ABOUT US

The mission of the Sumner County Special Needs Collaborative (SCSNC) is to improve the livability of Sumner County for individuals with special needs, disabilities, or neurodivergence through information exchange, education, and linkage to resources.  We aim to partner individuals with special needs, families, and professionals in the field together for a collaborative approach. 

SCSNC was founded in June 2020 by the mother of a child with medical needs and Autism.   After enduring a long road between knowing her son had challenges and him actually getting the help he needed, she resolved to use her degree in social work to advocate for change to make this road shorter for other families.  

SCSNC was chartered as a nonprofit organization with the state of Tennessee in September 2020. and is a 501(c)3 nonprofit.  Some of our long-term goals are to increase awareness of special needs and special needs resources locally, engage the local disability community, and advocate for change on a county level. We try our best to keep our website up to date with the most recent information, but this website should not be taken as medical, legal, or therapeutic advice or take the place of those services. We don't endorse any particular resource over another.