Hamilton County, Tennessee

Exploring this area CoC TN-500

Hamilton County (Chattanooga) is one of the Tennessee markets Mai Heaven is researching. We hold no licence and have no home open here yet — this page is so a case manager, discharge planner, or family can see how placement works locally and refer someone, or join the waiting list for the day we open. Chattanooga serves as the healthcare hub for Southeast Tennessee and North Georgia through Erlanger Health System, CHI Memorial, and Parkridge Health, feeding a real cross-regional referral market.

No home is open in Hamilton County yet. We are still bringing homes online here. If you need help right now, these are the numbers to call today — and you can put a name on the waiting list below so we reach out the moment a place opens.

While you wait — help you can use today

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Refer someone in Hamilton 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.

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Who to contact in Hamilton 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.

211 · https://www.uwtn.org/tn-211

Tennessee DDA / TDMHSAS — licensing

Where to verify any provider’s licence to operate a group home in this state.

https://www.tn.gov/disability-and-aging.html

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.

988 · https://www.veteranscrisisline.net/

Hiring for this area

ZZ DSP Overnight

Full time$19.00–$24.00 an hour

Overnight support in a six-bed home for adults who need someone there awake.

Common questions from families in Hamilton 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:

Hear when a home opens in Hamilton 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