Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System

Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization headquartered at 413 Spring Street in Chattanooga, Tennessee, with registration in SAM.gov dating to May 2006. The organization serves as a prime recipient of federal grant awards focused on behavioral health, homelessness prevention, and veteran support services across 32 counties in Tennessee. Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System specializes in providing comprehensive, community-based mental health and substance use disorder treatment services while addressing critical social determinants such as housing instability and homelessness.

Through its federal grant portfolio, Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System has demonstrated extensive expertise in delivering services funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The organization has been the prime recipient of multiple Supportive Services for Veteran Families (SSVF) Program grants totaling over $3.3 million annually, providing outreach, case management, VA benefits assistance, and temporary financial assistance for housing-related expenses to very low-income veteran families. Additionally, Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System has received numerous Continuum of Care (CoC) Program grants from HUD totaling approximately $1.8 million cumulatively, supporting permanent housing, transitional housing, supportive services, and homelessness prevention activities. The organization also serves as a subrecipient of grants from the Tennessee Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse Services, delivering services including adult substance use disorder treatment across multiple American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) levels of care, school-based behavioral health liaisons, crisis counseling services, first episode psychosis interventions, recovery support services, and specialized programs for pregnant and postpartum women with substance use disorders. Furthermore, Volunteer Behavioral Health Care System has received grant funding to implement certified community behavioral health clinic services in rural Upper Cumberland Tennessee and operates a "Green on the Scene" mental health awareness training program for first responders across six counties. The organization's subgrant awards from county and state entities include partnerships with the Rutherford County Sheriff's Office for a police assistance to mental health wellness program and participation in law enforcement behavioral health response initiatives.