The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has partnered with the U.S Department of Agriculture to provide Tennessee unemployed workers with the Food Stamp Program. This program is designed to help Tennessee unemployed workers without dependents receive the training they need to find a job, keep it, survive and prosper as productive members of society.

The program assesses every individual on its own merits and designs a plan based on his or her personal circumstances, strengths and weaknesses to reach both short and long-term self-sufficiency and independence goals. The program provides eligible participants with eight main opportunities or activities that are expected to create a bridge for the participant to move from being a dependent to reaching his or her full potential.

If you need unemployment benefits advice, then the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development can be contacted from Sunday to Friday from 8:00am to midnight. If you do not have internet access you can use the computers at your local Tennessee Career Center. You may file a lack of work claim on line but not federal claims. You can file a claim by phone from the Career Center too by requesting assistance from the front desk representative.

It is preferable to call Wednesday through Friday and you should not use a cellular phone. The phone number is : (615)253-0800 or (877) 813 0950. You may register at the Career Center for job search assistance.