DoubleCreek was established in 2002 as an outreach by foster parents Dennis Reynolds and Shelley Cohen. As a couple, they had been providing care for foster children since 1990 and recognized the effects of children enduring multiple placements. 

To serve as a motivator for children to change their unacceptable behaviors and to do well in school, they expanded their efforts as foster parents. In addition to emergency placement and respite care, they developed a “reward visit” system supported by The Department of Children’s Services of Tennessee.  Children who are meeting the goals set by their case worker and foster/adoptive parents can schedule visits to DoubleCreek. 

DoubleCreek expectations and rules are very straight forward- they are the words of Gene Autry and his Cowboy Code. We consider it a privilege to open our home to foster and adoptive children and truly believe we can make a difference, one child at a time. 

        Dennis Reynolds
        Shelley Cohen

* Korczak Ziolkowski, the sculptor of the Crazy Horse Monument,

was a child in foster care for many years. 

He believed in the achievable despite all obstacles.

We encourage you to carry his theme with you at home and at work.