Pacesetters offers help to residents

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

Last year this program supported more than 330 people in the 12 county area by paying for things like respite, special equipment, home and vehicular modifications, homemaker, personal assistance, transportation, housing costs, special supplies not covered by insurance, and 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 2009-07. If you would like more information, call 931-537-9100, ask for family Support Coordinators, Joyce Sievers at extension 16 or Vickie Winstead, at extension 40.