A Hoarding Alliance local resource guide

Hoarding support in Gallatin, Tennessee.

You do not have to solve everything at once. Start with the part that matters most today: immediate safety, a first conversation, a health or benefits question, or one small practical step.

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Choose the next right step

These pathways are designed to help you begin without shame or pressure. Ask what a service actually covers before sharing sensitive details or moving items.

Ask what a first conversation would cover or how a virtual group works. You can ask without sending photos or arranging a home visit.

Role: nonprofit front door for hoarding support and virtual groups; geography: ask about joining online from Gallatin or elsewhere in Sumner County; cost/eligibility: confirm registration, group fit, and any fees; funded local home services are not assumed; emergency limit: not therapy or emergency response.

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For immediate danger

If there is immediate danger, smoke or fire, a serious injury, or a medical emergency, call 911. For urgent emotional distress or suicidal thoughts, call or text 988. These emergency pathways are separate from routine service navigation.

First conversations

A few good places to start

You do not need to know the perfect service name before reaching out. These organizations can help you understand the landscape and identify a next step.

Role: private-pay hoarding support, family guidance, sorting, organizing, decluttering, and cleaning pathway; geography: ask about Gallatin and Sumner County travel or remote options; cost/eligibility: private-pay rates, scope, scheduling, and travel must be confirmed; emergency limit: not emergency response or medical care. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

The Peer Tree

Use this as a private-pay pathway when grant-funded help is not the fit. Confirm the service scope, travel expectations, rate, and scheduling before making plans.

Review private-pay support
Role: digital peer-support pathway for people affected by hoarding and for friends or family; geography: available online from Gallatin and Sumner County; cost/eligibility: review current access and account details; emergency limit: not therapy, medical care, cleanup, or emergency support. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Unburied

Use Unburied for peer connection, reflection, practical tools, and support between appointments or conversations. It is not therapy or an emergency service.

Explore digital peer support
Role: statewide information and referral pathway for food, housing, health care, jobs, transportation, and human services; geography: Gallatin, Sumner County, and Tennessee; cost/eligibility: free navigation, with program eligibility to confirm; emergency limit: not 911, 988, or emergency medical response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Tennessee 211

Call 211 or use the Tennessee 211 information page to ask for current local referrals. Tell the navigator what kind of help is needed and ask about eligibility, hours, and waitlists.

Call or search 211

Safety and stability

When the concern involves safety, housing, or crisis

These pathways serve different situations. Read the labels carefully before calling, especially when a response may involve crisis care, protective services, shelter, housing rules, legal advocacy, or emergency dispatch.

Role: emergency response for immediate danger, fire, medical emergency, or a crime in progress; geography: Gallatin and Sumner County; cost/eligibility: call when immediate response is needed; emergency limit: this is the emergency pathway, not a general service-navigation line. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

911: Immediate Danger

Call 911 when there is immediate danger, smoke or fire, a medical emergency, or an urgent threat to someone's safety.

Call 911
Role: urgent emotional distress and suicide-crisis support; geography: Gallatin, Sumner County, and the United States; cost/eligibility: call or text 988 or use the current chat option; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate physical danger or a medical emergency. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Use 988 for urgent emotional distress or suicidal thoughts. If someone is in immediate physical danger, call 911 instead.

Call or text 988
Role: state behavioral-health crisis information and referral; geography: Tennessee, including Sumner County; cost/eligibility: ask about current mobile-crisis and crisis-continuum access; emergency limit: not a substitute for 911 during immediate danger or a medical emergency. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Tennessee Crisis Services

Review Tennessee's current crisis-continuum information when you need help understanding behavioral-health crisis pathways. Confirm the current local option before relying on it.

Review crisis options
Role: municipal law-enforcement and public-safety contact; geography: City of Gallatin; cost/eligibility: confirm nonemergency contact and jurisdiction; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate danger, a crime in progress, or a medical emergency. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Gallatin Police Department

Use the city's current police page for department contacts and jurisdiction questions. For immediate danger, call 911.

Review police contacts
Role: county emergency-services routing for sheriff, fire, EMS, and emergency management; geography: Sumner County, including Gallatin; cost/eligibility: use the county's current department contacts; emergency limit: dial 911 for an emergency. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Sumner County Emergency Services Directory

Use this official directory to identify local police, emergency-management, public-works, and county contacts. The directory is not a replacement for 911.

Review emergency-services contacts
Role: municipal fire-prevention, public-education, and fire-code contact; geography: City of Gallatin; cost/eligibility: confirm current prevention, inspection, and jurisdiction details; emergency limit: call 911 for smoke, fire, or immediate danger. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Gallatin Fire Marshal

Use the Fire Marshal page for prevention and code information. Call 911 for smoke or fire; a routine office contact is not emergency response.

