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August 11, 2023
The Sentencing Project Memorandum
View the original memorandum here. View more data here. To: Disability Rights Tennessee From: Josh R[...]
August 9, 2023
Press Release on TN General Assembly Special Session
For a PDF of the Press Release click here. For Immediate Release As advocates for youth in the youth[...]
July 19, 2023
Press Release on DCS Investment in Wilder Youth Development Center
For Immediate Release PDF of Press Release As authors of the Designed to Fail report Disability Righ[...]
July 7, 2023
News Channel 5 Nashville | Child advocates blast proposed DCS rules for housing delinquent youth
One licensing board member: ‘They caught some things maybe we didn’t’ View origina[...]
July 6, 2023
Tennessean | “DCS proposed new rules for housing some youth, but advocates are worried.”
View original article here. Published by Josh Keefe July 6, 2023. DCS sought to implement stricter r[...]
May 11, 2023
The End of the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE)
En español The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has declared that May 11, 2023 marks t[...]
March 16, 2023
Tennessean | “Tennessee child advocates raise alarm as GOP moves to dissolve child advocacy commission”
View original article here. Melissa Brown and Josh Keefe, Nashville Tennessean (Published March 16, [...]
December 20, 2022
Families Not Facilities: New Report on Embattled TN Department of Children Services
Families Not Facilities: Press Release Families Not Facilities: Full Report For more information, co[...]
April 27, 2022
Complaint Brings Welcome Improvements to Tennessee’s Guidelines on Access to Healthcare during a Crisis
As a result of a complaint brought by Disability Rights Tennessee and other disability rights advoca[...]