You Are The Help

Someone Is Looking For.

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Help Cancer Patients Find the Support You Offer

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Add or update your organization’s services in Tennessee Community Compass

A cancer diagnosis can quickly affect every part of a person’s life. While patients are trying to understand treatment options, appointments, side effects, and emotional stress, many are also facing very practical challenges at home.

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Cancer patients and their families may need help with:

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• Transportation to appointments or treatment

• Gas cards, ride assistance, or vehicle repairs

• Food, groceries, or meal delivery

• Rent, mortgage, or utility assistance

• Lodging during treatment away from home

• Medical equipment or home safety items

• Cleaning, yard work, or minor home repairs

• Childcare, caregiver support, or respite

• Counseling, support groups, or emotional care

• Help applying for insurance, disability, or benefits

• Financial assistance during loss of income

• Faith-based, community, or volunteer support

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Many organizations, nonprofits, churches, civic groups, businesses, and community programs already provide services that could help someone facing cancer. The challenge is making sure patients, caregivers, healthcare providers, navigators, and social workers can find that information when it is needed most.

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Tennessee Community Compass Can Help

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Tennessee Community Compass is a statewide resource and referral platform that helps connect Tennesseans to community-based services and supports. Organizations can claim or update their program listings so people searching for help can find accurate information about available services.

Through Tennessee Community Compass, participating organizations can help make it easier for patients and families to find support close to home.

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Who Should Add Their Information?

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Your organization may be a good fit if you offer services that are:

• Free

• Low-cost

• Sliding scale

• Offered at a reduced rate

• Covered by insurance

• Available through financial assistance, sponsorship, or community support

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Examples may include food pantries, transportation programs, counseling services, housing assistance, utility assistance, caregiver support, faith-based support, disability assistance, home repair programs, cleaning services, pharmacies, medical equipment programs, nonprofits, civic organizations, and local businesses willing to provide reduced-rate services.

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What If Your Services Are Not Free or Reduced-Rate?

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Some businesses and service providers may not offer free, low-cost, sliding-scale, or insurance-covered services, but may still be helpful for patients and families navigating cancer.

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Cancer can create practical needs that go far beyond medical care. A patient or caregiver may need help finding reliable cleaning services, home repairs, lawn care, auto repair, transportation options, pharmacies, meal services, lodging, childcare, legal assistance, financial planning, or other supports that help life feel more manageable during treatment and recovery.

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If your services do not meet the listing criteria for Tennessee Community Compass but may still be useful to patients, caregivers, healthcare teams, or community partners, you are welcome to contact the East Tennessee Cancer Task Force. We are developing an additional resource list to help identify helpful services across the region, including fee-based services that may be appropriate to share as informational resources.

Being included on this list does not imply endorsement, financial assistance, or a formal referral partnership. It simply helps us better understand what resources exist in East Tennessee so patients, caregivers, and providers have more places to turn when needs arise.

 

Why This Matters for Cancer Patients

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For someone facing cancer, finding help should not require hours of phone calls, internet searches, or repeated explanations of their situation.

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When your information is listed and kept up to date, it can help:

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• Patients and caregivers find support faster

• Healthcare providers make stronger referrals

• Social workers and navigators identify local options

• Community organizations reduce duplication

• Families feel less alone and overwhelmed

• Our region better understand where service gaps exist

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Even one updated listing can make a difference for someone trying to get to treatment, keep food in the house, maintain housing, or manage life during a difficult diagnosis.

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A Request from Guided Path

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Guided Path encourages organizations, nonprofits, churches, businesses, and community programs that offer free or reduced-rate support to add or update their information in Tennessee Community Compass.

By making your services easier to find, you help strengthen the support network for individuals and families facing cancer throughout East Tennessee.

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Get Started

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Visit Tennessee Community Compass to search for your organization, claim your program, or update your listing.

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Website: https://communitycompass.tn.gov/

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For questions about this effort or to connect with Guided Path:

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Guided Path
East Tennessee Cancer Task Force

rich@guidedpathacs.org
423-438-3799 x3
guidedpathacs.org