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🚨 We're Hiring: Domestic Violence Program Manager 🚨

Are you passionate about empowering survivors and creating lasting change in our community? Join Partnership for Families, Children and Adults as our Domestic Violence Program Manager and help lead a program that provide safety, advocacy, housing support, court services, and hope for individuals and families across the Tennessee Valley.

✨ Competitive benefits
✨ Growth opportunities
✨ Meaningful, mission-driven work
✨ Supportive team culture

We're seeking an experienced social services professional with leadership experience who is ready to make a direct impact in the lives of survivors.

📍 Chattanooga, TN | Full-Time

Ready to join a team that serves over 8,000 neighbors each year?

👉 Apply today through our job posting page below and help us build safer, stronger communities.

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Why go to Disney when you can spend all day learning how to incorporate AI effectively and ethically in the classroom? This is what we do in our free time to ensure our students are being provided a quality education. Shoutout to Drs. Crittenden and Garland for spending their week at the 2026 Teaching and Learning with AI Conference hosted at the University of Central Florida! They’re excited to share all that they have learned when they get back! 💙💛

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📣Big news! UTC is featured in USA Today, spotlighting our graduate programs in the public service sector – Criminal Justice, Education, Environmental Science, Leadership, Nursing, Public Administration, Public Health, School Counseling, School Psychology, and Social Work.

The piece highlights specific alums making an impact in their fields, and we're especially excited to see our Criminal Justice alum featured! Read more here: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sponsor-story/university-of-tennessee-chattanooga/2026/06/09/stronger-communities-start-here-5-careers-in-public-service/90455958007/

Learn more about our public service graduate programs at UTC: https://www.utc.edu/campaign/public-service

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We are so grateful to be able to host the Tommy Burks Victim Assistance Academy each Summer through our partnership with the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence! We are also thankful for all of the work that Dr. Policastro puts into the academy each year. If you browse through some of the photos, you may see some familiar faces! 💙💛

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We spy Dr. Policastro!

🎧Be the calm voice in the chaos.
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We are so proud of and excited for Kolbie! Another wonderful example of our CJ internship program connecting students with future career positions! We are so grateful for our partners in the community. 💙💛

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We are excited to welcome Kolbie Bobo to the Partnership team! She will be joining our HOPE Initiative Program as a HOPE Case Manager.

Kolbie will work closely with children and families year-round, providing weekly support, helping connect families with resources, and building consistent relationships with our clients.

For more information about volunteering or working for Partnership, visit our website!
https://partnershipfca.com/about-us/careers/

That’s a graduation wrap for us! We are so proud of our CJ graduates, both undergraduate and graduate! We are so excited to see where you go next. We also had lots of CJ faculty out today supporting our graduates while they crossed that stage! Congrats to the class of 2026! 💛💙🎉

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It’s award season! Congratulations to Dr. Dierenfeldt for being awarded the 2026 Harold Love Outstanding Community Service Award! Swipe to read more about this award and what he had to say about being a recipient in this UTC Media feature: https://blog.utc.edu/news/2026/04/three-from-utc-earn-prestigious-harold-love-outstanding-community-service-awards/

You may also notice some familiar names on the past recipients list, and that Dr. D is in another suit (last seen in his childhood photo). Congratulations to Dr. Ward and Joshua Clay on this honor as well! 🎉

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