NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, November 12 – Pamela Madison has been named the Chief Executive Officer of Monroe Harding. Having served at Monroe Harding since 2008, Madison assumed the role of interim CEO in August. Prior to that time, she held the position of Senior Director of Young Adult Engagement and Opportunities at the agency. Before joining Monroe Harding, Madison worked at Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee and the United Way of Rutherford County. “On behalf of the Board, I want to congratulate Pam on being named CEO,” said Chris Wyatt, Chair of the agency’s Board of Directors. “Pam has a long h ..read more

Elizabeth “Ann” Colwell has served with Monroe Harding for over 35 years and fostered over 100 kids! She’s adopted kids and even an adult. She feels that helping children thrive is her calling. Ann was inspired to foster by her sister, who was a foster parent with Monroe Harding. So, she decided to keep the tradition going as she, her mom, and sister all wanted to help children thrive. What Ann enjoys most is experiencing a child’s favorite activity with them. Seeing the appreciation on their face when you relish in what they love to do, is one of the most fulfilling emotions she’s experienced ..read more

Dear Monroe Harding Family & Supporters,  Thank you for your investment and support of Monroe Harding. I’d like to introduce myself to you as the interim President & CEO. I recently celebrated my 12th anniversary at Monroe Harding, most recently serving our Youth Connections Resource Center and young adult engagement programs.  In 2019, our leadership team built a three-year strategic plan to expand and empower our services through homes, healing, opportunities, and engagement. As we work hard to complete our goals, I’m committed to upholding and carrying forth ..read more

Support Monroe Harding by purchasing tickets to select Titans home games in 2021. By doing so, $10 from each ticket sold will benefit us! Savings of up to $25 per ticket. You can help us win an award by helping us be a top 3 overall selling organization at the end of the season. Titans have a strict no-ticket-broker policy. Group tickets purchased through this offer cannot be resold. How it Works: Choose your section (we’ll handle the rest) Complete the easy purchase process Share your personal link to ensure you sit together Enjoy the game Delivery: Instructions on how to access y ..read more

Four-year-old Lexie is always ready for new adventures.  She is seemingly bursting with energy, enthusiasm, curiosity, and imagination.  When given the opportunity to become a hockey player, she was thrilled to say, “Yes!” She had never ice skated before, let alone played ice hockey, but that did not stop her.  Lexie has gotten out there on the ice during every practice and has given her best efforts to learn to play and to be a good team player.  Lexie really likes hockey but is torn on deciding just yet what she wants to be when she grows up.  She recently built a ro ..read more

Michael and Paula Porter are a loving and caring couple who each come from large families. They have a passion for connecting with children and families through mentoring, teaching, and exhortation. They have one adult daughter who shares this passion as well and assists frequently. Together, they are advocates for children in foster care as well as those who need that “one caring adult”. After spending decades teaching and mentoring children, they decided to become foster parents and extend love and resources to the state’s most vulnerable children. They chose Monroe Harding because ..read more

On June 3, Monroe Harding held its first in-person event since March 2020, celebrating a record number of graduates! Students, families, and staff members celebrated the academic achievements of the 28 graduates from various high schools, HiSET, and post-secondary programs. The ceremony took place on the rooftop garden at Youth Connections, Monroe Harding’s Resource Center, in downtown Nashville. Board member, Reggie Ford, and graduate, Tyra Smith, inspired the graduates and the audience with inspirational speeches.  “I feel ready to finally look ahead instead of looking back or over my ..read more

Dear Monroe Harding Family and Supporters, We wish you a wonderful start to the spring season! There is an awakening we all experience as the grass turns green, trees and flowers bloom, gardens are planted, and the day stays lighter longer. There is an eagerness, and sense of hope and excitement that comes with springtime. We all feel it more than ever this year as we see signs of hope emerging from the global pandemic. Those same senses are awakening at Monroe Harding, and we are eager and excited for what is to come this year. We are especially enthusiastic about the positive impact our esse ..read more

  After an incredibly difficult Fall 2020 that included weathering the pandemic, losing two people close to her, and her own medical difficulties, Amber fortuitously connected with Monroe Harding’s Opportunity Now Reengagement Hub on a cold, snowy day earlier this year. Through this connection, our Hub and Supportive Housing staff immediately collaborated and secured Amber safe, stable housing and stocked her cupboards with food. Also in late 2020, Amber enrolled at Nashville State Community College but was forced to stop attending when hit with so many personal tragedies in a row. Now t ..read more

  When young Milani came to Ms. Caduff’s home she didn’t have any routine and was fearful of almost everything. She wasn’t used to taking baths, sleeping in a bed, or having her hair combed. Prior to arriving to Ms. Caduff’s home, Milani’s hair was not unbraided, washed, nor combed in nearly a year. Ms. Caduff and a friend sat on the floor and worked for hours to carefully undo each braid and detangle Milani’s hair. Milani sat still, ate her favorite snack, and watched the “Bubble Guppies” tv show while the two adults worked. By the end of the day, Milani’s hair was taken down, washed ..read more