United Way

The United Way of Metropolitan Nashville is a fundraising organization located in Nashville, Tenn. The organization determines critical issues of community and then addresses the immediate relief efforts for the underlying problems. It provides crisis phone lines, adult literacy programs, and disability support, job training and employment services. The United Way of Metropolitan Nashville also offers food boxes and emergency, transitional and permanent housing options. The organization provides health care services for premature babies and educational programs for children with mental and physical disabilities. It offers counseling services for domestic violence, rape and sexual abuse. The United Way of Metropolitan Nashville additionally provides mental health and HIV/AIDS prevention and care services. The organization is a part of the United Way, which is a national network of nearly 1,300 local organizations. The parent organization provides various early childhood, financial and disaster response programs.

Chartered in 1952, The Arc of Davidson County is a family-based organization that supports people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It serves more than 700 children and adolescents in over 15 counties of Tennessee in cooperation with the Tennessee Department of Mental Retardation Services Medicaid Waiver Program. The organization offers family support, respite and independent support coordination programs. The Arc of Davidson County serves nearly 400 individuals with severe disabilities in Davidson County, Tenn. It also receives grants from the state of Tennessee to provide financial assistance services for emergency respite care. Its respite program includes various day and before- and after-school care services. The organization is located in Nashville, Tenn. The Arc of Davidson County is a chapter of The Arc of The United States, which is one of the largest membership disability organizations in the United States.