This list has been given to me over a year ago, and there was not one single resource available to me as a man from any one of these that apply to me in mid-tn. The coalition against domestic violence is a prime example of gender discrimintaion. And it's organizations like this that make me the angriest as they recieve the lions share of public funding and offer me nothing more than a 'tough luck' message, and NEVER a call back.
If I were beaten up by my wife, there is not a shelter between Tenn and Ten Buck To that I could go to. Let alone a law enforcement officer or judge to uphold me. Been there also in a previous life.
The only exception in your list might be the MHA of East Tn, but they are 200 mi away, and chances are any referral they might give, think they are too good to humble themselves to comply with managed care like every other health care professional, and bill for insurance. And there is no way I am going to pay premiums for the finest BC/BS only to have some pseudo professional with a PhD expect me to make life any easier for him than I would for my internist or orthopedist who carry 10 times the liability.
Correspondance I have previously recieved suggest that Chattanooga would be a better place for me to start searching out of region. But for that matter, all the correspondence I ever see on message boards that ever suggests successful theraputic intervention seems to originate in Minnesota. Paul Wellstone must have had a profound affect.
Thanx for your efforts, but believe me when I say there is NOTHING. Not one single program or a cent to fund it. PERIOD. It's just not there. Please don't make me look like the ill informed one.
Tom S.