GREENE COUNTY, TN (WJHL) – A year after our Community Watchdog investigation uncovered criminal abuse cases falling through the cracks at Greene Valley Developmental Center, Third Judicial District ...

GREENE COUNTY, TN (WJHL) – Public records reveal more cases of abuse and neglect involving people with intellectual disabilities in Greene County that, according to the Department of Intellectual and ...

Matthew Baker’s mother is frantic. On Thursday, Marianne Webster got a text from her 22-year-old son saying he was “free.” He had just been allowed to sign himself out of a Department of Intellectual ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Families of severely disabled residents worry the state wants to move their loved ones out of state-run community homes and into private care. The residents — who have ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - The Department of Intellectual and Development Disabilities (DIDD) started serving children in Department of Children's Services (DCS) custody who have complex medical needs.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Children in Tennessee will be the first in the nation to be offered early intervention services until they begin school according to the Tennessee Department of Intellectual ...

More than 1,000 children have received assistance for disabilities or complex medical needs a year after the Katie Beckett Program opened, according to a Tuesday news release from TennCare and the ...

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