Human Resource Agencies were established in 1973 under state law as a not-for-profit delivery system designed to implement human services programs. The FTHRA was created in 1974 by state and local elected officials in accordance with provisions of the Tennessee Human Resource Agency Act of 1973 as amended (Title 13, Chapter 26, Tennessee Code Annotated.) The FTHRA is one of nine Human Resource Agencies across the State of Tennessee and works in concert with the other HRAs through membership in the Tennessee Association of Human Resource Agencies (TAHRA) in providing wall-to-wall social services across the state.