Tennessee Brighter Futures

Building brighter futures for Tennesseans by improving how systems of support collaborate to identify, educate and serve people with co-occurring needs.

What is Tennessee Brighter Futures?
A statewide group of agencies and organizations that help people who often have multiple potential diagnoses or needs.
TBF is organized and facilitated by Brain Links through a contract from the Tennessee Department of Health TBI Program.


The Purpose of Tennessee Brighter Futures
To share expert information and build upon learning from each system of supports experience so we strengthen how we can best
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Tennessee Brighter Futures helps systems of support to be prepared for people like Nathan. TBF is made up of agencies and organizations with expert knowledge in one of these key areas:
Mental Health
Trauma/Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs
Child Abuse
Brain Injury
Homelessness/Housing Instability
Criminal and Juvenile Justice
Domestic Violence
Pain
Substance Use
Social determinants of health, including racial/ethnic minorities & rural healthcare.

Tennessee Brighter Futures meets every other month for 1.5 hours and one system of support shares their expertise at each meeting, with time for questions and ideas.
       After each meeting, each agency can share with their network.
      Brain Links will facilitate all meetings & send a follow up email from each meeting.

For more information, contact Brain Links at tbi@tndisability.org