Evidence Step:
Outputs
Priority Area:
Workforce Development and Employment
Program Demographic:
Adults, Veterans
The Tennessee Governor’s Veteran Fellowship is a competitive, non-partisan, one-year fellowship that provides an opportunity for veterans to transition into Tennessee state government leadership work following military service. Fellows are initially placed within one of the 23 cabinet-level agencies, and gain experience with multiple departments with the potential for a full-time position in state government.
Evidence Step:
Strong Evidence
Priority Area:
Education Quality and Access
Program Demographic:
Adolescents / Young Adults, Adults, Rural Focus
The Governor’s Investment in Vocational Education (GIVE) establishes regional partnerships between Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology (TCATs), community colleges, industry, economic development/workforce agencies, and K-12 to identify and address “skills gaps” in local workforce pools. The GIVE program facilitates the alignment of local workforce and education partners through a competitive grant process.
Evidence Step:
Strong Evidence
Program Demographic:
Adults, Justice-involved
Outpatient Group Therapy consists at minimum of 150 hours for individuals with moderate to severe substance use disorders. Facilities can offer group therapy part time or full time depending on individual needs. In group therapy, individuals receive individual and group counseling. The focus is to address the criminogenic and addiction needs of the inmate. This can be associated with a reduction in the use of substances and leading to sustained recovery. Evidenced based components integrated within group therapy program are: Motivational Interviewing/ Stages of Change; TCU Mapping-Enhanced Counseling; Victim Impact; Motivational Enhancement Therapy; Anger Management (SAMHSA); Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Relapse Prevention.
Evidence Step:
Outcomes
Priority Area:
Workforce Development and Employment
Program Demographic:
Adolescents / Young Adults, Adults
Grow Your Own (GYO) programs are partnerships between local school districts and educator preparation providers that offer students innovative, cost-effective pathways toward a teaching credential, while earning a wage and local employment in a teaching position. These programs aim to address local teacher shortages and create a stronger educator talent pipeline. Programs are designed to 1) address cost barriers for prospective educators, 2) ensure the educator workforce represents the local community, 3) and improve the quality of teacher training.
Evidence Step:
Outputs
Priority Area:
Rural Development and Conservation
Program Demographic:
Adults, Rural Focus
The Gulf Hypoxia Program works to reduce excessive nutrients from watersheds in Tennessee that can harm fish and other aquatic life. It does this by providing financial incentive payments to farmers to plant cover crops that reduce the potential for nutrient runoff.
Evidence Step:
Outcomes
Priority Area:
Strong Families and Communities
Program Demographic:
Adults, Justice-involved, Persons with Disability
The Harold Jordan Center (HJC) provides unique, individualized clinical treatment to stabilize and treat a behaviorally complex population in order to improve quality of life and provide steppingstones for community re-integration. The HJC utilizes therapeutic and behavioral interventions, a supportive environment, vocational training/employment education, skills development, and optimal health/psychiatric diagnostic assessment to enable individuals to manage their illness through the lowest possible amount of medication. The HJC currently operates two programs: a four-bed court ordered forensic program, and an Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities (ICF/IID) program for people with intellectual disabilities who also have a significant co-occurring behavioral/mental health diagnosis.
Evidence Step:
Evidence
Priority Area:
Strong Families and Communities
Program Demographic:
Adolescents / Young Adults, Adults, Children, Families, Infancy / Early Childhood
Health Starts aims to address members’ non-medical risk factors such as food insecurity, transportation, social supports and others. Through collaboration with the Managed Care Organizations and TennCare providers (including primary care, behavioral health, LTSS, BESMART, and others), program initiatives better screen, identify, and refer for non-medical risk factors. The program draws on evidence around the benefits of Community Health Workers to those they serve as one component of this program.
Evidence Step:
Outcomes
Priority Area:
Workforce Development and Employment
Program Demographic:
Adults, Rural Focus
The Healthcare Workforce Shortage Designation, within the Primary Care Office, works to find the areas of the state that need health care providers. It does that by maintaining a database of primary care providers within the state and then using mapping technology to create workforce shortage designations, based on federal standards. These designations help increase the number of providers in underserved areas through federal or state loan repayment for providers to work in designated areas (an evidence-based approach) and by providing federal or state resources to health care organizations in those areas.
Evidence Step:
Evidence
Priority Area:
Strong Families and Communities
Program Demographic:
Adolescents / Young Adults, Adults, Children, Families, Infancy / Early Childhood
The Healthy Built Environment Grants program funds the construction or planning projects that promote the physical, mental, and social health of communities, drawing on evidence-based strategies related to access to physical activity opportunities and access to healthy foods. Projects include the establishment of walking tracks, playgrounds, sports facilities, greenways, and parks, all which are available to the public at no cost.
Evidence Step:
Outputs
Priority Area:
Strong Families and Communities
Program Demographic:
Adolescents / Young Adults, Adults, Children
The Hemophilia program assists individuals suffering from hemophilia and other genetic bleeding disorders. The program provides financial assistance to participants in the form of reimbursements to health care providers. It also contracts with four hemophilia treatment centers to provide professional and clinical services to patients.
Evidence Step:
Evidence
Program Demographic:
Adults
The Highway Incident Management (HELP) program is part of TDOT’s overall traffic incident management effort and works to enhance the traffic flow on urban interstates and freeways to maximize the operation of the highway network. The program provides assistance to motorists in the event of crashes or disabled vehicles and prompt response to incidents that may impede the flow of traffic.
Economic and Community Development
Evidence Step:
Outputs
Priority Area:
Rural Development and Conservation
Program Demographic:
Businesses / Entrepreneurs
Historic development grants help to renovate and preserve the state’s historic buildings and expand the state’s economy, create new employment opportunities, revitalize and renew communities, create an environment for investment, and promote tourism and rural economic development.
