Access & Visitation (A&V) Grant Recipients
Services rendered October 1, 2023 – September 30, 2024
Access and Visitation grants aid self-represented litigants in accessing the Tennessee court system regarding child support issues. Initiatives address the needs of divorced or never married parents and focus on services to help them resolve any or all issues concerning parenting and visitation in child support cases or cases involving child support issues. These initiatives may include efforts such as self-help centers, clinics for self- represented litigants, unbundled legal services, and mediation programs. This funding is made possible through the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Access and Visitation Mandatory Grants program and is administered by the AOC with support from the State of Tennessee’s Department of Human Services
WEST TENNESSEE PROGRAMS
Community Legal Center
243 Adams Avenue,
Memphis, TN 38103
https://clcmemphis.org/
Phone: (901) 543-3395
This program staffs a legal clinic to provide information and practical instruction in the development of parenting plans and other documents necessary to obtain a court-ordered parenting plan for low income or indigent self-represented litigants in divorce cases in Shelby County.
Madison County Juvenile Court
110 Irby Street,
Jackson, TN 38301
https://www.madisoncountytn.gov/152/Juvenile-Court
Phone: 731 423 6073
This program provides supervised visitation in the Madison County Courthouse. The Court will provide the space and the security measures for the program. The Supervised Visitation program gives families a safe and appropriate setting within the courthouse where parents and children can visit and establish or maintain a healthy relationship. Referrals to this program can come from any avenue of the court, including Safe Baby Court, Parent and Family Mediation, child support court, youth justice, and abuse and neglect cases.
Tennessee Community Mediation Center
4603 Priscilla Ave.
Memphis, TN 38128
Phone: 901-351-4125
This program supports the health, safety, and welfare of the children and unmarried parents, and custodians in Shelby County by being one of the resources for providing mediation in child custody matters, parenting plan drafting and supervised visitation. We will create a safe environment for the transformation of conflict to opportunities for engagement, resolution and partnership through the work and the will of the participants and those impacted.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE PROGRAMS
23rd District Judicial Advocates, Inc.
110 North Main Street
Ashland City, TN 37015
Phone: (615) 792-1308
This program provides mediation through Rule 31 Listed Mediators and legal assistance through local attorneys in Cheatham, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, and Stewart Counties for low income and indigent Drug Court participants seeking to resolve issues concerning parenting and visitation in matters involving child support.
Kymari House, Inc.
308 N. Spring Street
Murfreesboro, TN 37130
https://kymarihouse.org
Phone: 615-956-6106
This program provides quality and structured supervised visitation services to families in Middle Tennessee. The services are provided in a four-part intake process, which includes a phone intake, non-custodial parent intake, custodial parent intake and child orientation. Once the intake process is completed , parents and kids are added to a bi-weekly schedule of visitation and will get consistent parenting time with their child until unsupervised parenting time is granted.
Nashville Conflict Resolution Center
810 Dominican Drive #311
Nashville, TN 37211
http://nashvilleconflict.org/
Phone: (615) 333-8400
This program provides mediation services for individuals in Davidson, Rutherford, Sumner, and Williamson Counties seeking to resolve parenting, visitation, and child support issues in order to help parties develop parenting agreements cooperatively and avoid prolonged litigation; de-escalate conflict over parenting time, child support, and other related issues; establish healthy boundaries and promote safety; and develop cooperative skills focused on the best interest of the child(ren).
Williamson County Juvenile Court
408 Century Court
Franklin, TN 37064
http://www.williamsoncounty-tn.gov/225/Juvenile-Court-Services
Phone: (615) 790-5812
This program provides mediation services and a legal clinic for low income or indigent self-represented never married parents with child access and visitation issues in Williamson County Juvenile Court.
The Eden Center
103 Cumberland Street
Ashland City, TN 37015
Phone: 610-510-1661
This program provides supervised visitation services, parenting education classes, and parenting plan development for families by receiving referrals from the Cheatham County Juvenile Court and through community partners.
EAST TENNESSEE PROGRAMS
First Judicial District Court Clinic
P.O. Box 70405
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-7681
This program employs an Access and Visitation Coordinator to provide mediation, information, and practical instruction in the development of and filing of parenting plans for low income and indigent self-represented never married parents with child access and visitation Issues in Juvenile Court in Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, and Washington Counties.
Community Mediation Center
912 South Gay Street, Suite L-300
Knoxville, TN 37902
https://2mediate.org/
Phone: (865)594-1879
This program provides mediation on a wide variety of referral types. Volunteer mediators facilitate the parents in developing their own parenting plan using a facilitative mediation model, and staff provides careful intake, screening, case coordination, and follow-up work for never-married parenting cases.
Community Mediation Services
100 North Main Street #115
Clinton, TN 37716
http://www.cms-tn.org/
Phone: (865) 463-6888
This program provides mediations for low income or indigent self-represented never married parents with child access and visitation issues in Anderson County Juvenile Court.
Hamilton County Juvenile Court
1600 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN 37404
Phone: 423-209-5100
The Court provides services for low income or indigent self-represented never married parents with child access and visitation issues in Hamilton County by utilizing the local Community Parenting Plan Initiative (CPPI) program.
Polk County Juvenile Court
164 Industrial Access Circle
Benton, TN 37307
Phone: 423-338-4532
The Polk County Juvenile Court provides services for low income or indigent self-represented never married parents with child access and visitation issues by utilizing the local Community Parenting Plan Initiative (CPPI) program.
Legal Aid of East Tennessee
100 W. Martin Luther King Blvd, Suite 402
Chattanooga, TN 37402
https://www.laet.org/
Phone: (423) 643-7604This program provides information and practical instruction in the development of and filing of parenting plans and other documents through guided divorce legal clinics for self-represented individuals seeking agreed divorces with minor children to resolve issues concerning parenting, visitation, and child support issues pursuant to a limited representation agreement in twenty-six eastern counties of Tennessee, primarily Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, and Polk Counties.