Review fire-safety contacts
Role: hospital emergency-care pathway; geography: Gallatin and Sumner County; cost/eligibility: confirm insurance, billing, and current services; emergency limit: call 911 when transport or immediate emergency response is needed. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Highpoint Health - Sumner Emergency Room

Highpoint lists its Sumner emergency room at 555 Hartsville Pike in Gallatin and says it is open 24 hours. Confirm current services and billing details directly.

Review emergency-care information
Role: additional hospital emergency-care pathway; geography: Gallatin and surrounding Sumner County service area; cost/eligibility: confirm insurance, billing, location, and current services; emergency limit: call 911 when transport or immediate emergency response is needed. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Highpoint Health - Sumner Station Emergency Room

Use the hospital's current location page for Sumner Station emergency information. Call 911 for an immediate emergency rather than relying on web navigation.

Review Sumner Station emergency care
Role: public fire-safety education about hoarding and home-fire risk; geography: Gallatin, Sumner County, and the United States; cost/eligibility: public information with no local response promise; emergency limit: call 911 for smoke, fire, or immediate danger. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

U.S. Fire Administration: Hoarding Fire Safety

Use this public guidance to think about blocked exits, ignition sources, smoke alarms, and a safety conversation. It does not inspect a home or clear a property.

Review fire-safety guidance
Role: state behavioral-health information and system-navigation pathway; geography: Tennessee, including Sumner County; cost/eligibility: confirm program, coverage, and local availability; emergency limit: use 988 or 911 for an urgent crisis. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

Use the state department's current information to identify behavioral-health pathways, then confirm local eligibility, wait time, and service scope.

Review state behavioral-health resources
Role: behavioral-health safety-net, crisis, therapy, peer-support, care-management, and supportive-services pathway; geography: Gallatin and Sumner County; cost/eligibility: confirm safety-net eligibility, coverage, intake, and capacity; emergency limit: not 911 or a substitute for immediate emergency response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Volunteer Behavioral Health: Gallatin Campus

The Gallatin campus lists behavioral-health safety-net, mobile crisis, outpatient, peer-support, PATH, SOAR, and related services. Confirm the service that fits and its current availability.

Review Gallatin behavioral-health services
Role: local therapy, psychiatry, medication-management, youth/family, and focused-care pathway; geography: Gallatin and Sumner County service area; cost/eligibility: confirm TennCare, state-funded, insurance, intake, and appointment eligibility; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Gallatin Mental Health Cooperative

Mental Health Cooperative lists a Gallatin location at 1078 South Water Avenue. Confirm intake, coverage, and whether the service fits the person's needs.

Review local mental-health care

People and practical help

Housing, food, care, transportation, and ongoing support

These listings connect the local community with housing, food, behavioral health, benefits, transit, survivor advocacy, disability support, peer support, and practical resources. Ask about current availability, cost, scope, consent, and safety before relying on them.

Role: official municipal government, resident routing, notices, utilities, public works, and city services; geography: City of Gallatin; cost/eligibility: confirm office, jurisdiction, hours, and fees; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

City of Gallatin

Start with the city's current website for departments, resident services, public notices, utilities, and local contacts.

Visit the city website
Role: official county government and department-routing source; geography: Sumner County, with Gallatin as the county seat; cost/eligibility: confirm department, jurisdiction, hours, and any fees; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Sumner County Government

Use the county website to route questions to health, roads, the Resource Authority, veterans services, emergency management, and other departments.

Visit the county website
Role: property-maintenance, blight, building-safety, waste-management, and complaint-routing source; geography: City of Gallatin; cost/eligibility: confirm city jurisdiction, current process, and enforcement limits; emergency limit: not emergency response or a cleanup provider. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Gallatin Code Enforcement

The city's Property Maintenance Inspector page describes blight and building-safety complaints. Confirm jurisdiction and process before filing a complaint or sharing sensitive details.

Review city code-enforcement information
Role: county-published municipal resource-routing page; geography: Sumner County, including Gallatin; cost/eligibility: confirm the correct municipality, department, hours, and current contact; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Sumner County Resident Resources

Use the county's resident-resource page to confirm municipal contacts and whether a question belongs with Gallatin or another Sumner County jurisdiction.

Review resident resources
Role: city garbage, recycling, street-maintenance, litter-control, and resident-service routing; geography: City of Gallatin; cost/eligibility: confirm current service, materials, schedules, limits, and fees; emergency limit: not emergency response or whole-home cleanup. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Gallatin Public Works

Use Gallatin Public Works for current municipal service questions. Ask specifically what service, collection, or access rule applies to the address.

Review public-works information
Role: city residential garbage, bulk-item, brush, and recycling information; geography: City of Gallatin; cost/eligibility: city trash customers and service rules must be confirmed; emergency limit: not emergency response or a guaranteed cleanup service. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Gallatin Garbage, Recycling & Brush Collection

The city page describes residential garbage, bulk-item, brush, and recycling services. Confirm city limits, pickup schedule, item restrictions, and current charges before placing anything out.

