Family Support Program

If you or an immediate family member has a disability, you may be eligible to receive family support services.

Family Support Services is a program designed and funded by the Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD) to assist families who are caring for their relative who has a severe disability. Severe disability is defined as:

• Attributable to a mental or physical impairment

• Likely to continue indefinitely

• Result in substantial functional limitations in three or more of the following major life activities:

Self-care Receptive/expressive language
Learning Mobility
Self-direction
Capacity for independent living
Economic self-sufficiency

An essential element of the Family Support Services program is family and consumer involvement. Local councils have been established and meet on a regular basis to oversee and provide advice on the distribution of local services.

Family Support Services may include such things as:

• Respite care

• Personal or attendant services

• Specialized equipment maintenance and repair

• Homemaker services

• Specialized equipment & supplies

• Specialized nutrition & clothing

• Child care

• Health related cost not otherwise covered

• Family counseling training & Support groups

• Transportation services

• Licensed nursing & nurses aid services

HOW TO RECEIVE SERVICES: Eligible Residents of Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Cocke, Knox, Loudon, Morgan, Roane, Jefferson, Sevier and Scott Counties please click the links below for additional information:

EVC Family Support Application

EVC Family Support Letter

State of Tennessee Family Support Service Definitions

State of Tennessee Family Support Brochure