Skill-Up Tennessee

We help families increase savings, decrease debt, spend wisely, and plan for the future. Through research-based education, coaching, and community engagement, the UT Extension Department of Family and Consumer Sciences delivers consumer solutions that help Tennessee families spend, save, borrow, and protect their assets.

Skill Up Tennessee is UT Extension’s SNAP Employment and Training program. We help eligible SNAP participants in gaining skills, training, work, or experience that will increase their ability to obtain regular employment. The ultimate goal is self-sufficiency. We can help you focus on short-term training leading to credentials for a future career. We can also help you determine if you qualify for additional support (such as gas cards or transportation, uniforms, testing fees, textbooks, etc.)

If you are a SNAP participant and would like to meet with our FCS Agent to discuss how you can benefit from this program, please call our office at 865-453-3695 or fill out the form below.


Contact Us – Kaysie Adkins
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Kaysie Elizabeth Adkins
Extension Agent I, Sevier County
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Family and Consumer Sciences

Additional Helpful Resources

This resources provides you with methods to help track you track and record your spending.

Benefits:

• Make sure that you are indeed following your money plan.
• Revise your money plan so that it better fits the needs of your household.
• Identify spending leaks that can drain your purse/wallet.
• Identify ways to reduce dependence on or pay off debt.
• Identify ways to save money for future financial goals.

https://sevier.tennessee.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/178/2023/07/Track-Your-Spending-PDF.pdf

This resource will help you set priorities for paying bills and repaying debt when you don’t have enough money to pay everything in full.

https://utia.tennessee.edu/publications/wp-content/uploads/sites/269/2023/10/W1018B.pdf