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The post-Roe push for adoption reveals a complicated process in Tennessee

The Adoption Project started in March and is working to make the process of taking a child into your family easier.

Jeremy Harrell, who with his wife adopted two sisters, is using his former experience in public policy to help adoptive parents in Tennessee.

JACKSON, Tenn. – A non-profit in the state of Tennessee is advocating to make the adoption process easier.

The group has significant ties to the Haslam and Lee administrations, with multiple sitting state commissioners serving on its board and committees.

The group has significant ties to the Haslam and Lee administrations, with multiple sitting state commissioners serving on its board and committees.

The Adoption Project will work with policymakers to propose changes to policy making it easier to build families through adoption.

Collaboration with police divides social workers across US Associated Press 4 days ago By CHRISTINE FERNANDO, Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Rayshard Brooks was killed last June when Atlanta police responding to a report of a man asleep in a car blocking a drive-thru shot him as he tried to run away. Later that summer, a similar situation in Eugene, Oregon, ended much differently: A man reported sleeping in a car was sent home in a cab. The key? A mobile crisis intervention...

Collaboration With Police Divides Social Workers Across U.S. Written by CHRISTINE FERNANDO Rayshard Brooks was killed last June when Atlanta police responding to a report of a man asleep in a car blocking a drive-thru shot him as he tried to run away. Later that summer, a similar situation in Eugene, Oregon, ended much differently: A man reported sleeping in a car was sent home in a cab. The key? A mobile crisis intervention team designed to be an alternative to police in nonviolent crises re...

CAHOOTS-like collaboration with police divides social workers across US Christine Fernando Associated Press CHICAGO — Rayshard Brooks was killed last June when Atlanta police responding to a report of a man asleep in a car blocking a drive-thru shot him as he tried to run away. Later that summer, a similar situation in Eugene ended much differently: A man reported sleeping in a car was sent home in a cab. The key? A mobile crisis intervention team designed to be an alternative to police in ...