Tennessee Division of Developmental Disabilities is Four-Star Agency

 Frontier Health’s Tennessee Division of Developmental Disabilities services received a Four-Star Agency designation for 2008-‘09 by the Tennessee Division of Mental Retardation Services for the agency’s excellent performance regarding quality management of services and client support.
  The award recognizes Frontier Health’s role in helping people with developmental disabilities achieve healthy, secure, and meaningful lives. “The staff at Frontier Health should feel a much deserved sense of accomplishment,” said Deputy Commission Stephen H. Norris.

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ARCH Helps Bring $2.6 Million in New Funding to Region

   More than $2.6 Million in new Department of Housing and Urban Development funding is designated for our region thanks to the work of the Appalachian Regional Coalition on Homelessness, and its’ participants.

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Creating Homes Initiative Brings $21.5 Million to Region

   Through the Creating Homes Initiative, the Appalachian Regional Coalition on Homelessness, under the direction of Frontier Health's Jeanne Price, has garnered more money than any other region statewide.

   Region 1 has brought in more than $21.5 million in three years to create new, quality, affordable, and permanent housing for 672 individuals diagnosed with mental illness.

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CARF Accreditation 2005

Frontier Health's Magnolia Ridge and its outpatient services in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia recently received its 3-year accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.
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CARF Accreditation 2004

   Frontier Health's employment services in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia received its 3-year accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities.

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CEO E. Douglas Varney celebrates 30 years of service

Frontier Health's President and CEO E. Douglas Varney is celebrating 30 years of providing service for Frontier Health and the Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia region.
A special recognition from Gov. Phil Bredesen and several resolutions in Tennessee and Virginia acknowledge Varney's impact in the region and the states that are served by Frontier Health. Gov. Bredesen sent congratulations to Varney as an, "Award of Merit in recognition of 30 years of faithful service in the best interests and in the highest traditions of the State of Tennessee."

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Lee County Behavioral Health Services Construction Complete

After about a year of planning and construction, Lee County Behavioral Health Services opened May 25, merging adult, substance abuse, child and adolescent services together at one site in Jonesville. Adding 5,288 square feet, the facility will allow Lee County families to receive services at the same location. A grand opening will be scheduled for late summer for the new facility that will serve more than 600 consumers in Lee County. The Pennington Gap location will become a psychosocial rehabilitation service like Independence House in Big Stone Gap.

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CEO E. Douglas Varney recognized by peers

   NASHVILLE —The Tennessee Association of Mental Health Organizations awarded the 2004 Volunteer Leadership Award to E. Douglas Varney, president and CEO of Frontier Health. Varney, a member of TAMHO's Board of Directors since 1979, was recognized by his peers for his personal sacrifice as an uncompensated volunteer who works tirelessly with a, "strong commitment to TAMHO and the publicly-funded behavioral health system in Tennessee."

   Varney was honored for going beyond what would be reasonably expected and demonstrating, "highly effective leadership in a very complex and ever-changing field."

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