Tennessee Disability Pathfinder offers a growing library of disability resources available at TNPathfinder.org. In addition to the growing directory of resources on Pathfinder’s website, here are some we’re highlighting this month.
NEW Homelessness Resources Available from TN Brighter Futures (TBF)
TBF is a statewide multi-agency collaborative developed and facilitated by Brain Links. TBF’s mission is to improve how systems of support collaborate to identify, educate and serve people with co-occurring needs and emphasize the intersectionality with brain injury. These systems include brain injury, mental health, substance use, criminal and juvenile justice, homelessness, chronic pain, ACEs, child abuse, domestic violence and the social determinants of health.
Access extremely useful Resource Pages developed on each topic and designed for frontline providers here: https://www.tndisability.org/tbf-systems-support
If you would like to join TN Brighter Futures, email tbi@tndisability.org. To find the latest Resource Pages on Homelessness, go here: https://www.tndisability.org/tbf-homelessness
Click here to download the Homelessness Resources Pages.
Download the TBF Information Graphic here.
What Disability-Related Changes Do You Want to See in Our State?
- This survey is your chance to tell FOUR statewide disability agencies what you need. Questions that will be asked that help us know:
- What’s working well for people with disabilities in Tennessee?
- What’s not working well?
- What support gaps need to be filled?
- The survey will take about 15 minutes. It is available in both English and Spanish.
- Our organizations will use this information to decide what change to work on for the next 5 years.
The TNDD Network is a partnership between the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities Rights Tennessee, UTHSC Center on Developmental Disabilities, and the Vanderbilt Kennedy Center UCEDD. They are working together to better understand the needs of the disability community across our state
Each partner is preparing to write a new five-year workplan. These plans outline the future goals and priority areas of each organization. Think of them as the roadmap to how we will help create long-term change in state programs and public policy that impacts Tennesseans with disabilities and their families. We need your input before writing these plans! Click the button above to fill out the survey.
If you have questions, please contact Emily Lanchak at emily.r.lanchak@vanderbilt.edu or (615) 343-9664.