Connect with reentry housing, employment, identification, education, recovery, legal, and supportive services for individuals rebuilding their lives after incarceration.
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Request AssistanceStatewide reentry planning, employment assistance, American Job Center connections, identification, voting-rights restoration, benefits, treatment, and expungement resources for justice-involved Tennesseans.
📍 220 French Landing Drive, Nashville, TN 37243
Eligibility: Justice-involved Tennesseans
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Seven Tennessee Community Resource Centers providing employment services, education, recovery meetings, resource fairs, parenting classes, and other reentry support. Services vary by location.
Eligibility: Returning citizens and justice-involved individuals
Last verified: July 21, 2026
A statewide TDOC initiative connecting parolees, probationers, incarcerated individuals, and returning citizens with regional government, nonprofit, faith-based, and community reentry resources. East Region: (423) 353-0971 · Middle Region: (615) 587-5639 · West Region: (901) 229-8024
Eligibility: Parolees, probationers, incarcerated individuals, and returning citizens
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Free and confidential referrals to Tennessee housing, food, healthcare, transportation, employment, utility assistance, and other health and human services.
Eligibility: All Tennessee residents
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Free legal information, forms, and guidance concerning criminal-record expungement, certificates of employability, and available civil legal assistance.
Eligibility: Tennessee residents with criminal records
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Statewide directory of certified recovery residences, including regional listings and information about homes reporting available beds. Call to confirm eligibility and availability.
📍 P.O. Box 90274, Nashville, TN 37209
Eligibility: Individuals seeking certified recovery housing
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Statewide housing and recovery-resource directory containing recovery residences, housing searches, peer housing specialists, and other behavioral-health support. Call to confirm eligibility and availability.
Eligibility: Individuals seeking recovery housing and support
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Confidential, 24-hour referrals to substance-use treatment and recovery services for individuals and families throughout Tennessee.
Eligibility: Individuals and families throughout Tennessee
Last verified: July 21, 2026
College programming within Tennessee prisons and education-focused support for currently and formerly incarcerated students preparing for successful reentry.
📍 1006 Shelby Avenue, Nashville, TN 37206
Eligibility: Currently and formerly incarcerated students
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Free college navigation, career exploration, financial-aid guidance, and specialized educational support for adult and justice-involved students.
Eligibility: Adult and justice-involved students
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Employment preparation, job placement, identification assistance, transportation, coaching, health referrals, basic-needs support, and housing opportunities for people returning from incarceration.
📍 109 Lafayette Street, Nashville, TN 37210
Eligibility: People returning from incarceration
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Employment support, digital-literacy training, identification assistance, transportation, career development, and connections to housing and healthcare for people returning from incarceration.
📍 2140 East 28th Street, Chattanooga, TN 37407
Eligibility: People returning from incarceration
Last verified: July 21, 2026
TDOC-approved transitional homes for men and women leaving incarceration, with career support, licensed mental-health services, case management, identification assistance, mentoring, and Christian community. Call to confirm current eligibility, residential restrictions, supervision requirements, and availability.
📍 136 Rains Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203
Eligibility: Application and screening required. Call to confirm current openings, conviction restrictions, and placement requirements.
Last verified: July 21, 2026
One-year, Christ-centered residential reentry programs for men providing structured housing, discipleship, mentorship, employment preparation, job coaching, accountability, and community integration in Middle and East Tennessee. Call to confirm current eligibility, residential restrictions, supervision requirements, and availability.
📍 504 Valor Way, Antioch, TN 37013
Eligibility: Residential screening required. Call to confirm current openings, conviction restrictions, and campus placement requirements.
Last verified: July 21, 2026
TDOC-approved residential reentry program for adult men returning from Tennessee prisons and county jails, offering housing, food, transportation, employment support, therapy, life-skills training, and legal assistance. Call to confirm current eligibility, residential restrictions, supervision requirements, and availability.
📍 2424 Charlotte Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203
Eligibility: Application, screening, and minimum 90-day stay required. Call to confirm current conviction restrictions and availability before referral.
Last verified: July 21, 2026
TDOC-approved, faith-based therapeutic transitional home helping women reintegrate into society after prison or jail through housing, case management, transportation, accountability, and supportive services. Call to confirm current eligibility, residential restrictions, supervision requirements, and availability.
📍 318 North Gay Street, Suite 203, Knoxville, TN 37917
Eligibility: Serves women returning from incarceration. Application and screening requirements must be confirmed directly.
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Parole-approved, Christ-centered reentry program for women providing transitional housing, mentorship, discipleship, workforce preparation, practical assistance, and support for successful community reintegration. Call to confirm current eligibility, residential restrictions, supervision requirements, and availability.
📍 P.O. Box 3756, Cookeville, TN 38502
Eligibility: Serves justice-involved women. Call to confirm current openings, application requirements, and residential restrictions.
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Faith-based transitional-housing initiative serving formerly incarcerated individuals and families in Northeast Tennessee with support intended to strengthen reentry and reduce recidivism. Call to confirm current eligibility, residential restrictions, supervision requirements, and availability.
📍 Kingsport and Northeast Tennessee
Eligibility: Current admissions information is not fully published. Contact the organization through its website before making a referral.
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Transitional housing and reentry support for previously incarcerated men, including affordable housing, employment assistance, life-skills development, mental-health connections, and recovery support. Call to confirm current eligibility, residential restrictions, supervision requirements, and availability.
📍 3337 Summer Avenue, Memphis, TN 38122
Eligibility: Call to confirm current openings, screening requirements, conviction restrictions, and program expectations.
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Support, education, advocacy, family reunification, and community-based assistance led by formerly incarcerated women for women and families affected by incarceration throughout Tennessee.
📍 2013 25th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37208
Eligibility: Not an emergency shelter. Contact the organization for current support and referral options.
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Reentry case management, vocational and adult education, counseling, behavioral-health support, primary-care connections, computer access, and public-benefit assistance for justice-impacted residents.
📍 1362 Mississippi Boulevard, Memphis, TN 38106
Eligibility: Services accept all case types. Outside housing placements remain subject to the housing provider's requirements and supervision restrictions. Serves Shelby, Fayette, and Tipton counties.
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Eight-bed recovery residence for men offering structured recovery support, case management, self-help programming, discipline, and relapse-prevention services in the Upper Cumberland region. Call to confirm current eligibility, residential restrictions, supervision requirements, and availability.
📍 134 Wooten Avenue, South Carthage, TN 37030
Eligibility: Referrals may come through Day Reporting Centers, recovery courts, or peer-recovery specialists. Call to confirm current eligibility and availability.
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Reentry-focused recovery housing listed through Tennessee's Recovery Within Reach directory for individuals seeking structured residential recovery support in Middle Tennessee. Call to confirm current eligibility, residential restrictions, supervision requirements, and availability.
📍 Middle Tennessee
Eligibility: Contact the provider directly to confirm location, current openings, recovery requirements, conviction restrictions, and supervision approval.
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Reentry planning, education, practical guidance, community connections, referral resources, and reentry checklists for people returning from incarceration and their families in Chattanooga and Hamilton County.
📍 P.O. Box 3351, Chattanooga, TN 37404-0351
Eligibility: Not a residential housing program. Use its resources and direct contact options for reentry planning and referrals.
Last verified: July 21, 2026
Listings are provided for informational purposes and do not imply endorsement, partnership, or affiliation with Murfreesboro Rescue Mission. Program availability, eligibility, costs, residential restrictions, and admission requirements may change. Please contact each provider directly before applying, referring someone, or arranging transportation.
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