John Kilpatrick, who founded Vets Recover in 2015, discusses the ongoing challenges to access mental health care in coastal Alabama, particularly for veterans.
John Kilpatrick, founder and CEO of Vets Recover, a mental health nonprofit primarily focuses on veterans, first responders and their families. Here, Kilpatrick discusses the difficulty accessing mental health care in Mobile and how Vets Recover is trying to fill in the gaps. ., sometimes known as Veterans Recovery Resources, is a mental health nonprofit that focuses primarily on providing treatment to veterans, first responders and their families.
Vets Recover is also in the process of expanding into inpatient treatment and is currently renovating a historic school on Springhill Avenue in Mobile’s Campground neighborhood. John Kilpatrick, a veteran of the U.S. Military with experience in the Medical Service Corps in the U.S. Army, founded Vets Recover after growing frustrated with trying to get veterans in the area help. Here, he discusses VRR’s new inpatient programs and how south Alabama’s mental health system isn’t set up to meet the needs of the community.Talk about the facility you’re renovating, the big building on Springhill Avenue.
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