Sen. Joey Hensley
Tennessee’s innovative workforce partnerships and game-changing education reform for skills, which are in high demand has created a steady pipeline of qualified workers. It has led to Tennessee being ranked first in the South Central Region for workforce development according to Site Selection Magazine.
GIVE initiative for education
Tennessee is leading the way nationwide in post-secondary education initiatives, including Governor’s Investment in Vocational Education (GIVE) program, Drive to 55 initiative, and the Tennessee Promise Scholarship program.
To expand access to vocational and technical training for Tennessee high school students, the Governor’s Investment in Vocation Education (GIVE) initiative, part of Gov. Bill Lee’s legislative agenda, was passed by the General Assembly in 2019. The GIVE initiative invests $25 million in competitively awarded community grants. These grants fund regional partnerships between high schools, industry, and T
Document appears to ban violent offenders at beleaguered youth detention center
The Mountain View Academy for Young Men houses youth offenders convicted of crimes ranging from truancy to rape and murder. Author: Cole Sullivan Updated: 7:01 PM EST January 7, 2021
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tenn A 1988 deed document includes a restriction banning the Tennessee Department of Children s Services from sending violent youth offenders to its Jefferson County facility, a clause the department has apparently violated for years.
The document, which includes a January 1989 correction, details the terms of Jefferson County turning over the property for the Mountain View Academy for Young Men, which is now annexed into Dandridge.
Gay dads adopt teenager over Zoom after he spent five years in foster care
A same-sex Tennessee couple have adopted a teenager over Zoom.
Chad and Paul Beanblossom of Pigeon Forge, Tennessee adopted their son Michael over a Zoom call with a total of 80 people including family, friends and adoption specialists tuning in to witness the adoption being formalised.
The heartwarming moment took place via a group video call because the coronavirus pandemic has brought court proceedings to a halt.
“The judge mentioned it was the largest Zoom adoption she had done to date,” Chad told Good Morning America on Tuesday (18 May).
One-hour special examines Tennessee s Broken juvenile justice system
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Broken, a special report that airs in prime time on NewsChannel 5, takes an in-depth look at the station s unprecedented investigation of Tennessee s juvenile justice system.
The one-hour special airs tonight, Tuesday, Dec. 29th at 9 p.m. on NewsChannel 5.
âBrokenâ has been an 18-month effort led by chief investigative reporter Phil Williams and photojournalist Bryan Staples, who were joined by every member of the
NewsChannel 5 Investigates team and other journalists who have extensively reported on juvenile crime in our city.
The goal of the project: we did not want viewers to just see offenders or âbad kids,â as TV news often portrays them. Instead, this series of stories invited our viewers to âsee the childâ failed by the system.