Services available for those with disabilities

There were 27 individuals with disabilities in Warren County who were provided services or goods through Family Support Program during fiscal year 2002-03.

Among the supports reimbursed were: respite, special equipment, home or vehicular modification, homemaker, personal assistance, transportation, housing costs, special supplies or summer camp. Funding for the Family Support Program comes from the tax dollars based on county population. Warren County had $35,549 for 2002-03.

The Family Support Program is a law in Tennessee, initiated July 1, 1993. Eligible individuals, from birth to the elderly, may have physical impairment, mental impairment or both. The program is administered by Pacesetters, Inc., Algood, for 12 counties in the Upper Cumberland.

For more information contact Joyce Sievers at 931-537-9100, ext. 16 or Vickie Winstead, ext. 40.