A Hoarding Alliance local resource guide

Hoarding support in Lawrenceburg, 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 Lawrenceburg or elsewhere in Lawrence 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, sorting, organizing, decluttering, and cleaning conversations; geography: ask about Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County service area; cost/eligibility: private-pay rates, travel, scope, and scheduling must be confirmed; emergency limit: not emergency response or a substitute for clinical care. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

The Peer Tree

If grant-funded help does not fit or is unavailable, ask what private-pay support could look like before making a commitment.

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

Unburied

Use Unburied for judgment-free peer support, structured tools, and ongoing momentum when a digital option feels easier to start.

Explore digital peer support
Role: statewide service-navigation and benefits-resource pathway; geography: Tennessee, including Lawrence County; cost/eligibility: ask about program eligibility, documentation, hours, and waitlists; emergency limit: not 911 or 988 and not a guaranteed provider match. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Tennessee 211 and Community Compass

Use the state's Community Compass and 211 routes to look for food, housing, health, transportation, and other practical supports.

Check statewide resource navigation

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: Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County; cost/eligibility: call when immediate response is needed; emergency limit: this is the emergency pathway, not a general service-navigation line. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence 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: United States, including Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County; cost/eligibility: call or text 988 for crisis support; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate physical danger or a medical emergency. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

Call or text 988 for urgent emotional distress, suicidal thoughts, or concern about someone's immediate emotional safety.

Call or text 988
Role: official municipal police and nonemergency public-safety contact; geography: City of Lawrenceburg; cost/eligibility: confirm jurisdiction and response; emergency limit: call 911 for an emergency. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrenceburg Police Department

Use the city's police page for department information and the current nonemergency number. Call 911 when there is immediate danger.

View police information
Role: official county law-enforcement contact; geography: Lawrence County outside or beyond city police jurisdiction; cost/eligibility: confirm jurisdiction and current contact route; emergency limit: call 911 for an emergency. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrence County Sheriff

The county directory lists the sheriff's office and other county contacts. Confirm which agency handles a specific address or concern.

Find county safety contacts
Role: official municipal fire protection and fire-safety contact; geography: City of Lawrenceburg; cost/eligibility: confirm whether a question is a fire-safety inspection, prevention, or emergency call; emergency limit: call 911 for smoke, fire, or immediate danger. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrenceburg Fire Department

Use the city's fire page for the department contact. Do not use a routine contact form when smoke, fire, or immediate danger is present.

View fire department information
Role: official city/county emergency-management routing; geography: Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County; cost/eligibility: confirm whether an issue fits preparedness, disaster assistance, or an active incident; emergency limit: call 911 for immediate danger. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrenceburg Emergency Management

The city directory identifies emergency-management contacts. Confirm the current office and scope before relying on it for a non-emergency question.

Find emergency-management contacts
Role: 24/7 hospital emergency department; geography: 1607 South Locust Avenue, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464; cost/eligibility: emergency-department billing, insurance, and financial-assistance questions must be confirmed with the hospital; emergency limit: call 911 for a life-threatening emergency. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Southern Tennessee Regional Health System—Lawrenceburg Emergency Room

The hospital identifies its Lawrenceburg emergency room as open 24/7. Use 911 when transport or immediate response is needed.

View emergency-room information
Role: public-health and primary-care routing; geography: Lawrence County Health Department, 2379 Buffalo Road, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464; cost/eligibility: confirm appointment, services, insurance, fees, and eligibility; emergency limit: not an emergency department. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrence County Health Department

Tennessee's local-health directory lists the Lawrence County Health Department. Confirm current services, hours, and intake requirements directly.

Find county health services
Role: outpatient mental-health, psychiatric, and substance-use service pathway; geography: 208 Buffalo Road, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464; cost/eligibility: confirm service fit, payer, intake, availability, and fees; emergency limit: not 911, 988, or emergency medical care. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Health Connect America—Lawrenceburg

The Lawrenceburg office describes outpatient behavioral-health and substance-use services. The reviewed page does not establish a hoarding-specific program.

Ask about outpatient services
Role: state behavioral-health information and service-navigation pathway; geography: Tennessee, including Lawrence County; cost/eligibility: confirm provider, program, insurance, and waitlist details; emergency limit: use 988 or 911 for urgent crisis or immediate danger. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Tennessee Mental Health Services

Use the state page to understand behavioral-health routes and confirm the current local access point.

Review state mental-health routes
Role: state housing and supportive-housing information; geography: Tennessee, including Lawrence County; cost/eligibility: programs have their own eligibility, documentation, funding, and waitlists; emergency limit: not emergency shelter or emergency response. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Tennessee Housing and Supportive-Housing Programs

Use this state information as a starting point, then confirm whether a program serves Lawrence County and what documentation is required.

Review housing program information
Role: public fire-safety education about hoarding-related hazards; geography: general guidance, to apply with local fire officials; cost/eligibility: educational resource with no local service eligibility; emergency limit: call 911 for smoke, fire, or immediate danger. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

U.S. Fire Administration: Hoarding Fire Safety

Review practical fire-safety information without treating it as a property inspection, code determination, or substitute for local emergency response.

Read fire-safety guidance

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 and resident-service routing; geography: City of Lawrenceburg; cost/eligibility: confirm office, jurisdiction, hours, and fees; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

City of Lawrenceburg

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 county-service routing; geography: Lawrence County; cost/eligibility: confirm department, jurisdiction, hours, and fees; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrence County Government

Use the county site for current departments, services, notices, and contacts outside city jurisdiction.

