Commissioner of Human Services to Conduct Study of Poverty

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The commissioner of human services shall complete a study of poverty in Tennessee, including its implications and potential solution strategies with feedback from departments, agencies, and selected non-governmental organizations serving the affected populations. Such departments, agencies and organizations shall include, but not be limited to the following:

  1. Department of children's services;
  2. Department of health;
  3. The bureau of TennCare;
  4. Department of economic and community development;
  5. The Tennessee commission on children and youth;
  6. The Tennessee commission on aging and disability;
  7. The Room in the Inn program of Middle Tennessee;
  8. The Catholic Charities in Tennessee;
  9. The Area Relief Ministries of Jackson, Tennessee;
  10. The Second Harvest Food Bank of Tennessee;
  11. The Neighborhood Christian Center of Memphis, Tennessee; and
  12. The Regional Interfaith Alliance of Jackson, Tennessee.


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