Walk Me Home
The Walk Me Home Enrichment Fund has been established for the purpose of supporting families by enriching the lives of children and youth in foster care, custodial kinship care, along with Expedited Kinship Care and in special circumstances- adoptive placements. All requests for financial assistance are to be made by submitting an application, which is located on the TFACA website or by contacting a member of the Walk Me Home Enrichment Fund Committee.
Requests may be made by DCS Foster Parents, Kinship families of children/youth in custodial care and Private Provider Foster Parents. It is permissible for adoptive parents & Expedited Kinship Foster Parents to make application for assistance; however, these determinations will be made on a case-bycase basis, based on availability of funds and present circumstances. Funds may only be accessed when all other resources have been exhausted (e.g. flex funding, DHS, Tenncare or appeal process if medical need, scholarships, Chafee funds, local association funds, community organizations, civic groups, churches, CAB’s, school system, corporations).
Applications for assistance will be reviewed by the Walk Me Home Enrichment Fund Committee. Determinations will be made on a case-by-case basis, dependent on the individual needs of the child or youth and subject to the availability of funds.
The Walk Me Home Enrichment Fund may be accessed to provide assistance to children and youth in the following areas:
Summer Camp (one or two weeks- not child care summer camps)
Therapeutic Camp
Musical Instruments (rental or purchase)
School Supplies (special circumstances)
Extracurricular school fees for sports, clubs, etc.
Class Trips
Church Trips
Classes/Lessons (e.g. piano, ballet, art, gymnastics-short term)
Registration Fees for child care (special circumstances)
Emergency Needs for Kinship Families (e.g. bedding, clothing, misc. items)
*Please note this is not an all-inclusive list.
Applications for assistance will be reviewed by the Walk Me Home Enrichment Fund Committee. Determinations will be made on a case-by-case basis, dependent on the individual needs of the child or youth and subject to the availability of funds. The MAXIMUM amount available is $250. We are currently unable to fund requests at this time. We will resume grant distribution after our Walk Me Home event scheduled in August 2022.
Find out when the next Walk Me Home event takes place. Click here.
Email your application: tnfostercare.inc@gmail.com
Walk Me Home Online Application
Please allow three weeks to process applications.