Partners

Community Partner Program Descriptions

2-1-1—EAST TENNESSEE INFORMATION AND REFERRAL
546-6262
P. O. Box 51650, Knoxville, Tennessee 37950

Non-Emergency Telephone Line for Human Service Information
2-1-1 is an easy to remember telephone number and Internet portal that provides free, confidential multilingual information and referral services that connect Knox County residents in need with a full range of appropriate community, social, health and government services including housing, food, health facilities, legal and tax assistance, child care, and volunteer opportunities.


AGAPE
525-1661
428 East Scott Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917

Therapeutic Residential Halfway House
A residential treatment program for female substance abusers. Services include individual counseling, group therapy, vocational guidance, computer skills training, budgeting, nutrition, parenting skills, retraining through vocational rehabilitation and referrals. Participants must be females 19 years of age or older with a minimum of 72 hours sobriety and a sincere desire for rehabilitation.

AMERICAN RED CROSS
584-2999
6921 Middlebrook Pike, P.O. Box 50156, Knoxville, Tennessee 37950-0156

Community Volunteer Services
A program which recruits, trains, and supervises volunteers in the provision of basic first aid services including volunteers at school health clinics.  Through its partnership with the University of Tennessee’s ClinicVols, several low income school clinics are staffed.

Disaster/Emergency Services
A program that trains volunteers, coordinates community/emergency planning for local disasters, and provides disaster relief to the victims of emergencies, including the victims of single-family fires, floods, and other disasters in the community. A family suffering such loss is offered counseling and assistance in planning recovery. Housing is provided either in mass shelters during large-scale disasters, or in motel rooms for single-family incidents.

Nursing Education Services
The Nursing Assistant Training Program recruits and trains students in the skills needed to become Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs). The health services program component trains volunteers to provide blood pressure screenings at area community events.

Safety Education Services
These programs provide certified training classes in life saving and injury prevention skills such as CPR, first aid, blood borne pathogens, and oxygen administration. Classes are taught at the Red Cross chapter house, individual companies and local businesses. The Red Cross provides first aid stations at University of Tennessee football games, the Tennessee Valley Fair, the Civic Coliseum, and other large public events.  

Services to the Armed Forces
This program provides worldwide emergency communications to members of the armed forces and their families. The program also assists military personnel with access to financial assistance, and provides counseling to military families and veterans.

Youth Services
A program providing basic first aid training and other courses to students in elementary through high school, plus personal growth
and leadership development opportunities to youth through training and volunteering in community service activities through school or university Red Cross Clubs and Red Cross special events.

ARNSTEIN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
690-6343
6800 Deane Hill Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919

Milton Collins Day Camp
An accredited summer camp operating from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. for eleven weeks every summer. Social skills, child care, swimming, and sports are offered to children ages three to 12 years, with leadership development and staff training available for
high-school age children.

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION
470-7909
6504 Deane Hill Drive, Suite C, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919

Patient and Community Services
This program provides a variety of services for adults and juveniles with arthritis and their families. Services include education and self-care, learning opportunities, support, and advocacy. It also provides a loan closet of donated self-help aids such as wheelchairs, walkers, electric beds and other equipment.

Public and Professional Education
The public education program strives to increase awareness about arthritis. Health care professionals provide educational programs for other health care providers as well as people with arthritis.

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
523-2179
4928 Homberg Drive, Suite B-3, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919

Community-Based Mentoring
A one-to-one mentoring service for children 6 to 17 years of age who have suffered family disruption or loss. The volunteer adult "Big" acts as a friend and role model.

School-Based Mentoring
This program matches volunteers for weekly contact with school-age children (with social, academic and/or behavioral issues) identified by school personnel as needing the extra attention of a mentor.

 

BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAIN COUNCIL
588-6514
1333 Old Weisgarber Road, P.O. Box 51885, Knoxville, Tennessee 37950-1885

Boy Scouting
A program that helps boys in the 6th to 12th grades develop character, values and leadership and ethical decision-making skills so that they become productive adults.

Camping and Activities
A program to build character, to foster citizenship and to develop fitness through camping and other activities such as hiking, boating and other adventure and travel experiences for all scouting programs.

Cub Scouting
A program that helps boys in the first through fifth grades develop values, character, leadership and ethical decision-making skills.

