Smoky Mountain
Children’s Home
Our Values
Smoky Mountain Children’s Home is a private, faith-based, non-profit, multi-service agency that provides care, love, and healing to children and youth who have no one else to advocate for or care for them. This mission is mandated by the Word of God in James 1:27 (NLT), “Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you.” A continuum of quality programs is offered to meet the unique needs of children of different ages, capacities, races and creeds, as well as their families.
Adoption
Foster Care
Residential
Adoption Services
The Smoky Mountain Children’s Home (SMCH) Adoption Program is operated through the Foster Care Department. The primary philosophy is that every child deserves permanency within a family, and it is our goal to make this an option for as many children as possible. Once a child is in custody of the State of Tennessee, the SMCH Adoption Support Coordinator and team members, along with the Department of Children’s Services (DCS) team members work together to form a selection committee to identify an appropriate family/placement for these children. SMCH can assist with state and private adoptions and many of our DCS children qualify for financial assistance through the adoption subsidy program.
The Adoption Team
If you are interested in becoming an adoptive parent or to request more information on the adoption process, please contact our Adoption Support Coordinator Melody Jones at adoptions@smch.org.
Melody Jones
Adoption Support Coordinator
Foster Care
The Smoky Mountain Children’s Home (SMCH) Foster Care Department is dedicated to achieving excellence and using our knowledge and resources to advocate, enrich, and empower the lives of children and families living out our call to minister the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Beverly Beard
Foster Care Director
Foster Parents
With over 7,000 youth in Foster Care in the state of Tennessee, the need for Foster Homes continues to grow daily. While our Foster Care Department continues to show consistent growth and expansion, with over 100 Foster Homes, we are always in need of more Foster Homes.
In order to become an approved Tennessee Foster Parent, you will need to successfully complete the TN-KEY (Knowledge Empowers You) curriculum. Foster Parents are required to successfully participate in annual continuing education courses.
For more information about becoming a foster parent, contact our Foster Care Recruitment Coordinator at foster@smch.org or use the Become a Foster Parent form below.
The Smoky Mountain Children’s Home (SMCH) residential campus continues to meet the challenge of at-risk children and youth with an evidenced based best practice treatment model, staff training, case management and emphasis on treatment teams. SMCH is ever evolving to meet a wide array of needs in our Level II residential program. This is in conjunction with privately placed children and youth, which is still a significant part of our residential program (see below). Primary funding is through our Department of Children’s Services (DCS) Level II continuum contracts, Church of God congregations and private resources.
LOCATION- 449 McCarn Cir, Sevierville, TN, United States
