{"id":1341,"date":"2021-05-17T05:01:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T05:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.recoveryresourcestn.org\/?page_id=1341"},"modified":"2024-04-29T10:02:01","modified_gmt":"2024-04-29T14:02:01","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.recoveryresourcestn.org\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"Who We Are"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Individuals, families, and communities across our region are grappling with the devastating effects of addiction. Thankfully, there is hope because individuals, families, and communities recover every day. Together, so will we.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Founded in 2018 by three friends in long-term recovery, our organization is a 501(c)3 nonprofit supporting recovery from substance use and addiction in Northeast Tennessee.<\/p>

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\n\t\t\t\tOn track for LADAC II\nCertified Family Support Specialist \nI am an East Tennessee native from Carter County. I love these mountains and want to see our communities heal from the damage wreaked on our area by addiction. \nI co-founded Recovery Resources TN in 2018 with two dear friends. The three of us hoped to create a non-profit to make it a little easier on the people coming into recovery behind us. My passion is to help people find a path through recovery in which they can thrive and become the person they want to be. It is my heart’s desire that our organization be a safe place where people can live, learn and grow. <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tJilian Reece is the Treasurer of Recovery Resources. She has a bachelor’s degree in communication from ETSU and is a Certified Prevention Specialist. Her favorite part of her job is working with teenagers because she is confident they are going to make the world a gentler and kinder place as they grow. She also loves teaching about adverse childhood experiences and feels like everyone should know their score and how to build resilience (and their enneagram number too!). Jilian has three precious boys and one amazing little girl who loves to play, learn and grow in the Carter County community and she hopes that her work makes that community a better place for them.\n\nCertified Prevention Specialist II <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tEllie Pappas Franklin is Licensed Master\u2019s Social Worker and Supervisee in Clinical Social Work. Her background as a public defender social worker inspired a passion for fighting against mass incarceration and the criminalization of poverty and addiction. She currently works as outpatient therapist in community mental health. <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\tJason served 4 years in the United States Marine Corps before transitioning into a 16-year career in law\nenforcement. He then made a career change which allowed him to give back by assisting others in\nfinding their way to the road to recovery.\nJason is currently a Licensed Master Social Worker in Mental Health for the Veterans Administration,\nMountain Home, TN. Jason previously worked for Insight Alliance as part of the Lifeline Peer Project of\nTennessee from August 2013 to August 2022. He served as the Region 1 Lifeline Peer Project\nCoordinator, and was a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist (CPRS).\nJason is a person in long term recovery from co-occurring disorders and desires to work to help others\nbreak the chains of addiction. He graduated from The University of Tennessee in May 2022, where he\nreceived his Masters of Social Work Degree. <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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About Recovery Resources Our Purpose Individuals, families, and communities across our region are grappling with the devastating effects of addiction. Thankfully, there is hope because individuals, families, and communities recover every day. Together, so will we. Founded in 2018 by three friends in long-term recovery, our organization is a 501(c)3 nonprofit supporting recovery from substance […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recoveryresourcestn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1341"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recoveryresourcestn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recoveryresourcestn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recoveryresourcestn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.recoveryresourcestn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1341"}],"version-history":[{"count":310,"href":"https:\/\/www.recoveryresourcestn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5377,"href":"https:\/\/www.recoveryresourcestn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1341\/revisions\/5377"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.recoveryresourcestn.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}