Tennessee
Health Departments

The Tennessee Department of Health can provide you with valuable health information and with information about nutrition and other Tennessee programs that can help with raising a child.  Below we have provided the website link and contact information for the Tennessee Department of Health.

Tennessee Department of Health

Cordell Hull Building
425 5th Avenue North
Nashville, TN 37243

Commissioner's Office: (615) 741-3111
Bureau of Health Services (615) 741-7305

Tennessee Child Health Insurance Program can provide free health insurance to families and children who qualify.

Tennessee Child Nutrition Programs, through the cooperation of the U.S. federal and state governments, provide access to child nutrition information and they provide free and low-cost food.

Tennessee State Child Welfare Department can provide you with information about foster care, adoption and parenting.

Tennessee State Department of Education in each state can give you information about special early intervention programs and about school nutrition programs.

Tennessee State Adoption Contacts can put you in touch with the child adoption specialists and child adoption program in each state.

Please visit our home page to read about our commitment to assist you, pregnant women and birth parents.