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Book Recommendations
Community Resources
Addiction Recovery
- Al-Anon, Alateen, Alakid
- Alcoholics Anonymous - Middle TN Intergroup
- Buffalo Valley, Inc.
- Celebrate Recovery
- Mental Health and Substance Abuse Hotline
- Hispanic Support Group – Alcohol and Drugs
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Renewal House
- Skyline Madison Campus
- Sumner Prevention Coalition
- Sumner County Recovery Court
- Sumner County Teen Court
- Tennessee Association of Alcohol, Drug & Other Addiction Services (TAADAS)
- Tennessee Redline
- Hope Center Ministries
Children's Services
- Ashley’s Place (Sumner County Child Advocacy Center)
- CASA
- Child Abuse Reporting
- Department of Children’s Services - State of Tennessee
- Department of Children’s Services - State of Kentucky
- Jonah’s Journey
- Juvenile Court - Sumner County
- Nurses for Newborns
- Project AFFIRM (Volunteer Behavioral Health)
- Rainbow Early Intervention
- Saddle Up
- Sleep In Heavenly Peace
- Support and Training for Exceptional Parents, Inc. (STEP)
- Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth
- Tennessee Early Intervention System
- Tennessee Voices for Children
- Sumner County Special Needs Resources
- Childcare Resources & Referral Services
- Parents Reaching Out
Crisis Services
- Adult Protective Services
- American Red Cross
- Department of Mental Health Crisis Line
- Grace Place
- Jason Foundation
- Local Emergency Phone Numbers
- Mental Health and Substance Use Crisis Hotline
- Mobile Crisis (Volunteer Behavioral Health)
- Poison Control Center Tennessee
- Safe Haven Family Shelter
- Stay Warm Shelter
- Suicide Prevention Lifeline (National)
- Youth Villages
Domestic Violence
Education
- Adult Education (Volunteer State Community College)
- Adult Education Advisory Council
- ChildFind - Sumner County Schools
- Children Are People
- Gallatin Shalom Zone
- Libraries
- Literacy Council of Sumner County
- Mid-Cumberland Youth Can
- Safe Schools Program
- Students Taking a Right Stand (STARS)
- Unity Learning System (Sumner County Schools)
- University of Tennessee Extension
- Unlimited Potential
- Volunteer State Community College
- Young Marines
Financial Peace / Budget Help
Fundamental Needs (Food, Clothing, Housing)
- Portland C.A.R.E.S.
- Hands of Hope
- Portland Pay it Forward
- Family Resource Center of Sumner County Schools
- Mckendree Methodist
- First Baptist Church
- Multiple locations for “Blessing Boxes”
- Meals-on-Wheels
- Hope Food Bank – White House
- Housing Authority
- Second Harvest of Middle Tennessee
- Sumner County Food Bank
- Sumner County Vets Pantry
- United Way of Sumner County
- Mid-Cumberland Community Action Agency
Health (Physical, Mental)
Pregnancy / Contraception / Parenting Support
Social Services
- American Legion Post 17
- Arc of Tennessee
- Borderless Art
- Child Support Services
- Conexión America
- Cover Kids
- Family Assistance
- Habilitation and Training Services
- Habitat for Humanity of Sumner County
- Mid- Cumberland Community Action Agency
- Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency
- NAACP
- No Vet Left Behind
- Oasis Center
- Peer Place
- Safe Place for Animals
- Senior Citizens Centers
- Sumner County Veterans Services Office
- Tennessee Council for the Blind
- Tennessee Prison Outreach Ministry
- Tennessee Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired Translators and Interpreters
- Twenty First Century Living Services
- United Way of Sumner County
- Veranda Ministries
- Vocational Rehabilitation Program
Local Churches
- Generation Church
- Halltown Baptist Church
- Union Chapel General Baptist Church
- Portland Nazarene Church
- First Baptist Church
- Mt. Moriah General Baptist
- Portland Church of Christ
- McKendree Memorial United Methodist
- Living Free Fellowship
- Harvest Point United Pentecostal Church
- Bethel Family Fellowship
- New Hope Baptist Church
- Portland First Free Will
- Restoring Hope Church