Tennessee Code Title 37. Juveniles § 37-1-902

(1) To reduce time to permanency of children thirty-six (36) months of age or younger by surrounding at-risk families with support services;

(2) To reduce incidences of repeat maltreatment among children thirty-six (36) months of age or younger;

(3) To reduce the long-term and short-term effects of traumatic experiences occurring when a child is thirty-six (36) months of age or younger on a child's brain development;

(4) To promote public safety through these reductions;

(5) To increase the personal, familial, and societal accountability of families; and

(6) To promote effective interaction and the use of resources among both public and private state and local child and family service agencies, state and local mental health agencies, and community agencies. It is the intent of the general assembly that in appropriate circumstances vetted, trained, and approved safe baby court volunteers be utilized to the fullest extent possible.