Community Services

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Meals on Wheels
The Meals on Wheels Program is open to anyone 60 and over, and it’s free. Call Marla at (615) 452-4022.

A Simple Gesture
Sharing Food in Our Community
Serving Sumner and Simpson Counties
A Simple Gesture
P.O. Box 553
Portland, TN 37148-0553
Phone: (615) 323-1741

La Leche League of Portland
All women interested in breastfeeding are welcome to contact a La Leche League Leader for breastfeeding support and information or to attend Series Meetings. A LLL Leader is an experienced nursing mother accredited by La Leche League International and is well prepared to answer your questions. LLL Series Meetings offer a unique opportunity for you to learn more about this natural way of nurturing your baby. At informal, discussion-style meetings, all mothers attending readily share their first-hand accounts of breastfeeding and practical mothering tips. The Group helps provide the womanly support that is so crucial to a nursing mother. Series Meetings are the second Tuesday of each month in the Community Room at the Portland Public Library at 10:00 AM. Your children are always welcome to attend with you! For further breastfeeding information or support at any time, you may call or e-mail this Leader in your community:
Michelle, Phone: (615) 323-7158
E-mail: LLLPortland@yahoo.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/LLLOfPortland

Cumberland Valley Arc
Cumberland Valley Arc, Inc. is a non-profit organization listed with the State of Tennessee. The organization serves individuals with disabilities in Sumner, Wilson, Trousdale and Macon Counties. Please visit their web site: www.cumberlandvalleyarc.org,

Want to do a bit for world peace? Or, just help one child?
Share Your Life ... Host an AFS Exchange Student!
AFS Intercultural Programs is a non-profit organization that places exchange students into homes all around the world, including in Middle Tennessee. Host families basically accept an exchange student from another country into their home for 11 months. The student attends your local high school and learns about life in the United States firsthand. This is a truly amazing experience for both the exchange student and the host family. Please click here for more information on the local-area AFS chapter: http://www.misstennky.org/?synapsecmd=view.hosting If you have questions or want to volunteer, please feel free to call Brian at the AFS Eastern Region Service Center in Baltimore, Maryland, 1-800-876-2377, ext 124. You may also e-mail AFShostcommittee@misstennky.org. For more information on AFS, please go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFS_Intercultural_Programs

Housing Resources
Sponsored by the Tennessee Housing Development Agency, this web site is a free search-and-listing service for housing resources such as foreclosure, prevention, grant administrators, homeless shelters, barrier-free living, emergency repair, transitional housing, homebuyer education, homeowner rehabilitation, opportunities for home ownership, and more.
http://www.tnhousingresource.org/

Department of Human Services (sometimes called "Welfare Office")
State of Tennessee
Department of Human Services
Dist. 3, Cty. #83
393 Maple Street, Suite 200
Gallatin, TN 37066-6342
DIRECTIONS
Phone: (615) 451-5814
Fax: (615) 451-6394
FIELD MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR 1 - Yvette Garrett
- Services: Food Stamp; Families First; Medicaid; and TennCare
DHS Website: http://www.state.tn.us/humanserv/

Food Stamp Information Online:
http://www.state.tn.us/humanserv/adfam/afs_fsp.html

Reach for Recovery
Every Tuesday night.
6:30 p.m., snacks and information
7:00 p.m., meeting begins
Location: The Oasis, 703 South Broadway in front of Meadow Brook Park
Reach for Recovery is a God-centered organization that provides a safe haven for people recovering from addictions and hangups. This includes drug addiction, food addiction, sexual abuse, depression, and many more. All are welcome to come and explore how Reach for Recovery can help.

Breast Cancer Support Group
For information on meetings, please contact Janice Ferrett at Portland City Hall, (615) 325-6776.

HomeSafe
HomeSafe-Inc. is a domestic violence program serving Sumner, Wilson, Robertson and Trousdale Counties. Our services are free and confidential. We offer the following services:
24-hour emergency help line.
Safety planning.
Advocacy with law enforcement and other social service agencies.
Emergency shelter.
Peer counseling (in person and over the phone).
Children's programs and peer counseling.
Legal advocacy (including assistance filing Orders of Protection and court accompaniment).
Referrals to other community agencies.
Advocacy for immigrants, refugees, and survivors with disabilities.
Community education for church groups and civic clubs.
Safety planning for businesses.
Teen dating violence prevention programs in Sumner County middle and high schools.
Safe dating programs for youth groups, Girl Scouts/Boy Scouts, and other youth organizations.

If you or someone you know is in an unsafe or violent relationship, please call our 24-hour emergency help line (615-452-4315). En Espanol or other languages please call 615-969-3260.

Love shouldn't hurt. HomeSafe can help.

HomeSafe of Sumner, Wilson and Robertson Counties-Inc.
P.O. Box 607
Gallatin, TN 37066
Office: 615-452-5439
Fax: 615-451-4453
Sumner County Helpline: 615-452-4315
Wilson County Helpline: 615-444-8955
Robertson County Helpline: 615-382-0829
Embrace (for immigrants and refugees): 615-969-3260
www.homesafetn.org
www.myspace.com/homesafetn
Hope. Healing. HomeSafe

Lyme Disease Support Network of Middle Tennessee
www.tn-lyme.org
This organization provides information and support for people who have (or might have) Lyme Disease and other tick-borne related illnesses. Lyme Disease is becoming more and more common in Tennessee. The disease is spread by tick bites, but it can be hard to diagnose and treat. Early symptoms can include rashes, fever, malaise, fatigue, headache, muscle and joint aches, and others. Later symptoms (which can occur a month or more after the tick bite) can include fatigue, muscle pain, joint pain with or without arthritis, numbness, tingling, burning, itching, tremor, muscle twitching, Bell's palsy, vision problems (e.g., double vision), sensitivity to light or motion or sound, balance problems, short-term memory loss, sleep disturbance, nausea or vomiting, and others. The support group holds monthly meetings. Please click on the link above for additional information, including dates, times and location of meetings. The photo above is of a deer tick, one of the major carriers of Lyme Disease.

