Community Action Agencies are nonprofit private and public organizations established under the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to fight America’s War on Poverty. Community Action Agencies help people to help themselves in achieving self-sufficiency. Today, there are approximately 1,200 Community Action Agencies in the United States.
The service areas of Community Action Agencies cover 96% of the nation’s counties and 100% of Tennessee’s counties. The following is a list of Community Action Agencies throughout Tennessee. Eligibility for services is income-based and services must be provided by the Community Action Agency in the county in which you live.
- Emergency Services
- Education, including Head Start and Early Head Start Food and Nutrition (including WIC)
- Family Development
- Employment/Employment Training
- Income Management
- Transportation
- Housing
- Economic Development
- Health Care
Anderson County Community Action Commission
423-457-5500
County Served: Anderson
Blount County Community Action Agency
423-983-8411
County Served: Blount
Bradley-Cleveland Community Services Agency
423-479-4111
County Served: Bradley
Caney Fork Development Corporation
931-473-3194
Counties Served: DeKalb, Cannon, Warren, Van Buren
Chattanooga Human Services Department
423-757-5551
County Served: Hamilton
Clarksville-Montgomery County Community Action Agency
931-648-5774
County Served: Montgomery
Cordell Hull Economic Opportunity Corporation
615-666-2992
Counties Served: Macon, Clay, Jackson, Smith
Delta Human Resource Agency
901-476-5226
Counties Served: Lauderdale, Tipton, Fayette
Douglas-Cherokee Economic Authority
423-587-4500
Counties Served: Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Sevier, Cocke, Monroe
Highland Rim Economic Corporation
931-289-4101
Counties Served: Stewart, Houston, Humphreys, Dickson
Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee
423-546-3500
County Served: Knox
Metropolitan Action Commission
615-862-8860
County Served: Davidson
Mid-Cumberland Community Action Agency
615-453-2243
Counties Served: Robertson, Sumner, Trousdale, Cheatham, Wilson, Williamson, Rutherford
Mid-East Community Action Agency
423-354-0450
Counties Served: Roane, Loudon
Mountain Valley Economic Opportunity Authority
423-691-2551
Counties Served: Scott, Campbell, Union, Claiborne, Morgan
Northwest Tennessee Economic Development Council
731-364-3228
Counties Served: Lake, Obion, Weakley, Henry, Dyer, Gibson, Carroll, Benton, Crockett
Shelby County Community Services Agency
901-545-4630
County Served: Shelby
South Central Human Resource Agency
931-433-7182
Counties Served: Hickman, Perry, Lewis, Maury, Marshall, Bedford, Coffee, Wayne, Lawrence, Giles, Lincoln, Moore, Franklin
Southeast Tennessee Human Resource Agency
423-949-2191
Counties Served: Grundy, Sequatchie, Bledsoe, Rhea, Meigs, McMinn, Marion, Polk
Southwest Human Resource Agency
901-989-5111
Counties Served: Haywood, Madison, Henderson, Chester, Decatur, Hardeman, McNairy, Hardin
Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency
931-528-1127
Counties Served: Pickett, Overton, Fentress, Putnam, White, Cumberland
Upper East Tennessee Human Development Agency
423-246-6180
Counties Served: Hancock, Hawkins, Sullivan, Johnson,Greene, Washington, Carter, Unicoi