Parent Education & Mediation Fund (PEMF) Grant Recipients (July 2023 - June 2024)
The Tennessee Legislature enacted Title 36, Chapter 6, Part 4 of the Tennessee Code Annotated to promote continuing parenting arrangements for families involved in divorce, legal separation, annulment, or separate maintenance proceedings, and for families that are involved in any other custody matters. Such arrangements reinforce the fundamental importance of the parent-child relationship to the welfare of the child. The Tennessee Legislature established the Divorcing Parent Education and Mediation Fund (T.C.A. § 6-6-413) to help parents receive the necessary education and alternative dispute resolution services.
West Tennessee
Community Legal Center – Memphis - Serving Shelby County
243 Adams Avenue
Memphis, TN 38103
https://clcmemphis.org/
info@clcmemphis.org
Phone: (901) 543-3395 Community Legal Center offers legal assistance through a Pro-Se Divorce Clinic in the Shelby County Courthouse to Self-Represented Litigants filing for divorce with minor children. CLC provides access to the courts to those who cannot afford an attorney in family law matters through limited legal representation. CLC also provides community and parent education.
Kindred Place – Memphis - Serving Shelby County
2180 Union Avenue
Memphis, TN 38104
https://kindred-place.org/
Phone: (901) 276-2200
Kindred Place provides mediation services on a pro bono or reduced fee basis to parties referred to the Center by the Shelby County courts. This program also provides information and assistance with the parenting plans to low income and indigent parents attending court-mandated divorce/co-parenting workshops.
Madison County Juvenile Court – Jackson - Serving Madison County
110 Irby Street, PO Box 1504
Jackson, TN 38301
lingram@madisoncountytn.gov
Phone: (731) 423- 6073
MCJC conducts legal clinics to help self-represented parents develop a parenting plan in an effort to reduce adversarial proceedings and family conflict. Madison County also provides parental education for families referred by the court.
Tomorrow’s Hope PMC – Paris - Serving Benton, Carroll, Decatur, Hardin, and Henry Counties
211 North Brewer Street
Paris, TN 38242
https://tomorrowshopeparistn.com/
tomorrowshopepmc@gmail.com
Phone: (731) 642-0600
Tomorrow’s Hope provides the Breakthrough Parenting Program Class in English and Spanish at no cost to low income and indigent parties to help resolve family conflict in divorce, post-divorce, and other custody matters in the 24th Judicial District’s Juvenile, Chancery, and Circuit Courts. This program also serves those currently incarcerated in the Henry County jail through parent education events.
Middle Tennessee
The Family Center - Nashville - Serving Davidson County
139 Thompson Lane
Nashville, TN 37211
https://www.familycentertn.org/
Phone: (615) 333-2644
The Family Center provides Positive Parenting skills classes at no or low cost to low income and indigent parents going through a divorce or other custody issue, including never married parents going through custody disputes in the 20th Judicial District. This program will also promote awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) by administering the ACE Questionnaire and the Adult-Adolescent Parenting Inventory.
Kymari House - Murfreesboro - Serving Cannon and Rutherford Counties
P.O. Box 12306
Murfreesboro, TN 37129
https://www.kymarihouse.org/
director@kymarihouse.org
Phone: (615) 956-6106
Kymari House provides parent education and administers a court-ordered supervised, therapeutic visitation program for low income and indigent parties going through a divorce or other custody matter in the 16th or 20th Judicial Districts Juvenile and Circuit Courts.
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands –Serving Middle Tennessee
1321 Murfreesboro Pike, Suite 400,
Nashville, TN 37217
https://las.org/
Phone: 1-800-238-1443
LASMTC creates brochures, booklets, and videos on a variety of legal topics including mediation and the divorce process to empower and facilitate self-advocacy.
The Mediation Center – Columbia - Serving Maury County
One Public Square, Suite 10
Columbia, TN 38401
http://www.columbiamediation.org/
info@columbiamediation.org
Phone: (931) 380-5583
TMC administers a Mediator of the Day program in Maury County Juvenile and Chancery Courts to provide mediation for indigent self-represented litigants, both married and never married, in custody matters in the Page 3 of 4 22nd Judicial District.
Nashville Conflict Resolution Center – Nashville - Serving Davidson and surrounding Counties
810 Dominican Drive, Ste. 311
Nashville, TN 3728
https://nashvilleconflict.org/
info@nashvilleconflict.org
Phone: (615) 333-8400
NCRC provides mediation services for low income and indigent parties with minor children experiencing a divorce, post-divorce, or other custody issue in Middle Tennessee Judicial Districts. NCRC also provides community education and parenting education, including parenting education on the rights of parents in the Parenting Plan.
East Tennessee
Community Mediation Center – Knoxville - Serving Knox County
912 S. Gay Street, Suite L-300
Knoxville, TN 37902
http://2mediate.org/services/
info@2mediate.org
Phone: (865) 594-1879
Community Mediation Center provides intake and domestic violence screening services for parties who are voluntarily entering mediation or required to participate in mediation according to Parenting Plan Law in the 6th Judicial District. CMC also recruits Rule 31 mediators to provide these services, coordinates mediations, and provides Parent Education Courses.
Legal Aid of East Tennessee – Cleveland - Serving Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, and Polk Counties
607 West Summit Hill Drive
Knoxville, TN 37902
https://www.laet.org/contact-us/
Phone: Toll-Free (800) 572-7457 / (865) 637-0484
LAET develops and maintains Parenting Plan packets for self-represented litigants available through the clerks of the court in the 10th Judicial District. LAET also reviews divorce filings by self-represented litigants with minor children for legal adequacy and appropriateness with Parenting Plan requirements.
Partnership for Families, Children and Adults, Inc. Center for Family Connections – Chattanooga
1800 McCallie Ave,
Chattanooga, TN 37404
https://www.partnershipfca.com/
info@partnershipfca.com
Phone: (423) 755-2822
Center for Family Connections facilitates supervised visitation for low income and indigent parties, including those with a history of domestic violence, at no or low cost to help resolve family conflict in divorce, postdivorce, or other custody issues in the 11th Judicial District. PFCA also provide Parent Education classes for the Hamilton County Circuit and Chancery Courts.
Private Dispute Resolution Services, LLC – Chattanooga - Serving Hamilton County
5708 Uptain Road, Suite 1200
Chattanooga, TN 37411
https://4pdrs.com/contact/
contact@4pdrs.com
Phone: (423) 266-4050
PDRS provides advanced Parenting Plan and Community Education to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the parenting plan process in the Court System. PDRS also provides mediation and Parenting Plan services in Hamilton County Juvenile Court.
Solomon Family Solutions – Cleveland - Serving Bradley, McMinn, Monroe, and Polk Counties
391 Broad St. NW Suite 201
Cleveland, TN 37311
http://solomonfamilysolutions.com/
Phone: (423) 790-3747
Solomon Family Solutions collaborates with local attorneys to conduct monthly seminars in the 10th Judicial District at no cost to educate self-represented litigants about family mediation, parenting plans, and requirements for completion of the 4-hour parenting class for divorcing parents. SFS also provides low cost mediation and supervised visitation services.