Dial 211
You may dial 2-1-1 from any phone in Tennessee, and a trained operator will help you find the assistance you need. You may also click on the link below and search by Zip code:
http://www.resourcehouse.com/en/tn/cgi-bin/location.asp

Habitat for Humanity of Sumner County
Habitat for Humanity is not a charity or give-away program. Habitat For Humanity builds houses with Sumner County families in need. Volunteer labor is used to build houses to keep building costs low for Habitat families. Families make a small down payment on their homes and pay a monthly no-interest mortgage payment. In addition, families contribute up to 500 hours of "sweat equity" in building their home. Please see http://www.habitatsumnercounty.org for more information.

Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee
650 North Water Avenue
Gallatin, TN 37066
Phone: (615) 451-1880 (Sumner County)
Phone: (615) 444-5221 (Wilson County)
Phone: (615) 451-1880 (Trousdale County ... Call Collect)
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Portland C.A.R.E.S.
617 Highway 52 East
Portland, TN 37148
Phone: (615) 325-7805
Fax: (615) 325-0562
Director: Penny Martin
Provides emergency assistance including food, clothing, prescriptions, utilities and rent to people in need within available resources.
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Portland Housing Authority
107 Potts Avenue
P.O. Box 37
Portland, TN 37148-0037
Phone: (615) 325-4559
Provides low-income subsidized housing.
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Portland Senior Citizens, Inc.
114 Main Street
Portland, TN 37148
Phone: (615) 325-0922
Provides recreational activities and health screenings to senior citizens in the area.
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Journeys of Hope, Inc.
Journeys of Hope Inc. is a non-profit faith-based organization serving the Middle Tennessee rural Counties, We serve individuals and families who suffer from substance addiction as well as offer wide spectrum of services for the adult and adolescent population. Fees are on a sliding scale according to income, to better serve those below median income or who do not have insurance. Services are provided free for those who do not have income.
Individual Counseling Services
Group Therapy sessions/relapse prevention program
Mental Health services/referrals
Co-occurring Disorders
Adolescent Counseling
Anger Management
Crisis Intervention
Marital Counseling
Drug testing with laboratory confirmation
Referrals for In Patient Treatment
Placement/homeless individuals/families
A&D clinical assessments
Psychological evaluations
Probation/Parole compliance-non compliance reports
Workshops/Retreat
Consultant Service

All drug test are also followed up with a laboratory confirmation by a toxicologist.

Call for an appointment or information at 615-218-7094

Cynthia Malone MS, MA.
Executive Director
Journeys of Hope
Phone: 615-218-7094
journeysofhope1@aol.com

Portland Unity Group
Alcoholics Anonymous
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Special Riders of Sumner
P.O. Box 131
Cottontown, TN 37048
Christi Carter, Executive Director
Phone: (615) 452-4960
Provides free horseback riding sessions to Sumner County youth and adults with physical, mental and emotional disabilities. SRS was founded in Portland by Ed Troxler and the SRS program operated from Ed's farm in Portland for many years. After Ed's death in 2001, the SRS riding program moved to Hendersonville.
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Sumner County Foster Care Association
President: Tina Brown
Phone: (615) 325-4251
Email: brown1904@bellsouth.net
A quote from a foster parent: "My husband and I are among a growing population of foster parents in Portland. We have been foster parents for two years now. We have seen a lot of kids come and go in our home. The main goal is to have children reunited with their families. Sometimes this is possible. In cases where it is not, the State of Tennessee works to find the children an adoptive home. While children are in our home, we want them to know that they are safe and loved."

Our organization meets every third Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m. at the First Methodist Church on Main Street in Gallatin. We provide training and a support group for our foster parents, and we all work together to help meet the needs of all the children. Please call or e-mail Tina for more information. Thank you.

The Alliance for Native American Indian Rights
The Alliance for Native American Indian Rights, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is a non-profit, all-volunteer, intertribal organization dedicated to preserving and protecting Native American burial grounds and other culturally significant places.
For more information, please click here.

Helping Hands
639 North Broadway
Portland, TN 37148
Phone: (615) 325-9090 or (615) 289-3597
Helping Hands is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization. All contributions are tax deductible. Hot Meal Delivery Program A Helping Hands volunteer delivers warm and nutritious meals to the homes of eligible participants. While the meal is important to the participant, the daily contact by the volunteer is equally important. Currently, Helping Hands is delivering 150 meals per week with a staff of six volunteers.

United Way of Sumner County
1531 Hunt Club Blvd., Suite 110
Gallatin, TN 37066
Phone: (615) 461-8371
Fax: (615) 461-8711
Website: www.unitedwaysumner.org
The United Way of Sumner County provides a wealth of services which you or someone you know might need.

For a list of the current programs, please visit their web site at: www.unitedwaysumner.org and click on "Agencies".

You may also contact United Way of Sumner County at the address below. They will be happy to refer you to one of their agencies.