Visit the county website
Role: official city-service directory including codes, public works, police, fire, housing, property maintenance, and assistance routing; geography: City of Lawrenceburg; cost/eligibility: confirm the correct department, jurisdiction, and process; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrenceburg City Services

Use the city's service overview to identify a starting department, then confirm what it can and cannot handle before sharing details.

Review city-service options
Role: city community-resource and benefits-navigation information; geography: Lawrenceburg and surrounding Lawrence County; cost/eligibility: confirm each program's eligibility, documentation, hours, and availability; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrenceburg Community Assistance Services

The city page points people toward housing, food, prescriptions, legal, health, mental-health, substance-use, elderly, and disability resources.

Review community assistance
Role: official local resource-guide entry point; geography: Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County; cost/eligibility: verify every listed program's current eligibility, cost, hours, and capacity; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrenceburg Community Resource Guide

Use the city's resource-guide page as a directory, then confirm details directly with each organization.

Open the local resource guide
Role: official city garbage, brush, larger-item, and roll-off service information; geography: City of Lawrenceburg; cost/eligibility: service, item limits, pickup rules, fees, and city-limit eligibility must be confirmed; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrenceburg Sanitation

The city describes household and business garbage, brush, recycling, larger-item, and roll-off options. Confirm the current rules before moving materials.

Check city sanitation options
Role: official recycling and solid-waste information; geography: Lawrenceburg/Lawrence County access depends on the facility and material; cost/eligibility: accepted materials, hours, fees, and access requirements must be confirmed; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrenceburg Recycling

The city identifies the Solid Waste Facility at 2126 Baler Drive and lists materials it accepts. Confirm current acceptance and fees.

Check recycling options
Role: official county solid-waste contact and facility routing; geography: Lawrence County; cost/eligibility: confirm facility rules, materials, hours, fees, and who may use the service; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrence County Solid Waste

The county directory lists solid waste and the 2126 Baler Drive facility. Confirm current disposal rules before transporting anything.

Find solid-waste contacts
Role: public-housing application and waitlist information; geography: Lawrenceburg Housing Authority, 1020 Smith Avenue, Lawrenceburg, TN 38468; cost/eligibility: housing programs have eligibility, documentation, waitlist, rent, and accommodation rules; emergency limit: not emergency shelter or emergency response. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrenceburg Housing Authority

The authority describes public-housing applications and waiting-list information. Confirm current openings, eligibility, and reasonable-accommodation routes.

Review housing information
Role: direct public-housing contact for applications, waitlist, maintenance, and accommodation questions; geography: 1020 Smith Avenue, Lawrenceburg, TN 38468; cost/eligibility: confirm program eligibility, documentation, rent, waitlist, and office hours; emergency limit: emergency maintenance is limited to housing-system issues, not emergency response. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrenceburg Housing Authority Contact

Use the authority's contact page to confirm current office and emergency-maintenance routes before relying on a housing option.

Check housing authority contact
Role: public-health, primary-care, and prevention routing; geography: Lawrence County; cost/eligibility: confirm appointment, service, insurance, fees, and eligibility details; emergency limit: not an emergency department. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrence County Health Department—Community Services

Use Tennessee's directory to confirm current Lawrence County Health Department services and contact details.

Find public-health services
Role: local hospital and outpatient-care routing; geography: 1607 South Locust Avenue, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464; cost/eligibility: confirm service, insurance, financial assistance, and scheduling; emergency limit: use the emergency department or 911 for urgent medical danger. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Southern Tennessee Regional Health System—Lawrenceburg

The hospital describes inpatient, outpatient, rehabilitation, and emergency services. It is not presented as hoarding-specific support.

Visit the hospital website
Role: official public-library access to information, computers, classes, and community navigation; geography: 519 East Gaines Street, Lawrenceburg, TN 38464; cost/eligibility: confirm card, program, computer, and room policies; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrence County Public Library

The county library can be a low-pressure place to access information and online forms. Confirm current hours and services.

Visit the public library page
Role: direct library contact for current hours, card, computer, and program questions; geography: Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County; cost/eligibility: confirm card and program requirements; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrence County Library Contact

Use the library's direct contact page to confirm current hours, phone, address, and available services.

Check library contact details
Role: statewide benefits and community-resource navigation; geography: Tennessee, including Lawrence County; cost/eligibility: each program sets its own eligibility, documentation, and capacity; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Tennessee Community Compass

Use Community Compass to look for current health, food, housing, transportation, and other practical supports.

Search statewide resources
Role: state housing information and program-navigation pathway; geography: Tennessee, including Lawrence County; cost/eligibility: confirm program rules, income limits, documentation, funding, and local availability; emergency limit: not emergency response or guaranteed housing. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Tennessee Housing Development Agency

Use the state housing agency as a starting point, then confirm whether a current program fits the person's location and situation.

Review state housing options
Role: official county veterans-benefits and service-navigation contact; geography: Lawrence County; cost/eligibility: veteran status, program eligibility, documentation, and appointment availability must be confirmed; emergency limit: not emergency response. | Lawrenceburg and Lawrence County details can change; confirm current scope, hours, eligibility, cost, jurisdiction, and availability directly.

Lawrence County Veterans Services

The county directory lists veterans services. Ask about current benefits navigation and whether a housing or health question fits their scope.

Find veterans-services contacts

A note from the Alliance

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

This guide is anchored in Lawrenceburg, 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