Learning for Life
This in-school program serves boys and girls from kindergarten to the 12th grade to help prepare students to successfully navigate the complexities of society.  Teachers at all grade levels are trained and can use more than 50 age-appropriate lessons in their classrooms to teach character development and decision-making skills.

Outreach Scouting
This program modifies the traditional Boy Scout and Cub Scout programs for maximum effectiveness with at-risk groups.

Venturing Program
A program to build character, to foster citizenship and to develop fitness in boys and girls in the 9th - 12th grades to become productive adults.

 

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF THE TENNESSEE VALLEY
544-3825 Ext. 221 for Information
220 Carrick St., Suite 318, Knoxville, Tennessee 37921

Childcare Food Program
A program that provides nutritious snacks and hot meals to participating Boys and Girls Club members on a daily basis.

Child Safety Program
This program teaches personal safety and self-protective skills to students to reduce vulnerability to abuse, crime, and violence in
the streets, schools and homes.

Education and Literacy Development
This program provides daily homework assistance through tutorial activities. The program also provides summer reading activities and basic computer training.

Interpersonal and Life Skills Development
This program provides career opportunities and prepares youth for employment responsibilities. Several special interest "clubs" provide enrichment activities such as photography and community service.

Prevention and Health
A program which provides activities to increase awareness and prevent drug/alcohol use and teen pregnancy. This program also includes health screenings for vision and dental deficiencies and information on good nutrition, hygiene, and physical activities.

 

CAC—OFFICE ON AGING
524-2786
2247 Western Avenue, P.O. Box 51650, Knoxville, Tennessee 37950-1650

Daily Living Center
This program provides adult daycare for persons 60 years and older. The Center's main purpose is to promote health, socialization, and independent living skills, and to prevent premature institutionalization.

Mobile Meals
A program which delivers meals five days a week, including holidays, to Knox County citizens who are at least 60 years old and who cannot cook for themselves or have no one to prepare a meal for them.

Senior Citizens Information and Referral Service (SCIRS)
A service providing detailed information and referral to/for senior citizens seeking help in such areas as housing, transportation, health, recreation, finances, retirement, or simply a listening ear.

CASA—A CHILD'S VOICE IN COURT, INC.
329-3399
2250 Sutherland Avenue, Suite C-101, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919

Court Appointed Special Advocates
CASA provides advocacy, through carefully trained and assigned volunteers, to children who are dependent, abused and/or neglected and seen by the Knox County Juvenile Court. CASA volunteers carefully study each child's case and become that "child's voice in court" working for the best possible placement.

CATHOLIC CHARITIES
524-9896
3009 Lake Brook Boulevard, Knoxville, Tennessee 37909

Samaritan Place
This program provides transitional housing for the elderly and a safe and supportive place for people to stay on a short-term basis. It provides support when a person leaves his or her home because of abuse, exploitation, neglect, self-neglect, or when a financial crisis leads to a loss of housing, situations where the present home is unsafe or in need of major repair, or during any emergency that threatens a person’s safety.

CEREBRAL PALSY CENTER
523-0491
241 Woodland Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917-6363

Day Services for Adults with Significant Disabilities
This program provides day habilitation, training, community participation, and community-based employment services to physically disabled adults with the purpose of increasing independence and successful community integration.

CEREBRAL PALSY HOUSING CORPORATION
687-9204
2014 Highland Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37918-2219

Group Home
This program provides residential care for physically disabled adults in a group home setting. Associated services include meals, transportation, and personal attendant care.


CHILD & FAMILY TENNESSEE
524-7483
901 East Summit Hill Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37915

Connections: In-Home Family Preservation
A program that provides crisis intervention and family preservation through flexible, family-focused in-home services designed to address the problems of at-risk children and families in Knox County.

Continuum for Permanency Services
This program provides a wide range of services from intensive residential care to in-home services that help families stay together. Additional services such as an accredited school, nursing and psychological care are also provided. Children work through this continued transitioning to less restrictive environments until the ultimate goal of reunification with family, family foster care, or independent living is achieved.

Family Crisis Center
This program provides an emergency shelter for abused women ages 18 and older, with or without children. In addition to shelter, they receive treatment and case management services.

Great Starts
A residential or day treatment program that provides services for drug-exposed, HIV positive and/or medically fragile infants up to three years of age and their pregnant or postpartum mothers. This program was established to help prevent abandonment of infants and maintain family unity.

