"Reaching Out To Serve"

Mission:

The Community Development Center provides a comprehensive, Early Intervention program to meet the individual needs of children, birth to three years of age, with developmental delays. A Family Support program providing flexible support to households with a developmentally challenged person is offered. The Independent Support Coordination component provides management of services to developmentally challenged adults. The service components of the program shall include educational/developmental services, family support and coordination of support services. In addition to services for persons with developmental disabilities, the CDC has programs to provide Technical Assistance to child care providers, a Referral program to help connect child care providers and parents with appropriate community resources as well as a Child Care Provider Training facet which offers year round training.

Support:

Established in 1972, the CDC is a nonprofit organization providing services to individuals with developmental challenges and services to child care providers. A twelve member Board of Directors oversees the funding and governs the CDC. Major funding for the CDC is provided through grants from the Division of Mental Retardation Services, the Tennessee Early Intervention System, Department of Human Services, Department of Health and Signal Center Contract for Tennessee Child Care Provider Training Project. Other sources of funding include: City and County Governments, civic clubs, United Way, United Givers Fund, churches, individual contributions, businesses and industries. In addition to these contributors, each of our programs has fundraising activities.