Department of Children's Services

Category: State government office in Nashville, Tennessee

Address: 200 Athens Way, Nashville, TN 37228, USA

Phone: +16153604200

Reviews

Tiffany Barrett

Jun 21, 2022

THIS WOMEN NAME JAMIE BATTS NEEDS TO BE FIRED SHE CAME INTO MY SISTER HOME ND YELLED AT MY NEPHEW Autism 3 YEAR OLD WHICH MY SISTER HAVE RECORDED ON HER HOME CAMERA.. SHE LITERALLY MADE MY NEPHEW CRY ND HE WAS SCARED TO EVEN GO NEAR HER.. IDK HOW SHE IS A DCS WORKER BUT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ME AND MY SISTER HAVE SENT THE VIDEO TO NEWS CHANNEL 4 BECAUSE THIS LADY DOES NOT NEED TO BE A DCS WORKER.. SHE VERBAL ABUSED MY 3 YEAR OLD NEPHEW THAT IS AS AUTISM MY POOR NEPHEW WAS CRYING SO HARD IN THAT VIDEO MADE ME CRY

Dru Donaldson

Jan 30, 2021

This is the same adress on my state ID. I was a foster kid when i was 15 to 18 and in those years, i had 8 different case workers. They all quit. Some i only met one time. My foster home was terribe, and I couldn't leave without being threatened with being put in a facility for delinquents. We had locks on all our.fridges and pantries and wernt allowed to eat on our own accord. Dispite our foster parents recieving a check for each individual kid to eat. There was 6 of us in one room at a time and 4 in the other room. This was a two bedroom house for us foster kids. We weren't allowed in the living room. we had exessive work to do around the house consistently that was way more that household chores we cleaned the house everyday. Some of the tings i was forced to do while i was there was dig a gaint hole in back yard to fill a pond untill my hands had blisters, and clean an entire shed out like a bunch of little movers. Laying bathroom tile, and sanding walls for painting. Washing thier cars, and one point we didnt have a mop so i had to clean all the floors on my hands and knees and scrub and scrape apolstrie for the entirety of the day. We were treated like a free child labor force bestowed upon them by child proive services . For the cherry on top my foster parents stole my dollar a day allowance by forcing us to sign pappers that say we received our money from the state just for them to steal it and use it along with the money they got from the state already to help only thier own kids. We were paychecks to fuel the success of kids who had parents and didn't want to work to help them thier selves. I wasnt allowed to have friends even contact friends or family because foster kids were banned from internet access, and my letters from my mom were always open and read by foster parents who made sure to tell me they didnt like me calling them abusive in my letters.They took my phone when i got one from my grandmothers before she died. So i went from having a uninvolved drug addicted mother and no father straight into a more abusive and intrusive situation. Thanks u sates custody you are really fighting for your children just ask the kids that have your address on thier IDs instead of an actual home to go back to. The best part of getting taken away was i would have been able to get my grandmas house and have a place of my own, but thanks to the state im actually worse off in Many more ways than one. Im 20 now thank your reading if u did.

Stacey Trotter-McGee

Jan 11, 2021

My grandchild has been abused by his father and stepmother they call and leave a card then dont come back. The didn't thoroughly check the house they closed the case. A week later my grandchild assaulted. The guy Derrick call before he come say he need to check on him came to door said he can't come in that he just needed to see him and he waived to him then left. The only visit was to our home not the attackers. They are getting a pay check and do not care especially for black kids

Jaclyn Johnson

Feb 20, 2020

Not my favorite place.

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Questions & Answers

How can foster parents get away with miss treating kids when reports have been made n the kids remain in that home I'm over this

Tina Mcdaniel | Oct 14, 2020
Diana Showman | Oct 14, 2020

DCS is not finding what you are seeing, if you can get some kind of proof that will help

What if the child don’t eat for days or weeks what could happen

Life with Michael | Oct 14, 2021
A A | Oct 14, 2021

You should report it to a DCS caseworker and it is up to them to investigate these allegations I wish you the best of luck and I apologize that you are going through this

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Is dcs open today ?? Do to storm

Kameron Preston | Oct 14, 2020
Joe Puckett | Oct 14, 2020

You can still call the hot line number if you need to make a referral. The hotline is open in Nashville.

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I have a daughter who is 14 yrs old. Shes as gotten way out if control. She wont listen. Shes does what she wana do. I just found out shes pregnant. I cant take care of her and the baby. What should i do?

c foster | Oct 15, 2019
Jeff Lippert | Oct 15, 2019

If you feel she is out of control you will have to file unruly charges for dcs involment or surrender your parental rights.

I’ve had split custody (one week on, one week off) for over 5 years now. Our son was suppose to start the 2nd grade this week but she chose to take him to Florida instead, putting his attendance in jeopardy. Can anything be done about this?

Jai Bell | Oct 15, 2019
Rebecca Waller | Oct 15, 2019

You might want to ask your case worker. I don't think there's anything that can be done. I could be wrong though.

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I currently live with my uncle I've been living with him since I was 2 and I am now 15 years old and my mom wants to get me back so what are the steps that she has to go through to get me?

JerDonna Robbins | Oct 15, 2019
Robert Cala Sr. | Oct 15, 2019

Need to find out the circumstances of why/ you started living with your uncle. If it's because any legal matters, them your mom's will need to apply for a legal court petition.

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