The McNabb Foundation hosts a variety of special events, capital campaigns, and special projects to improve lives and support the work of the McNabb Center, which provides mental health care, substance use, social and victim services in East Tennessee. The Helen Ross McNabb Foundation was founded and exists today for the purpose of supporting the Helen Ross McNabb Center. Founded in 1948, the Helen Ross McNabb Center was the first community mental health facility in the State of Tennessee. Today, it is a regional, not-for-profit, integrated system of mental health, substance abuse, and social services with 85 locations in 29East Tennessee counties. Throughout its history, the Center's goal has been to compassionately provide quality mental health services to the greater Knoxville community. This goal remains unchanged. The Center continues to refine and reorganize current services and develop new programs and partnerships in response to and in anticipation of changes in the health care market.