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Established in 1974, East Tennessee Human Resource Agency is a nonprofit service agency located in Knoxville, Tenn. The organization provides social service and economic related programs to elected officials, local and state governments, community and business leaders and program recipients. Its regional delivery system operates in partnership with the Tennessee General Assembly and local officials in the 16-county region known as East Tennessee. It is an agency with a wide range of services that utilize funds from federal, state, local sources and customer fees. It additionally provides correctional and probation supervision in jail with alternative sentencing programs. East Tennessee Human Resource Agency is associated with departments of human services, probation and parole, children s services, transportation, agriculture and workforce and labor.

Youth Villages serves more than 14,000 emotionally and behaviorally troubled children and their families in the District of Columbia, as well as Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. It serves children and youths up to the age of 22. Youth Villages provides residential treatment services in its Bartlett Campus, Dogwood Campus and Deer Valley Campus. Founded in 1986, the organization offers foster care and adoption solutions. It provides transitional living and Choices programs. Youth Villages operates over five group homes for the development of life and independent living skills in the areas of budgeting, menu planning and grocery shopping.