MCHRA Services & Programs

In 1985, Tennessee’s special legislative session created the Community Corrections (CC) program to reduce prison overcrowding.

MCHCA's In-Home Services assists elderly and disabled adults with routine household tasks and household budgeting, shopping, and transportation to medical appointments.

The Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program assists elderly residents and prospective residents of nursing homes, assisted living and residential homes.

MCHRA Public Transit provides rural mass public transportation service to 12 counties.

Meals-on-Wheels has been providing healthy home-delivered and café-style meals to Middle Tennessee seniors, age 60 and over, for more than 30 years.

The Misdemeanor Management Services (MMS) program offers the court a viable alternative to incarceration in the sentencing of misdemeanor offenders.

The Representative Payee Services (RPS) manages financial affairs of beneficiaries who are unable to handle their own finances due to disabilities.

The primary objective of a Rural Planning Organization (RPO) is to provide a formal mechanism and structure for local officials and the public to identify multimodal transportation needs for the affected area, to consider various transportation needs for study and evaluation, and to make subsequent recommendations to the State about prioritization for funding considerations.

The YouthCAN program provides the financial and educational help needed to receive a high school diploma, GED, postsecondary diploma or certificate.