Information & Referral
To locate child services in your community, click here to search the Pathfinder database. On the database search page, select your county and a service category then click on "Search."
You may be interested in these Pathfinder service categories related to Information & Referral: Hispanics/Latinos Information Resources, Information & Referral. Click here to look up service definitions.
General Information & Referral Information
2-1-1 connects callers to community services across Tennessee. Dial 2-1-1 or click here to locate the 2-1-1 operator for your county.
Prevent Blindness TennesseeTennessee
Offers Living with Sight Loss in Tennessee, an online resource directory.
Tennessee Directory of Services For People Who Are Deaf or Hard-of-Hearing
Published by Library Services for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing.
Tennessee Early Intervention System (TEIS)
TEIS can provide information about public and private service providers, early intervention professionals, family support organizations, and other groups that provide services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families in Tennessee. A printed directory is also available. For information, contact your TEIS District Office.
Where To Find Help in Nashville, Tennessee is a guide to shelter and other available services distributed by the Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency.
Click here for a list of agencies that contract with the Division of Mental Retardation Services (DMRS) to provide services to people with developmental disabilities.
The Alliance of Information & Referral Systems (AIRS) is the professional association for?over 1,000 community information and referral (I&R) providers. Click here to search their site for local I&R providers across the United States.
Tennessee Disability Pathfinder
Tennessee Disability Pathfinder is a good place to start when seeking current information about community services around the state. It is a free, statewide, information and referral service for persons with disabilities, family members, and service providers. The scope of information includes all disabilities and individuals of all ages. Service is provided in English and Spanish.
This office maintains www.familypathfinder.org , an Internet source of disability information that includes national resources and materials concerning various topic areas. Pathfinder's website also ncludes a statewide database of disability services and support agencies in Tennessee . Agency information is organized by county (TN) and keyword service category. There are 50 service categories including: ADA Information and Assistance; Adaptive Driver Training; Adult Day Services; Advocacy Services; Animal Aides; Assistive Technology and Equipment (wheelchairs); Autism Resources; Automobile/Van Adaptations; Behavior Resources; Blind and Visual Loss Programs; Camps and/or Summer Programs; Child Care Programs; Community Fundraising Organizations; Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Programs, Developmental and/or Psychological Assessment; Disability Parking Placard; Early Intervention Program for Young Children; Emergency Alert System, Emergency Shelter, Employment Related, Family Support Program* Provider, Financial Assistance, Health Care Services, Health Insurance Information, Hispanics/Latinos Information Resources, Home Rehabilitation/ Repair Services; Housing Information; IDEA Information and/or Training; Information and Referral Services (Programs whose primary purpose is to maintain information about services and resources available in a community) ; In-home Assistance; Learning Disability Resources, Legal Counseling, Mental Health Services, Newsletter Available, Outpatient Rehab Therapy (OT, PT, Sp T); Ramp Construction, Recreational Activities, Residential Services, Respite Care Services, Senior Citizen Services, Social Security Disability Program, Special Education Programs, Specific Disability Information (e.g., Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome etc); Support Groups; Therapeutic Horseback Riding; Transportation Services, and Traumatic Brain Injury.
Tennessee Disability Pathfinder publishes the Tennessee Disability Services & Supports Directory, a statewide directory in three regional volumes (East, Middle & West Tennessee). A new directory will be available in early 2007. To be notified when the 2007 directory is available, send an e-mail to Pathfinder that includes your name, e-mail addreess and phone number.
Pathfinder maintains the Pathfinder Disability Calendar, an Internet calendar of training and other disability-related events. Organizations post events to this calendar, the most comprehensive web listing of Tennessee disability events. If you would like to submit a listing for a conference, training event, meeting, or other disability-related event, fax information to 615-327-9029 or email to tnpathfinder@vanderbilt.edu
Tennessee Disability Pathfinder is staffed by Director Carole Moore-Slater, MS, CIRS, who has more than three decades experience in disability services in Tennessee, and Claudia Avila-Lopez, Statewide Hispanic Program Coordinator. Melissa Fortson, CIRS-A, serves as Pathfinder's Information & Referral Specialist/Program Coordinator. Ashley Coulter, CIRS, serves as Pathfinder's Disability Resource Specialist and Carolina Meyerson is Pathfinder's Hispanic Outreach Specialist. Pathfinder is a project of the Tennessee Council on Developmental Disabilities and is jointly sponsored by Vanderbilt Kennedy Center for Research on Human Development.
Phone
(615) 322-8529 (English & Spanish)
1-800-640-INFO (4636) (Tennessee toll-free, English and Espa?ol)
Fax
(615) 327-9029
E-Mail
tnpathfinder@vanderbilt.edu
Local Address
1114 17th Avenue South
Suite 105
Nashville, TN 37212
 Carole Moore-Slater Program Director |
 Carolina Meyerson, Hispanic Outreach Specialist & Claudia Avila-Lopez, Statewide Hispanic Program Coordinator |
 Melissa Fortson Information & Referral Specialist/Program Coordinator |
 Ashley Coulter Disability Resource Specialist |