GROWING YOUNG LIVES 24•7•365 LEARN MORE SERVICES & PROGRAMS FOSTER CARE Every Child Deserves To Be A Part Of A Stable And Supportive Family. CHILD CARE We Offer High-Quality Early Childhood Education And Childcare To Children From 6 Weeks Old - 12 Years Old On A Sliding Fee Scale. SUPPORT Your Help Is Our Hope! TRANSITIONAL LIVING Stable Housing And Careful Case Management For Youth Who Have Aged Out Of Traditional Foster Care At Age 18. Coming Soon! Chambliss Center for Children has partnered with Tennessee nonprofit Isaiah 117 House to bring a much-needed service to Hamilton County that will benefit children removed from their houses as they enter foster care. CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE Upcoming Events VIEW OUR FULL CALENDAR OF EVENTS TN Key Training Through the pre-approval training TN KEY (Knowledge Empowers You), you will learn how foster parents work to improve the lives of children, information about current policies on caring for children in custody, and ultimately if foster parenting is right for you. During this training, which meets virtually once a week for 6 weeks, you will learn effective tools and parenting methods to work with and guide the children who are welcomed into your family and to gain an understanding of the different challenges faced by children who come into state care. The next TN KEY Class will begin this fall. Contact fostercare@chamblisscenter.org or call 423-693-2580 for more information “We serve those who cannot give anything in return except joy and love. Chambliss Center for Children does for the least of these and gives dignity to families served.” Jim Miller, Active and Sustaining Board Member FOSTER CARE BLOG Oct 22, 2021 OCTOBER FOSTER PARENT TRAINING CLASSES START SOON! If you’re reading this, it’s either because you’re an awesome foster parent or because you’re passionate about helping children who are in the foster care system. If you identify as the latter, we want to challenge you to start your foster care journey NOW by attending our last set of Tennessee KEY (Knowledge Empowers You) foster parent training classes for 2021. Read More → Aug 31, 2021 THE STRUGGLE < THE REWARD It doesn’t matter if you’re a child, a teen, or an adult. When we face obstacles, we need guidance and support. Below, Bree, shares some words of wisdom with potential foster parents from her own journey as a foster parent with Chambliss Center for Children and an adoptive mom of three. Read More → May 31, 2021 "THE JOURNEY": NATIONAL FOSTER CARE AWARENESS MONTH Read More → Mar 26, 2021 "GROWTH" We aim to assist families and youth in positive growth, in order to make families whole… but what does this look like? Of course, we serve children and ensure their safety and provision through our amazing foster homes, but we also aid the child’s family, since our goal is always reunification if possible. Read More → RECEIVE OUR NEWSLETTER Chambliss Center for Children is a registered 501 (c)(3) non-profit organization established in 1872. Our mission is to preserve family unity and to help prevent the dependency, neglect, abuse and delinquency of children by responding to the community’s childcare needs.