Each year, UCDD's relative caregiver program asks the caregiver families to come together and give back to the community in one way or another, either by making get-well cards for the elderly in the nursing homes or donating their time to help the community in some way. This year the relative caregiver program requested [...]
Are you eligible for Medicare and curious about your plan options? Upper Cumberland SHIP (State Health Insurance Assistance Program) is conducting a series of FREE Welcome to Medicare! Classes during the month of January on the following dates: Jan. 17 from 10 a.m. until noon at the Upper Cumberland Development District (UCDD) office located at [...]
Recently, UCDD's Relative Caregiver Program partnered with Putnam County UT Extension to hold a workshop to educate relative caregivers on how to cook for the holidays on a budget. UT Extension representatives explained and demonstrated each step of preparation. The prepared meal of turkey, dressing, green beans, cranberry sauce, and a wonderful dessert of pumpkin muffins [...]
UPPER CUMBERLAND — During the agencies’ annual meeting, several employees of the Upper Cumberland Development District (UCDD) and Upper Cumberland Human Resource Agency (UCHRA) selected as departmental employees of the year, were recognized for their efforts. Two additional employees were recognized by Executive Director Mark Farley for their outstanding work during the 2022 calendar [...]
UPPER CUMBERLAND – The Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) recently announced multimodal access grant awards to two communities within the Dale Hollow Rural Planning Organization (RPO) region: Gainesboro and Hartsville-Trousdale County. Both awards will fund the design and construction of new sidewalks. The Town of Gainesboro applied for a new sidewalk from the intersection of [...]
Congratulations to Jessica Roberson, Information and Assistance Specialist/AAAD Disaster Preparedness Coordinator, on her recent appointment to the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network (TSPN) Advisory Council. "It is with great excitement that I congratulate you for your appointment to TSPN's Advisory Council," a letter from Marie Williams, Commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance [...]
Grading work of approximately eight acres in the Clarkrange Regional Business Park (CRBP) is now complete. Local Industrial Development Board (IDB) members gathered at the site, located in southern Fentress County, recently to mark the occasion. “We are excited to have this major step completed,” said Joe Wheeler, IDB Chairman. “Having a site in the [...]
Are you raising a relative child or need housing assistance? For more information on assistance and support, please contact Melissa Allison at the Upper Cumberland Development District toll-free at 1-877-275-8233. A support group meeting will be held for relatives that are caring for relative children during this month. Please contact Melissa Allison at 931-476-4127, if [...]
Please Review and Comment on Housing and Community Development Activities in Tennessee/Favor de Revisar y Comentar sobre las Actividades de Vivienda y Desarrollo Comunitario en Tennessee In the recently released 2021-2022 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER), the Tennessee Housing Development Agency (THDA) describes how federal CDBG, ESG, HOME, HOPWA, and HTF funds were [...]
Final preparations are underway for the 21st Annual Upper Cumberland Senior and Caregiver Expo, hosted by the Upper Cumberland Area Agency on Aging and Disability (UCAAAD), set to take place Oct. 18. Returning to an in-person format, the 2022 Senior and Caregiver Expo will be held at Life Church of Cookeville on Tuesday, Oct. 18, [...]
