January 18, 2017 Maryville, Tennessee Celebrate Recovery (CR) Maryville’s Pastor Parker Benson and Lay Leader Owen Ragland enrolls as the newest Veteran Friendly Ministry (VFM) in the Veteran/Military Friendly Congregation program. Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered, 12-step program modeled after the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step program. It is also based on the ‘8 principles of Recovery’…
January 12, 2017 Knoxville, Tennessee During the Knoxville Regional Mental Health Council on Thursday, January 12, 2017, Dr. Heidi Vermette announced that Dean B. Borsos began his position as director for the Mountain Home VA Medical Center on January 9, 2017. According to a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs news release on November 28, 2016…
First meeting with VISN 9 Network Director John Patrick, Dr. Farina-Morin and Joseph Shoeck and the Knoxville Regional Veterans Mental Health Council (Council). July 7, 2014 First joint Council meeting with VISN 9 & Mountain Home VA Healthcare System Executives July 15, 2014 First meeting with Director Charlene Ehret et al New VISN 9 &…
On July 30, 2015 the East Tennessee Veterans Treatment Court Committee presented our Council’s PAIR (PTSD Awareness, Intervention, Resolution) training in Monroe County TN thanks to the hard work of Judge Dwayne Thomas, Sheriff Tommy Jones, Bob Hatley and Randy Scott who scheduled yesterday’s event. Monroe County Sheriff Tommy Jones attended and requested that our…