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Sen. Powers and others request funding for military-family behavioral health and regional training facilities
Summary
Senator Powers presented multiple appropriations requests, including continued funding for Centerstone Military Services behavioral-health services statewide and funding requests for EMS training space and a Montgomery County juvenile resource/detention center design.
Senator Powers asked the committee to continue state support for Centerstone Military Services behavioral-health programs, noting the program provided over 8,500 services to more than 1,300 individuals last fiscal year and that Centerstone has 335 licensed clinicians across Tennessee. He said prior appropriations ranged from $700,000 to $800,000 in recent years and the governor's proposed amendment included $500,000 this cycle.
Powers also requested $900,000 nonrecurring to renovate a county facility to provide EMS classroom and conference space in Clarksville, a $600,000 nonrecurring appropriation for design of a Montgomery County juvenile resource and detention center, and smaller local investments including $125,000 for Lone Oak Community Center and $1,000,000 for Viable (supporting foster youth employment skills). The transcript records presentations and requests but no votes.
