The HELP Center was founded in 2014 by one visionary woman, Tamika M. Braden, who realized the overwhelming obstacles individuals face when leaving prison and returning to our community. Her considerable years' of experience working in Social Services and workforce, she envisioned a center that would assist ex-offenders as well as low-income individuals. At the right hand of our founder was Ramon D. Johnson, who was very beneficial in our structure and effectiveness. The pair opened our first location in east Nashville, February 2015.

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The HELP Center has grown to an expansive social services focused agency with an extensive array of supportive services, assisting hundred of men and women each year. In June 2021, we opened our second location in north Nashville.

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Keeping with our founder's vision, proximity is fundamental, and all our work - with our partners, our supporters and the people we service - is relationship based.