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Family Services Institute

  • Client Population – Multi-problem families and other special needs populations that require intensive therapeutic interventions and specialized support services to develop more effective life management and coping skills.  Traditional alternatives for such clients frequently involve various types of institutional placement and/or confinement.  Our personal support service programs strive to intervene by helping our clients remain in the comfort of their own homes.
  • Services – The Institute is an “umbrella” component of the Agency under which the following programs currently operate:

Child Care Food Program ensures good nutrition for children less than twelve years of age that are cared for by family or group day care providers.

Family Support Services Program assists in the prevention and remediation of neglect, abuse, or exploitation of adults through the provision of in-home, community-based services.

Foster Grandparent Program advances volunteer opportunities for low-income senior citizens so they may serve special needs youth through collaboration with work sites throughout northeast Tennessee.

Homemaker Program provides in-home cleaning services for elderly and disabled adults.  Personal care assistance may also be provided.

Service Goal – Development and implementation of an array of specialized programs intended to enhance the quality of family life in the region.

Referral Sources – The Department of Human Services, Adult Protective Services, Area Agency on Aging and Disability, home health agencies, hospitals and the general public.

Funding Sources – Corporation for National and Community Service; Social Service Block Grant; United Way of Greeneville; Johnson City Area United Way; Hamblen County United Way; US Department of Agriculture; Combined Federal Campaign Funds; local counties, cities, and towns; donations; and discretionary funds of FTHRA.

  • Foster Grandparent Program ( 1 Articles )

    The Foster Grandparent Program provides volunteer opportunities for people aged 60 and older from all economic, educational, and social backgrounds to serve children and teenagers who have special needs as well as their families.  Foster Grandparents help young people increase their self-confidence and achieve personal independence so that they can learn to overcome their problems and become productive members of society.

    • Program Description – Foster Grandparents volunteer an average of 1,040 hours every year (15 to 40 hours weekly) through local community non-profit agencies in both community-based and in-home settings.  Volunteers who meet certain income guidelines receive a small, non-taxable stipend, which enables those living on limited incomes to served at no cost to themselves.  Assistance with the cost of transportation, a daily meal, an annual physical exam, and on-duty accident and liability insurance are also provided to all volunteers.
    • Children Served – School drop-outs and teen runaways; children coping with abandonment, homelessness, abuse and neglect, chronic or terminal illness, physical, mental and emotional disabilities, substance abuse, mental illness, illiteracy, learning and developmental disabilities, juvenile delinquency, and teen pregnancy. 
    • Volunteer Activities – Tutoring, teaching pre-vocational and remedial academic skills, motivation, socializing and talking, mentoring, listening, counseling, serving as role models, reading aloud, holding and caring for boarder babies and children with illnesses and physical disabilities, teaching practical living and coping skills, teaching infant care.

    Local Impact

    • In FY 2006, 89 Foster Grandparent volunteers contributed over 81,000 hours of service through 56 local agencies. The value of this service is over $1.3 million, and represents more than a 4-fold return on the federal dollars invested in FGP.
    • 116 children, teenagers, and their families were supported by the services of Foster Grandparents in fiscal year 2006.
    • Volunteers serve through programs sponsored and managed by local agencies in eight Tennessee counties – Cocke, Graingaer, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Jefferson, Sullivan, and Washington.

    Budget

    The Foster Grandparent Program's FY 2006 federal budget from the Corporation for National and Community Service is $351,451.

  

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