The United Way of Metropolitan Nashville is a fundraising organization located in Nashville, Tenn. The organization determines critical issues of community and then addresses the immediate relief efforts for the underlying problems. It provides crisis phone lines, adult literacy programs, and disability support, job training and employment services. The United Way of Metropolitan Nashville also offers food boxes and emergency, transitional and permanent housing options. The organization provides health care services for premature babies and educational programs for children with mental and physical disabilities. It offers counseling services for domestic violence, rape and sexual abuse. The United Way of Metropolitan Nashville additionally provides mental health and HIV/AIDS prevention and care services. The organization is a part of the United Way, which is a national network of nearly 1,300 local organizations. The parent organization provides various early childhood, financial and disaster response programs.