Review collection options
Role: city garbage-service details, bulk pickup, courtesy-dump, and accessibility-related service routing; geography: City of Gallatin; cost/eligibility: service charges, doctor-note requirements, address, and current rules must be confirmed; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Gallatin Garbage Collection

Use the city's current garbage page to ask about containers, bulk pickup, backdoor pickup, and long-driveway rules. Confirm the current schedule and what the city accepts.

Review garbage-service details
Role: county solid-waste disposal and resource-authority information pathway; geography: Sumner County, including Gallatin; cost/eligibility: confirm accepted materials, hours, fees, and resident requirements; emergency limit: not emergency response or a whole-home cleanup provider. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Resource Authority in Sumner County

Sumner County identifies the Resource Authority as a disposal option for county residents. Confirm accepted materials, access, fees, and current hours before transporting anything.

Review disposal information
Role: public-health clinic and health-navigation pathway; geography: Sumner County, with a Gallatin clinic; cost/eligibility: services use a sliding-fee scale or program rules that must be confirmed; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Sumner County Health Department

The county lists the Gallatin Clinic at 1005 Union School Road and describes public-health, WIC, and sliding-fee services. Confirm current program eligibility and appointments.

Review public-health services
Role: public library, technology access, information, programs, and community-navigation resource; geography: Gallatin, with the library at 123 East Main Street; cost/eligibility: confirm library-card and program requirements; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Gallatin Public Library

The library can be a low-pressure place to access information, computers, and programs. Confirm current hours, card requirements, and program availability.

Visit the library website
Role: behavioral-health, counseling, medication-management, and primary-care-connected pathway; geography: Gallatin and Sumner County; cost/eligibility: confirm providers, coverage, intake, hours, and fees; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Hope Family Health: Gallatin Behavioral Health

Hope Family Health lists behavioral-health services and a Gallatin location at 300 Steam Plant Road, Suite 210. Confirm current hours, intake, coverage, and service fit.

Review Hope behavioral-health services
Role: community health-center and behavioral-health access pathway; geography: Gallatin and Sumner County; cost/eligibility: confirm coverage, sliding-scale or program eligibility, intake, and current hours; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Hope Gallatin Health Center

Use the current contact page to confirm the Gallatin location, phone, hours, and department routing before sharing health information.

Review Gallatin health-center contacts
Role: public and affordable-housing information and application-routing pathway; geography: City of Gallatin and Sumner County programs; cost/eligibility: income, household, waitlist, screening, and program rules must be confirmed; emergency limit: not emergency shelter or emergency response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Gallatin Housing Authority

Use the city page to identify the Gallatin Housing Authority and confirm current programs, waitlists, application steps, and accessibility questions directly.

Review housing-authority information
Role: county-published routing for housing assistance, homelessness supports, disability resources, and community services; geography: Sumner County, including Gallatin; cost/eligibility: confirm provider, eligibility, documentation, and capacity; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Sumner County Social Services

The city's social-services page lists local housing and community pathways, including Good Neighbor Mission, Habitat, and Cumberland Community Action. Confirm each program directly.

Review social-service pathways
Role: city-published reference for senior, health, housing, rehabilitation, and community programs; geography: Gallatin and Sumner County; cost/eligibility: confirm current listing, age or program eligibility, cost, and availability; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Gallatin Senior Directory

Use the directory as a starting point for senior-center, library, behavioral-health, housing, and rehabilitation contacts. Verify every listing before relying on it.

Review senior-resource listings
Role: state online search for food, housing, transportation, health, behavioral-health, employment, and caregiver supports; geography: Tennessee, including Sumner County; cost/eligibility: programs, eligibility, and availability must be confirmed with each provider; emergency limit: not 911 or emergency response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Tennessee Community Compass

Use Community Compass to search for free or reduced-cost services. The state says it does not operate the listed programs, so confirm current details with each organization.

Search Community Compass
Role: statewide housing-search and accessibility-information pathway; geography: Tennessee, including Gallatin and Sumner County; cost/eligibility: availability, income rules, screening, and waitlists must be confirmed; emergency limit: not emergency shelter or emergency response. | Gallatin and Sumner County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Tennessee Housing Search

Tennessee's housing page links TNHousingSearch.org for affordable, accessible, age-restricted, and market-rate housing. Confirm current availability and eligibility directly.

Review housing-search options

A note from the Alliance

Start with the person. Then decide what the situation needs.

This guide is anchored in Gallatin, Tennessee, and includes city, county, state, nonprofit, national, and independent pathways. A listing here does not mean Fight the Blight endorses every provider or can guarantee availability. The Hoarding Alliance is not a city or county agency, therapy practice, emergency service, or cleanup company. We will keep reviewing this page, but please confirm details directly before relying on them.

Need help choosing a path? Contact Fight the Blight