{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-37-3-603","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-3-603","heading":"Program to provide family preservation services","body":"(a) The department of children's services shall develop, coordinate and implement a program to provide family services to each family with a child at imminent risk of placement; provided, that delivery of family preservation services shall be limited to those families and situations in which the services may be reasonably expected to avoid out-of-home placement of the child and to also afford effective protection of the child, the family, and the community.\n(b) The department shall develop, coordinate and implement a program to provide time-limited family reunification services to each family with a child in foster care; provided, that delivery of time-limited family reunification services shall be limited to those foster children or parents or primary caregiver and shall be limited to the fifteen-month period that begins on the date that the child, pursuant to § 37-2-402 , is considered to have entered foster care.","path":["TN Code","Title 37","Chapter 3"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"2785a8cdc9aca097866c61987d9bf5d689f98776afeeb48a982130b5f325aedc","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-37-3-602","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-37-3-604"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}