Kids on the Block
An educational preventive program where volunteers present programs in the schools using nationally developed scripts and childlike puppets to provide information to children on such varied topics as bullying, divorce, physical and sexual abuse, drug abuse, prevention of teenage pregnancy, living with disabilities, AIDS, and organ and tissue donation.

Partners for Child Abuse Prevention
This is an interactive case management approach to provide linkage, continuous support, and follow-up for parents. The goal of the program is to prevent child abuse and neglect by providing parenting education and child development classes and other supportive services.

PASAAC/ Sex Abuse Prevention
This program assists individuals and families affected by sexual abuse. The program helps them to cope with the trauma and understand their individual and family dynamics so they can lead personally satisfying, socially useful lives and prevent further occurrences of abuse.

PleasanTree Apartments
A residential program that assists the homeless, mentally ill, and single-parent families and their children so they can learn to function independently in the community.

Runaway Shelter and Project Safe Place
An emergency shelter for runaway and homeless youth. The shelter provides services 24-hours a day, 365-days a year including a telephone hotline. Services are available to youth ages 11-18.

Therapy Center
A licensed outpatient mental health program that provides psychotherapy for individual and family emotional problems. Services are provided for people of all ages and income levels on a sliding scale basis.

Transitional Living
This program offers long-term residential and outreach services for youth who currently do not have a safe, viable living situation or who are at imminent risk of becoming homeless. Services include case management, counseling, life skills training, career counseling, and liaison services with a variety of community agencies.

THE CHILDREN'S CENTER
523-2672
301 Frank Street, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919-2203

Certificate Program
This program provides matching funds to support child care services for children who are protected, abused, handicapped, developmentally delayed or come from single parent homes.

Scholarship Program
This program provides a subsidy for day care services to families who are unable to pay full fee and meet income guidelines.

COLUMBUS HOME
971-3560
3009 Lake Brook Boulevard, Knoxville, Tennessee 37909

Group Home for Boys
A program of Catholic Charities, Columbus Home is a Level II residential home for boys ages 12-17 that are in state custody. 
The group home serves boys with problems such as drug and alcohol addiction, anger management, learning disabilities, and
trauma related behaviors as a result of abuse, abandonment and neglect. Clients must have a referral from the Tennessee
Department of Children's Services.

Parent Place
This program provides a place for the professional supervision of visitation between children and their non-custodial parents.

EAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL REHABILITATION CENTER
690-8961
1025 Children's Way, Knoxville, Tennessee 37922

Motor Development Services
This program provides physician-referred physical and occupational therapy rehabilitation, evaluation and treatment services to children with handicaps and special needs. Children served range from those with mild developmental delays to those with multiple and chronically disabling disorders such as cerebral palsy, spina bifida, and genetic syndromes.

Speech and Language Services
This service provides physician-referred speech and language therapy rehabilitation, evaluation and treatment services to children with handicaps and special needs. Children served range from those with mild developmental delays to those with multiple and chronically disabling disorders, such as cerebral palsy.

THE EAST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY DESIGN CENTER
525-9945
1300 North Broadway, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917

Designworks
Using volunteer professionals, this program provides architectural, engineering and landscape design work and planning assistance to nonprofit community groups that are looking to expand, remodel, build or add community assets and that are not able to afford professional fees for these services.

EAST TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS CENTER
219-0130
4918 North Broadway, Knoxville, Tennessee 37918

Community Living:  Direct Assistance and Advocacy
This program provides direct assistance to any individuals with disabilities and their families specifically related to assistive technology information, funding, advocacy, evaluations, consultations, training, technical support, educational management, and the loan and manufacture of specific devices, toys and software.

Building Literacy in Students with Disabilities
A program which provides children with disabilities access to books and other written materials using assistive technology.

 

EPILEPSY FOUNDATION
522-4991
1715 Magnolia Avenue, P.O. Box 3156, Knoxville, Tennessee 37927-3156

Client Services
This program provides up-to-date information, financial assistance and emotional support to people with epilepsy and their families. Financial counseling and some assistance is provided for needed seizure medication while locating a permanent option through various patient assistance programs. Helmets are provided free of charge to children who could not otherwise afford them along with proper safety instruction.

