Tennessee Families First (TANF)
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) handles the TANF Cash Assistance Program (in Tennessee it is called the Families First Program).
The Families First program emphasizes work, training, and personal responsibility. It is temporary and has a primary focus on gaining self-sufficiency through employment. The Families First program helps participants reach this goal by providing temporary cash assistance, transportation, child care assistance, educational supports, job training, employment activities, and other support services.
You can apply for Families First at this office or online at: https://onedhs.tn.gov/csp.
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I contacted the Memphis office of TDHS @ Stage Rd. & the DOWNTOWN office here in Memphis,TN. to try & get "ANYONE" to explain to me why my SNAP BENEFITS were terminated & to this day I have not received an answer. I can't understand why it's so difficult to get an answer to this simple question. No one has contacted me in anyway concerning this issue. I understand that they have issues as it relates to the new system that TDHS is implementing but to have this cavalier attitude that is so prevalent in any communication one has with the employees of TDHS is a slap in the face to those of us that are (65) plus & on a fixed income. Those benefits "actually" put food on our table.