The McNabb Center’s Hamblen County Jail to Work program, established in 2017, helps promote the recovery of women who have substance use disorder and are involved in the criminal justice system. The 12-week program provides participants with skills building and relapse prevention. The goal is to reduce recidivism and increase community tenure through work, transitional housing recovery and reintegration into the community. A similar program was opened in Claiborne County in June 2022.

Raneika Greenlee, Co-Occurring Services Coordinator, Jail to Work and Recovery Home says, “When clients send me messages such as: ‘This program has saved my life. If someone would have told me a year ago that at this time I would be six months clean and where I’m at in life today, I would not have believed it. This center has given me more peace and security than I’ve had in years.’ It makes coming to work something I look forward to! McNabb programs help save lives and I get to see it daily.”

The McNabb Center’s Hamblen County Jail to Work program, established in 2017, helps promote the recovery of women who have substance use disorder and are involved in the criminal justice system. The 12-week program provides…

The Hope United program provides peer navigators embedded in the University of Tennessee Medical Center’s Emergency Department who provide engagement by speaking one on one with hospital patients who present with an overdose and/or substance use disorder. Navigators provide relatability along with hope for a different, improved way of life and interact with patients using motivational interviewing to encourage movement along the stages of change. They provide resource information to patients, families and staff about available substance use treatment and assist in securing treatment if the patient desires and it is available. 

“It has been an honor to lead our peers at Hope United, one of our programs at UT Hospital. When a patient comes in struggling with Substance Use Disorder, they often feel alone and are void of hope. It is amazing to watch the change in patients when we are able to share we struggle with the same disease. It helps them to realize that they too can turn their lives around. We walk with them through the beginning of their recovery journey and the transformation in such a short amount of time is a reward to experience like no other.”

Rachel Loveday, LMSW, LADAC II, CPRS

Hope United Team Leader

Employee since 2017

The Hope United program provides peer navigators embedded in the University of Tennessee Medical Center’s Emergency Department who provide engagement by speaking one on one with hospital patients who present with an overdose and/or substance…

Justin Mynatt, DNP joined the McNabb Center in 2012 and has provided clinical services for over ten years. He currently serves as one of the Center’s medical directors. In 2016, the McNabb Center expanded services into Cocke County, opening a clinic in Newport. Justin worked there for three years and at the time, he was the only provider in the clinic. One of his most memorable experiences was initiating the clinic’s outpatient Vivitrol program. Vivitrol is a prescription used to help treat alcohol and opioid dependence.

One client that stands out in Justin’s mind is a woman with a history of addiction who came out of jail to receive Vivitrol treatment at the Newport clinic. Because of this treatment, she was able to attend “Dr. Seuss Day” at her son’s school. She said that she would not be here today if it weren’t for the McNabb Center and that now she could be more present in her son’s life.

Client experiences like this one are what reaffirms Justin’s decision to work at McNabb and champion community mental health, especially in rural, underserved communities like Newport.

The McNabb Center offers Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) in many of its outpatient clinics across East Tennessee. MAT combines counseling and behavioral therapies with approved medications (such as Vivitrol or buprenorphine) to treat addiction disorders. Using controlled levels of medications to help relieve withdrawal symptoms and psychological cravings can assist some individuals struggling with an addiction disorder to sustain recovery.

Justin Mynatt, DNP joined the McNabb Center in 2012 and has provided clinical services for over ten years. He currently serves as one of the Center’s medical directors. In 2016, the McNabb Center expanded services…

In 1997, the Detoxification Rehabilitation Institute (DRI), a regional non-profit provider, merged with Helen Ross McNabb Center. Under the direction of Patti Hall, DRI opened as a 14-bed, non-medical alcoholic detoxification and rehabilitation program through a State grant. Soon, services for drug abuse were offered there as well. 

Two of the DRI facilities were in dire need of improvement. A capital funds campaign raised $3.3 million in Knox and Blount counties to renovate an existing building for the adult program and build a new facility for the adolescent center. CenterPointe Adult Services opened in 1998 and now offers residential treatment, intensive outpatient care, social detoxification and medically managed detoxification. Individuals in need of treatment for substance use disorder can stay for up to 28 days and receive services from McNabb’s team of clinicians and counselors.

In 1997, the Detoxification Rehabilitation Institute (DRI), a regional non-profit provider, merged with Helen Ross McNabb Center. Under the direction of Patti Hall, DRI opened as a 14-bed, non-medical alcoholic detoxification and rehabilitation program through…

Sometimes a picture is truly worth a thousand words. This note was found under the pillow in this client’s room after she had discharged. We believe we at CCSU are making a difference in pediatric…

Mitch & Debby Steenrod were vital in the Helen Ross McNabb Foundation’s Military Services Campaign, which raised $2.5 million. Their dedication and tireless efforts helped launch the innovative program in 2016. Since its launch, the program has continually expanded and serves military families throughout East Tennessee.

The Military Services program is available to anyone who has served in the military and their family or caregivers. Specially trained military services therapists assist individuals facing post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, substance use, co-occurring disorders, thoughts of suicide, and other invisible wounds incurred from service, regardless of discharge status.

In memory of Brandon Hall

Mitch & Debby Steenrod were vital in the Helen Ross McNabb Foundation’s Military Services Campaign, which raised $2.5 million. Their dedication and tireless efforts helped launch the innovative program in 2016. Since its launch, the…

The Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) is designed to help adults with severe mental illnesses reduce or eliminate their symptoms, function in the community, live independently and reduce hospitalization. Sherry Light, LSCW recalls the start of the program at McNabb:

“I remember fondly the year the initial PACT staff went to Nashville to learn about the program in order to bring it back to Knoxville. I remember riding down with Jerry Vagnier talking about how much excitement there was about implementing this new program. Staff that started the program in Wisconsin trained us. I recall the large manual that went through each responsibility of each team member. Importance was placed on treatment team daily, where we all gave updates and interesting stories we encountered with medication deliveries. I had to be on call and get up in middle of the night to go meet a client to deescalate, try to hospitalize them or get them to the office first thing the next morning to meet with staff.

The PACT staff were all like a family. Candace Allen was our leader; we had a wonderful staff of nurses, vocational rehabilitation professionals, therapists and psychiatrists Dr. David Manning and Dr. John Schulte, all working for the same goal. I am proud to be a part of the birth of PACT at the McNabb Center and be a part of the success it has become over the past 21 years.”

Last year, PACT served 140 clients in Knox County.

The Program for Assertive Community Treatment (PACT) is designed to help adults with severe mental illnesses reduce or eliminate their symptoms, function in the community, live independently and reduce hospitalization. Sherry Light, LSCW recalls the…

The McNabb Center opened its new Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) in Hamblen County October of 2021. The 15-bed unit offers care 24 hours a day, seven days a week for those who are 18 or older and facing a behavioral health crisis.

The goal is to alleviate or stabilize symptoms, strengthen coping skills and facilitate access to services to prevent psychiatric hospitalization. 

The CSU servse the Tennessee Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services Regions 1 and 2, which include Anderson, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson and Union counties.

 This project is funded under a Grant Contract with the State of Tennessee, Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. 

The McNabb Center adds a new Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) in Hamblen County.