Tennessee post-adoption support

Below are post-adoption support services available to families who live in Tennessee. Services may not be available in all areas and/or may be dependent upon the circumstances of the placement. Please check with your post-adoption services provider about the availability of specific post-adoption or guardianship support services for your family. You can also visit Child Welfare Information Gateway for information on Adoption and Guardianship Assistance, as well as additional information on post-adoption support.

Post-adoption/guardianship support services

In Tennessee, adoptive families have access to the following services through a post-adoption support program:

Information (websites, fact sheets, articles, etc.)
Referral to services
Training/other development
Peer support for parents
Peer support for children/teens
Mentoring for parents
Mentoring for children/teens
Educational support
Community-based therapeutic services
Crisis intervention

The following services may be available as part of an adoption/guardianship subsidy agreement based on the needs of the individual child:

Child and youth assessments
Case management
In-home therapeutic services
Residential therapeutic services

Who is eligible for these services?

Families who have adopted from the state’s foster care system
Families who have adopted from another state’s foster care system
Families who have adopted internationally or privately
Families who have guardianship of a child from foster care

Services are available by application. Some services may not be immediately available.

Who provides these services?

The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services contracts with Harmony Family Center to offer the Adoption Support and Preservation Program (ASAP) and the Guardianship Support and Preservation Program (GSAP). To learn more about these programs or to apply for services for your family, visit the ASAP and GSAP website.

Parent support groups

Below are support groups for adoptive, kinship, and foster families. Support groups may be offered as part of a state’s post-adoption/guardianship support program, through a statewide or regional foster or adoptive parent association, through specific agencies, or may be run independently. If we have additional information about the group’s purpose or the community served, it’s provided under the group’s contact information.

To add a group or make a suggestion, email the AdoptUSKids family support team.

Statewide association

Tennessee Foster Adoptive Care Association
[email protected]

Parent groups

Agape Child & Family Services, Inc.
[email protected]
Location: Memphis

Bethany Christian Services of Greater Chattanooga
[email protected]
Location: Chattanooga

Blount County Foster Parent Association
[email protected]

Bradley/Polk Foster and Adoptive Care Association
[email protected]
Location: Cleveland

Campbell County Foster Parent Association
[email protected]
Location: LaFollette

Catholic Charities of Tennessee
contactcctenn.org
Location: Nashville

Chattanooga Area Foster and Adoptive Care Association
[email protected]
Location: Chattanooga

Clarksville Montgomery County Foster Care Association
[email protected]

Davidson County Foster Care Association
[email protected]
Location: Nashville

Dickson County Foster Care Association
[email protected]
Location: Dickson

Foster Adoptive Families of Memphis
[email protected]

Franklin County Foster and Adoptive Care Association
[email protected]

Harmony Family Center
[email protected]
Location: Knoxville

Hawkins County Foster Parent Association
[email protected]
Location: Rogersville

Henry/Weakley County Foster Care Association
[email protected]
Location: Dresden

Highland Rim Foster Parent Association
[email protected]
Location: Lafayette

Jackson Madison County Foster Parent Association
[email protected]
Location: Jackson

Lauderdale-Tipton Foster Parent Association
[email protected]

Louden & Monroe County Foster Parent Association
[email protected]
Location: Lenoir City

Loving Home, Heart and Hand Foster and Adoption Association
[email protected]
Location: Brownsville

McMinn County Foster Care Association
423-453-9058 Faye Hicks, President
Location: Athens

McNairy County Foster Care Association
[email protected]
Location: Bethel Springs

Miriam's Promise
[email protected]
Location: Nashville

Montgomery Bell County Foster Care Association
[email protected]

Roane County Foster Parent Association
[email protected]
Location: Harriman

Rutherford County Foster Parent Association
[email protected]
Location: Mufreesboro

Smoky Mountain Children's Home
[email protected]
Location: Sevierville

Sumner County Foster Parent Association
Location: Hendersonville

The Center for Family Development
Location: Shelbyville

Tri-Cities Foster and Adoptive Parents Association
[email protected]
Location: Johnson City

Tri-County Foster Care Association
[email protected]
Location: Henderson

Twin Counties Association
[email protected]
Location: Pulaski

Union County Foster Parent Association
[email protected]
Location: Maynardsville

Williamson County Foster Adoptive Care Association
[email protected]
Location: Franklin

Wilson Trousdale Resource Parent Association
[email protected]
Location: Lebanon