/or the Federal Government. You can also purchase additional minutes by purchasing a TracFone Airtime Card.

Metro Nashville Housing and Related Assistance

http://www.nashville.gov/sservices/docs/HousingResourceGuideJuly2010.pdf

This list of Housing and Related Resources was developed as part of the Nashville Poverty Initiative Implementation Project, with the help of the Housing Implementation Team. The listings are from several sources, including the "How To Find Help in Nashville" brochure from MDHA which was funded in part by the Nashville Homeless Commission.

http://www.huggstn.org/index.html
H.U.G.G.S INC.
811 Dickerson Pike
Suite G
Nashville,TN 37207(615) 727-6030 office
(615) 770-3054 fax

OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS:

http://www.nashvillerescuemission.org/

The Nashville Rescue Mission is a Christ-centered community dedicated to helping the hungry, homeless and hurting. We strive to restore hope and transform lives by offering programs that focus on spiritual growth, education, employment and life-recovery.

Men's Campus
639 Lafayette Street
Nashville, TN 37203-4226

Women's Campus
1716 Rosa L. Parks Blvd.
Nashville, TN 37208

General Inquiries

(615) 255-2475

Rooftop

www.rooftopnashvile.org

Rooftop, is a nonprofit organization that provides rental assistance to individuals and families in Davidson County. The organization, which comprises faith-based congregations in metropolitan Nashville, provides funds to individuals and families in need of emergency finalcial help with the goal of preventing homelessness and providing hope.

**To ask for assistance, a caller contacts the closest congregation to them on this list: www.rooftopnashville.org/node/4

Located at 3511 Gallatin Rd, Suite 202, Nashville, TN 37203

Nashville Mobile Market

Phone (615) 669-6668

www.nashvillemobilemarket.org

Mobile grocery story and a social enterprise whose mission is to promote healthy eating habits in underprivileged communities (and really anyone else who is interested in eating healthier foods) and making those foods more accessible in the difference communities. Currently NMM has few stops in Edgehill and other surrounding areas of Nashville.

Hours of operation and locations:

Phone (615) 736-5175
www.dispensaryofhope.org

The Dispensary of Hope is a not-for-profit social venture that provides sustainable access to medicine for underinsured communities.The Dispensary of Hope manages a suite of sustainable, scaleable programs to ensure long-term access to affordable medication:Providing pharmaceutical access to uninsured and underinsured populations.

Located at 566 Mainstreams Dr, Ste 150, Nashville, TN 37228

Davidson County Relative Caregiver Program

Phone (615) 340-9742
www.tennhelp.com/RelCareGiver

Promote kinship family stability for children whose birth parents are unable to care for them. Creating a separate support network for children and their relative caregivers outside of the formal system of foster care is the preferred outcome. They provide short-term case management, caregiver support groups, group and individual counseling, children's therapeutic activity groups, information, education, & resource referrals, material assistance, legal assistance, educational workshops, caregiver and youth enrichment activities, whole family enrichment activities, and one-time emergency financial assistance.

Contact: Aimee Brake, Program Director for Davidson County, email: aimee.brake@fcsnashville.org

Located at 201 23rd Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37203

Catholic Charities

Phone (615) 352-3087
http://www.cctenn.org/

Provides a variety of services including financial assistance, clothing, food, immigrant and refugee assistance, parenting and child trauma services, adult daycare, counseling services, pregnancy and adoption. They serve anyone in need regardless of their race, religious affiliation, or ethnic background.

Located at 30 White Bridge Road, Nashville, TN 37205 8:00am – 4:30pm, Monday through Friday

Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Lake Providence Church

Phone 834-5838
www.lpmbc.org

Lake Providence Church provides affordable food and services to the community. They have several other opportunites fror the Nashville community please see the website above for more information.

Located at 5891 Nolensville Pike, Nashville, TN 37211

Donelson Church of Christ

Phone (615) 883-6666
www.donelsonchurch.org

The Help Center stores a large supply of clothing, a pantry of canned goods, some furniture and other items, and a quilting room. DCC members keep the center supplied with financial assistance, food, clothing, and other items. We also receive donations from others in the Donelson area who have heard of this good work. In addition to helping people in our own community, we’ve been able to provide aid to tornado and hurricane victims, and send supplies to the poor in the mountains of Appalachia.

Every Tuesday morning, food, clothing, and other services are provided.

Located at 2706 Old Lebanon Road, Nashville, TN 37214

Salvation Army

Phone (615) 242-0411
http://www.salarmy-nashville.org/

The range of programs that we offer encompasses the following:

After-school programs
Summer camp
Transitional Housing for homeless families and single women
Men’s Lodge
Weekly feeding programs, featuring our Breakfast Brigade and Soup Wagon
Life Skills Learning, which includes GED classes and Budgeting Classes
Disaster Response
Emergency Services Assistance

Emeregency Assistance provides food, personal care items, clothing, household items and short-term financial help with housing and utilities. The program also provides referrals for other needed social services. Target population is low-income and homeless families living in Davidson and surrounding counties and those facing crisis situations. This program serves approximately 10,000 individuals per year and consistently ranks in the top five providers on United Way's "211" information and referral service.

Located at 631 Dickerson Pike, Nashville, TN 37207 and at 6214 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, TN 37209

Ladies of Charity

Phone (615) 327-3453

www.nashvilleloc.org

Provides emergency food, clothing, and financial assistance as well as burials and spiritual and medical assistance.

The Ladies of Charity of Nashville is an organization of Catholic Women who volunteer their time and talents in many areas of charitable work in the local community.

