Getting Started/Evaluations:
- TEIS (Early intervention, primarily ages 0-3): Call (800) 852-7157
- Child Find (evaluation for ages 3+): Contact your local school district's special education office directly

Advocacy & Understanding Your Rights:
- STEP (Support and Training for Exceptional Parents): Call 1-800-280-7837
- Volunteer Advocacy Project (via The Arc of Tennessee): 615-248-5878, ext. 306
- Tennessee Disability Pathfinder (statewide clearinghouse, multilingual helpline): Call 1-800-640-4636

Free Legal Help:
- Legal Aid Society Cookeville Office (Clay, Cumberland, DeKalb, Fentress, Jackson, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, White): Call 931-528-7436
- Legal Aid Society Gallatin Office (Macon, Smith, Sumner, Trousdale, Wilson): Call 615-451-1880
- Legal Aid Society Tullahoma Office (Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Moore, Warren): Call 931-455-7000
- Legal Aid Society General Line (if unsure which office): Call 1-800-238-1443
- Tennessee Free Legal Answers (ask a legal question online, free): tn.freelegalanswers.org 
-  HELP4TN (find legal & social service resources anywhere in TN): Call 1-844-435-7486

 

Basic Needs- Food, Housing, and Financial Assistance:
- 2-1-1 (Tennessee's community services help line- food, housing, utilities, and more): Call 1-800-280-7837
- Upper Cumberland Development District (Area Agency on Aging and Disability): Call 931-432-4111
-TennCare Family Assistance Service Center (TennCare, Families First, Food Stamps/SNAP, Medicaid): Call 1-866-311-4287
- TennCare Connect (apply for or manage TennCare benefits, report changes, file an appeal): Call 855-259-0701
- Tennessee Justice Center (advocacy for TennCare applicants and SNAP benefits, with a focus on children and developmental disabilities): Call 615-255-0331

Disability and Family Support:
- Autism Tennessee HELPline: Call 615-270-2077
- CHADD (ADHD support): Call 615-451-1880
- Family Voices of Tennessee: Call 615-383-9442
- The Arc of Tennessee: Call 615-248-5878


Disclaimer: This card doesn't cover everything! For more detail on evaluations, your child's rights, legal help, or at-home strategies, visit the full pages on this site