Volunteering with TN SHIP

Come join our team of State Certified Volunteer Counselors

ONLINE TRAINING AVAILABLE NOW

IN PERSON TRAINING DATES COMING SOON (EARLY 2026)

The State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) is a national program that helps the senior and disabled Medicare population. Tennessee SHIP needs volunteers like you for our East TN region: Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier, and Union counties.

Our required training gives you the confidence needed in your chosen volunteer level and allows you to become SHIP Certified!

Volunteer Levels:

Outreach and Events Volunteer
General Volunteer - Non-Counseling
In-kind Volunteer
Data Entry/Student Volunteer
Certified Medicare Counselor

We are partnered with the Senior Medicare Patrol (SMP), so you will also become knowledgeable on Medicare fraud and abuse.

Senior Medicare Patrol Logo

Being a SHIP Volunteer allows you to help those in your community who may be overwhelmed, confused, or just unsure of their options and many do not know there is free and unbiased help out there for them.