Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

11/25/2025

Exciting news! 🎉
The TDMHSAS Office of Communications received TWO new Midsouth Regional Emmy nominations for our 988 Lifeline and mental health commercials. Our youth/parent PSA series and our first responder mental health spot are both up for awards! Winners will be announced February 14 in Nashville. Check out the nominated videos:

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11/21/2025

Are you a night owl looking to start a new career in mental health? Are you looking to make a shift change? We've got just the opportunity for you!

Moccasin Bend Mental Health Institute is hiring an overnight psychiatric technician to join their team! This position has a 5% increase due to being on night shift.

Learn more and apply today: https://indeedhi.re/480JUhz

11/20/2025

RIP Memphis has been crushing it this year! Hear from their team on what’s working and you can see their passion for helping families.

Want to learn more about RIP? Head to tn.gov/parenting-that-works

11/18/2025

Our friends at Mental Health Cooperative are making a difference.

Crisis Stabilization Units provide a touchpoint, a moment, an opportunity for people's lives to be different. Read through to hear how James's* life was changed by the team at MHC.

No matter someone's background or circumstances, CSUs across the state are here and want to help people going through a mental health crisis.

*name changed to protect identity

11/17/2025

Your story has power.

Five years ago, Jake was hopeless in a hospital bed when a Tennessee Recovery Navigator walked in. Thanks to her story of recovery, Jake’s whole trajectory was changed. He connected with detox, residential treatment, and recovery supports through CADAS in Chattanooga, and now he’s sharing HIS story as a Tennessee Recovery Navigator to people who are where he was just a few short years ago. So grateful to Jake for his work and for letting us share his story with Governor Bill Lee at our annual budget meeting.

11/15/2025

When you ask a kid, “What do you want to be when you grow up?”, most kids would say…
🚒 firefighter
🩺 doctor
🚔 police
🏈 athlete
🎸 musician

But when you ask a kid who has participated in the RIP program? You get a different answer 😊

This sweet response is a testament to the powerful work that RIP staff and parents do everyday in the program. It not only impacts their daily living, but has lasting changes for future generations.

To find out how parents and children can be impacted by the Regional Intervention Program (RIP), check out tn.gov/parenting-that-works or call 615-963-1177

11/13/2025

Evidence. Impacts. Outcomes.

Our team of community providers, consumer and family organizations, faith-based groups, and dedicated state employees produce life-changing results. Measuring that impact and telling that story empowers decision makers to know they’re investing in what works. So grateful for the wise stewardship of , his administration, and the TN General Assembly, and we’re excited for the budget process as we make a plan for FY27.

11/11/2025

Today and every day, we honor those who served. TDMHSAS is proud to partner with the many veteran-serving agencies in our state, promote increased mental wellness and recovery pathways for our veterans, and honor the sacrifice and service of the men and women who have served and their families.

11/10/2025

In a room packed with provider leadership, advocates, consumer and family groups, and faith-based organizations, we humbly submitted our FY27 budget proposal to Governor Bill Lee and his team. We took the time to reflect on the first seven Lee administration budgets and the landmark funding increase of nearly 70% in the work of the public behavioral health system across the state.

Our FY27 proposal represents additional scale and capacity for evidence-based, outcomes-oriented services which we know are changing lives and saving lives every day across the State of Tennessee. We are so grateful to Governor Lee, his team, and the TN General Assembly for their leadership and wise stewardship of our state’s precious resources.

We were also proud to share several success stories during today’s remarks, including the story of Jake Thrash. Jake (in the 4th picture) serves as a Tennessee Recovery Navigator with CADAS in Chattanooga. Just over five years ago, Jake was on the other end of Navigator services. Since that fateful day, he got treatment, entered recovery, earned his CPRS, and now gives back through the program that helped him.

11/10/2025

In a room packed with provider leadership, advocates, consumer and family groups, and faith based organizations, we humbly submitted our FY27 budget proposal to Governor Bill Lee and his team. We took the time to reflect on the first seven Lee administration budgets and the landmark funding increase of nearly 70% in the work of the public behavioral health system across the state.

Our FY27 proposal represents additional scale and capacity for evidence-based, outcomes-oriented services which we know are changing lives and saving lives every day across the State of Tennessee. We are so grateful to governor Lee and his team for their leadership and wise stewardship of our state’s precious resources. You can watch our presentation and view the slides at this link: https://www.tn.gov/finance/fa/fa-budget-information/fa-budget-overviews_presentations.html

We were also proud to share several success stories during today’s remarks, including the story of Jake Thrash. Jake (in the 4th picture) serves as a Tennessee Recovery Navigator with CADAS in Chattanooga. Just over five years ago, Jake was on the other end of Navigator services. Since that fateful day, he got treatment, entered recovery, earned his CPRS, and now gives back through the program that helped him.

Gov. Bill Lee
CADAS - Council for Alcohol & Drug Abuse Services
Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations - TAMHO
Tennessee Association of Alcohol, Drug & other Addiction Services (TAADAS)

11/08/2025

School Based Behavioral Health Liaisons are making a difference every day across the state! Thanks to WSMV News 4 for shining a light on this program that we hope to expand in the years to come.

Major shout out to...
🏫 Rutherford County Schools and Volunteer Behavioral Health for their continued work and impact they are making together
📣 Gov. Bill Lee and state leadership for their added funding in successive state budgets

If you want to learn more about School Based Behavioral Health Liaisons, you can learn more at https://bit.ly/3wwQZUj