The Welfare Office distributes clothing, food, payments for utilities, rent, prescription medicines and funeral expenses to needy people in Nashville. It receives funds from the United Way and helps people referred by the Department of Human Services and the Catholic Charities Refugee Resettlement program. The Ladies of Charity serves nearly 10,000 women, children and men each year.

The Thrift Shop was opened in 1948 in order to help fund the Welfare Office budget. Over the years, it has grown into a large operation and has served as a model for the many consignment sales that are now operated by many organizations as a way to raise money. The Thrift Shop, which has become a Nashville institution, opens twice a year in the spring and fall. Clothing is accepted on consignment by invitation only and all items must meet high standards. The Thrift Shop is shopper friendly, featuring a wide selection of good quality, fashionable clothing at reasonable prices for the whole family.

Located at 2216 State Street, Nashville, TN 37203

Second Harvest Food Bank

Phone (615) 329-3491

www.secondharvestmidtn.org

Second Harvest's mission is to feed hungry people and work to solve hunger issues in our community.Can help you locate an Emergency Food Box near you.

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If you or someone you know is in need of emergency food assistance, Second Harvest can help. Please call us and we will direct you to an Emergency Food Box site near you.
If you cannot reach the food bank, please call 211 for more information.
Second Harvest is one of many resources in Middle Tennessee designed to help feed hungry people. View additional helpful resources here.

Located at 331 Great Circle Road, Nashville, TN 37228

Bethlehem Centers

Phone: (615) 329-3386

www.bethlehemcenters.org

Offers assistance with food, clothing, and financial assistance as well as Child and Youth Development, Adult Programming, and Community Outreach programs.

Located at 1417 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203 Open from 6:45am-6pm Monday-Friday

Information about Children's Reading levels

http://www.fairhavenpta.com/charts/leveledtextreference.pdf

Includes characterisitcs/descriptions of the various reading levels and suggestions for books on each level.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Gay/Lesbian (LGBTQ) Resources in Nashville

PFLAG (Parents Friends of Lesbians and Gays): Support Groups

http://www.pflagnashville.org/

Affordable Housing Resources

Affordable Housing Resources http://www.ahrhousing.org/

(615) 251-0025

An umbrella non-profit organization that provides general information about affordable housing opportunities in the Nashville area and links callers up with agencies that best meet their needs.

Located at 1011 Cherry Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203

Thursday, May 17, 2012

Metro Action Commission

Metropolitan Action Commission (615) 862-8860

Provides financial assistance for utility bills. Also provide breakfast and lunch to children under 18 during the summer. These meals are distributed to local churches, community centers, and summer camps throughout Nashville.

Located at 1624 5^th Avenue, Nashville, TN 37208

www.nashville.gov/mac

Goodwill

Our network of 165 independent, community-based Goodwills in the United States and Canada offers customized job training, employment placement and other services to people who have disabilities, lack education or job experience, or face employment challenges.

http://www.goodwill.org/

*One fellow Social Worker informed me that in the past she has donated goods to them in exchange for a gift card to Goodwill- this would be great if you had something you didn't need that you could barter with!

Music City Mission

Provide clothing, food boxes, household items, furniture, counseling, holiday meals, and special events for needy families. The emphasis is on providing services for those coming out of homelessness, domestic violence and addiction centers, and prison.

Music City Mission is a Christian, Non-profit organization dedicated to "healing the city, one life at a time" through evangelism, discipleship and social action. We accomplish this by offering Meals, Clothing, Volunteerism, Food Boxes, Discipleship, and Evangelism Outreach.

Located in the heart of South Nashville, MCM has been serving hundreds of Nashville's families every month since September of 2003. MCM has consisently been in the top 20 of the United Way "211" referral agencies and in the Spring of 2010 moved up to the top 10. Music City Mission gives individualized attention, prayer and time to each and every family and situation. Being the hands and feet of Jesus is the most important way MCM can effectively make a difference in someone's life.

http://www.musiccitymission.org/

*there is a form on the website you can fill out to request services/referrals.

CALL 615-788-1490

MAILING ADDRESS ONLY:
4636 Lebanon Pike #133
Hermitage, TN 37076
PHYSICAL ADDRESS:
413 Veritas St.
Nashville, TN 37211

Goodpasture Summer Sports Camps

See link for dates, fees, and eligibility:
http://goodpasture.org/summer-camps

Goodpasture Cheerleading Camp

Camp 2012: June11-13, 9am-12pm
Ages: Girls 4-14
Cost: $65
Application/Fees Due 6/1/12
Contact: Mrs. McWilliams (615) 945-7197

See link for application
http://goodpasture.org/cheerleading-camp-0

Parentachild.org: Adoption Website

Website to link potential adoptive parents to children and families in need. Includes child and family videos.
http://parentachild.org/
Also call 1-888-995-5225

Need Link

Need Link: Formerly Big Brothers of Nashville (615) 269-6835

Provides financial assistance with rent, delinquent utility bills, and food.

Located at 478 Craighead Street #108, Nashville, TN 37204

www.bigbrothersofnashville.org

Monday, May 14, 2012

YMCA Service Learning Curriculum

I found this "curriculum" to have a lot of vague concepts or to be overly general at times, but throughout the actual document there are several great ideas for engaging youth (adolescents/teens in particular), in thoughful and creative ways. Most of the ideas involve group work but there are a lot of ideas for individuals as well. It's kind of like a teacher's manual for youth groups. Here is how the YMCA described it:

Vanderbilt's Disability Services Webpage

This link has lots of information for individuals and families experiencing disabilities, from mild to severe- all different types of programs and services. This may be helpful for identifying testing services for learning disabilities, services for physical handicaps, autism services, reading clinics, etc.
click here to go to website

Community Resources in Nashville