In Nashville, the $102 million offered Amazon to locate a 5,000-person employee facility in the city is proving less than universally popular, with local unions and council members clamoring for the city, which has committed $15 million of that amount, to care for its own workers first.
Most of us understand how critical peer networks are in substance abuse recovery, but they are also an important and largely unacknowledged element of community care for people with mental illness.
The state of Tennessee has spent five years encouraging its population to lead healthier lives without much improvement in overall outcomes. What’s wrong with this picture?
Federal data indicate that one in five school children need mental health services. As this article from Tennessee demonstrates, however, many schools fall short of providing the support their students need. Referrals to outside nonprofits help, but do not fully make up for the shortfall.
Nashville is booming, but public schools face possible budget cuts. What happened? Turns out that corporate tax abatements are not cost-free.
In October, Nashville submitted a bid for Amazon’s second headquarters. But no one would say what Nashville had offered. This month, by voice vote, the 35-member Metro Council passed new disclosure requirements for any company seeking economic development incentive support.
Yes, this is still a thing, but a new website, potentially a national model, connects minorities to nonprofit boards, making their case difficult to ignore.
Earlier this month, a county board of commissioners in Tennessee had to backtrack on a resolution designed to exert inappropriate control over independent nonprofits receiving county funding.
Stark differences in addiction treatment across state lines have led patients to travel long distances for treatment. Georgians are becoming frustrated by the burden of treating other states’ underserved patients.
Green burials might be a new way to go green for conservation supporters and leaders.
