While you wait — help you can use today
- Crisis or mental health: call or text 988 (Veterans press 1).
- Local services (housing, food, utilities): dial 211.
- Options counseling & long-term-care help: your local Aging & Disability Resource Center, 800-677-1116.
- Immediate danger: call 911.
Refer someone in Davidson County
A case manager, discharge planner, or family member can tell us who needs a place. We'll add them to the waiting list and follow up as homes open here.
Refer someoneLocal considerations
Metro Nashville treats small residential care homes under its zoning code for community education and residential care facilities. Occupancy limits and spacing requirements between homes vary by district, and this needs checking with Metro Codes before a site is committed.
Who to contact in Davidson County
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Free, confidential help in a mental-health, substance-use, or suicide crisis, 24/7. Call or text 988.
988 · https://988lifeline.org
Tennessee Statewide Crisis Line
Statewide 24/7 behavioral-health crisis and access line.
855-274-7471 · https://www.tn.gov/behavioral-health/crisis-services.html
2-1-1 (United Way)
Free line for housing, food, utilities, and local services. Dial 211.
Tennessee DDA / TDMHSAS — licensing
Where to verify any provider’s licence to operate a group home in this state.
VA National Call Center for Homeless Veterans
Free, confidential, 24/7. Connects a veteran (or someone helping one) to local VA homeless services, HUD-VASH, SSVF, and Grant & Per Diem housing. Even an other-than-honorable discharge may qualify — ask.
877-424-3838 · https://www.va.gov/homeless/
Veterans Crisis Line
Free, confidential crisis support for veterans and their families, 24/7. Dial 988 then press 1, or text 838255.
Hiring for this area
ZZ DSP Overnight
Overnight support in a six-bed home for adults who need someone there awake.
Common questions from families in Davidson County
People searching here often ask what a supported home costs, what the levels of care mean, how to qualify for disability housing, whether Medicaid pays, and how a supported home differs from assisted living or sober living. Straight answers:
- What does a supported home cost?
- What are the levels of care?
- How do I qualify for disability housing?
- Does Medicaid pay for a supported home?
- Supported home vs assisted living
Hear when a home opens in Davidson County
One email, when there is something real to say.
Questions about supported homes, answered · For discharge planners and case managers · Help available today in Tennessee