Tennessee Code Title 4. State Government § 4-3-1204

(A) Fixing the minimum standards of service to be required of the local government authorities in carrying out the public welfare functions reposed in them;

(B) Providing for the termination of any grants-in-aid to any such local government authority whenever it becomes apparent that such minimum standards are not being complied with; and

(C) Requiring that the local governments shall bear such proportion of the total expenses as may be fixed by statute.