The Tennessee Justice Center (TJC) is one of the nation’s leading 501(c)(3) non-profit legal advocacy firms. We focus on helping TennCare enrollees access the health services to which they are entitled.

Mission:
The Tennessee Justice Center advocates on behalf of poor Tennesseans:

-In areas of public policy having the greatest impact on their health and welfare;

-By means which afford clients opportunities to make their own voices heard; and

-In ways which emphasize collaboration across lines of race, class and generation.

Our clients inspire and drive the work that we do. The Center also supports the work of others engaged in similar advocacy efforts, beyond state boundaries, on behalf of the poor.

Company Overview:
The Tennessee Justice Center is a non-profit, public interest law and advocacy firm serving families in need. We are located in Nashville, but we serve all areas of Tennessee. We give priority to policy issues and civil cases in which the most basic necessities of life are at stake, and where our advocacy can benefit families statewide. We work to empower our clients - who drive our work - by holding government accountable for its policies and actions.

Specifically, we are currently advocating for the rights of children to receive covered services under TennCare. We do this both through class action litigation (our suit on behalf of children, John B., has been going on for 11 years) and by advising individual clients on how to get TennCare to provide necessary services. If your child is having difficulty getting services from TennCare, please contact us at 1-877-608-1009 to see if we can help.

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Tennessee Justice Center

Michele Johnson

Emily Jenkins

Chanda Tyler-Freeman

Dr.apeksha Phulgirkar

Rob Watkins

D'Anelle Desire

Vanessa Zapata

The Internship and Fellowship Team at the Tennessee Justice Center supports the organization's mission by engaging bright and passionate individuals in various roles such as Legal Interns, Health Equity Interns, and Data Analyst Interns. This team contributes to legal advocacy, health equity initiatives, and data analysis, all aimed at ensuring TennCare enrollees have access to essential health services. Team members work on projects ranging from class action litigation to advising individual clients and conducting casework, thereby fostering a collaborative environment that empowers clients and advances public policy impacting the health and welfare of poor Tennesseans.

Internship and Fellowship Team

Health Policy and Advocacy Team

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Health Policy and Advocacy Team