Resources
Helpful Links
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
The Lifeline provides 24/7, free and confidential support for people in distress, prevention and crisis resources for you or your loved ones, and best practices for professionals.
1-800-273-8255
Meningitis Information
Meningitis can change a life in less than 24 hours. What is Meningitis?
Coverkids
CoverKids provides free, comprehensive health coverage for qualifying children 18 and younger. The coverage includes an emphasis on preventive health services and coverage for physician services, hospital visits, vaccinations, well-child visits, healthy babies program, developmental screenings, mental health, vision and dental care.
Get Fit Tennessee
GetFitTN.com is a great place to find information about Tennessee’s rising epidemic of Type 2 diabetes and risk factors that lead to diabetes, like obesity.
Child and Teen BMI Calculator
This calculator provides BMI and the corresponding BMI-for-age percentile on a CDC BMI-for-age growth chart. Use this calculator for children and teens, aged 2 through 19 years old. For adults, 20 years old and older, use the Adult BMI Calculator.
Tennessee Coordinated School Health
Coordinated School Health is an effective approach designed to connect health (physical, emotional and social) with learning. CSH improves children’s health and their capacity to learn through the support of families, communities and the schools working together.