Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services (TDMHSAS) Mission and Vision Statements:
Mission
Creating collaborative pathways to resiliency, recovery, and independence for Tennesseans living with mental illness and substance use disorders.
Vision
A state of resiliency, recovery, and independence in which Tennesseans living with mental illness and substance use disorder thrive.
Programs from the TDMHSAS Division of Substance Abuse Service
Substance Abuse
Prevention Coalitions
Contact information for
coalitions across the state
Project Lifeline
Reducing the stigma
surrounding
addiction and increasing access
to recovery resources
Faith-Based Initiatives
Certified Recovery
Congregation Program to help
communities of faith build
recovery support services
Regional Overdose
Prevention Specialist
For training on opioid overdose
and naloxone distribution
Recovery Navigators
Meeting patients in emergency
departments to connect them
to treatment
Prevention Alliance of
Tennessee
Informing and advocating for
alcohol safety, substance abuse
prevention, and public health
policy
Coalitions for Safe and
Healthy Campus
Community (CHASCo)
Alcohol, drug, and violence
prevention on Tennessee’s
campuses
Recovery Court Programs
Information about recovery
courts in Tennessee
