Support group assists disabled

Family support council members are, first row from left, Vickie Winstead and Joyce Sievers, Pacessetters, Inc. Family Support Coordinators. At back is Mildred Linder, Delores Cherry, Sherry Roberts, Carolyn West and Tammie Browning.

Thirty-eight individuals with disabilities in Warren County were provided services or goods through the Family Support Program during fiscal year 2004-05.

Among the supports reimbursed for 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 state tax dollars based on county population. Warren County had $42,536 for fiscal year 2004-05.

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, Tenn. for 12 counties in the Upper Cumberland.

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