Appeals - File an Appeal (Child Support and All Other Programs)

You may file an appeal for All Other Programs (Child Support, Adult Daycare Licensing, Adult Daycare Program, Adult Protective Services, Child and Adult Care Food Program, Child Care Licensing, Community Services Block Grant, Social Services Block Grant, Summer Food Service Program, Tennessee Business Enterprises, & Vocational Rehabilitative Services) by eForm, by writing, or by telephone:

PLEASE, DO NOT USE THIS DHS eFORM FOR SNAP, FAMILIES FIRST, OR CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM APPEALS! 
This eForm is for DHS Non-Family Assistance Program Appeal Requests only. 
Use of this eForm for any other Program will result in unnecessary delay to your appeal. 

To file an appeal request for SNAP, Families First, or Child Care Assistance Programs, click here.

  • To file an appeal for All Other Programs by eForm, please click here. follow the directions, fill out out all of the information and hit the Submit button at the bottom of the form.
  • To file an appeal for All Other Programs by writing, please print off, fill out and mail the document listed below to the DHS Appeals Clerk’s Office.

HS-3541 Consolidated Child Support and Non-Family Assistance Appeal Request (Print Only)

  • To file an appeal for All Other Programs by telephone, please call either:
    • The Family Assistance Service Center (FASC) at: (866) 311 - 4287, or
    • Appeals Clerk’s Office at: (833) 772 - 8347 or (800) 270 – 1349 (TTY).

To request that your name be removed from the Adult Protective Services Abuse Registry, fill out and submit the following form:

Adult Protective Services Removal from Abuse Registry

Send Mail To:

Tennessee Department of Human Services
Appeals and Hearings Division
Attn: Appeals Clerk's office
505 Deaderick Street, 1st Floor
Nashville, TN 37243

Email: AppealsClerksOffice.DHS@tn.gov
Telephone: (833) 772-8347
Fax: (866) 355-6136
TTY: (800) 270-1349