Public Education
This program educates the public about epilepsy by providing information and dispelling myths through a Speaker’s Bureau and trained volunteers who teach seizure first aid to police officers, first responders, day care staff and teachers in the community. School children in grades K-12 are educated about epilepsy through first aid, seizure recognition and sensitivity training.

 

THE FLORENCE CRITTENTON AGENCY
602-2021
1531 Dick Lonas Road, Knoxville, Tennessee 37909-1218

Residential Treatment Services
This is a Level II residential program for adolescent females ages 13-17 who are in state custody and are referred by the Department of Children’s Services.  These young women have moderate to emotional and behavioral problems that interfere with their ability to live at home or with a relative.  In addition to room and board, counseling, education, medical care, supervision and wholesome recreation are provided with a goal of finding appropriate permanent placements with family or foster care.

STARS (Students Teaching and Respecting Sexuality)
A panel of speakers composed of local sexually abstinent teens, teen parents, and pregnant teens with the purposes of promoting abstinence, sexual responsibility and preventing teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases including AIDS, who participate
in presentations in Knox County middle and high schools.


FRIENDS OF LITERACY
594-1507
101 East Fifth Avenue, Room 217, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917

Adult Literacy Program
This program helps individuals obtain their GEDs, improve their reading skills, and provide free literacy education in areas such as language, math, science and social studies through its Adult Education Program.  It partners with the Knox County Adult Education Program, Pellissippi State’s Adult Education, CAC Ross Learning Center, and the GED class at the Knox County Sheriff’s Detention facility.

GIRL SCOUTS OF THE SOUTHERN APPALACHIANS
688-9440
1567 Downtown West Boulevard, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919

Health and Fitness
This initiative provides programs for girls ages 5-17 to help them learn healthy lifestyle behaviors leading to physical, mental and emotional well-being and the development of practical life skills through council events, troop meeting activities and community outreach programs facilitated by staff, volunteer mentors and community education partners.

Experiential Education
A program that provides learning opportunities for girls age 5-17 that uses hands-on experience to build skills that foster academic achievement and augment practical education in the areas of literacy, arts and culture, science, technology, engineering, math, environmental stewardship and diversity.

GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
588-8567
5307 Kingston Pike, P. O. Box 11066, Knoxville, Tennessee 37939-1066

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
This program provides individualized training to students with disabilities who have a desire to become a Nurse's Assistant. The HOP program provides a Caregiver class that prepares individuals for positions in the daycare profession and prepares them to move into the CNA program.

Occupational Skills Training/SPACE
This program trains students on a variety of office systems (e.g. Windows, Microsoft Office, and Internet) and prepares them for employment. The Clerical Skills Training program works with students to increase their typing speed and accuracy in order to enter the next level SPACE program.

Placement
This program assists individuals in identifying, obtaining and/or maintaining employment commensurate with their vocational, social, psychological, and mental needs and abilities. In addition, services are available to employers to facilitate the successful employment of individuals with disabilities.

Work Adjustment
This program is designed to establish appropriate social behaviors and work habits necessary for success in competitive employment. A specific adjustment plan is developed for each individual based on the information produced from the vocational evaluation. The consumer and referral sources are involved in the planning and implementation of the program.

HELEN ROSS McNABB CENTER
637-9711
201 West Springdale Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917

Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Services
An intensive short-term chemical abuse residential rehabilitation program for adolescents ages 13-18.

Adult Intensive Outpatient
This service provides outpatient substance abuse support services to men and women whose lives are affected by their own substance abuse.

Adult Residential
A detoxification service in a short-term residential rehabilitation facility that includes group and individual counseling, chemical dependency education, life skills training, family and aftercare counseling, referral, and assessment.

Sisters of the Rainbow
This service provides day treatment to women with children whose lives are affected by substance abuse and addiction.

Therapeutic Preschool
A program providing comprehensive assessment and treatment services to abused and neglected preschool children, ages three to six, and their families. The program goals are to reduce the risk of ongoing abuse, overcome developmental delays, restructure family and home environments, and to improve parental child-rearing skills.

INTERFAITH HEALTH CLINIC
546-7330
315 Gill Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917

Healthcare for the Working Uninsured
This program provides on-site family practice health care to working individuals without insurance. Services include lab work and x-rays on a sliding fee scale. Specialty clinics including podiatry, gynecology, diabetic counseling and minor surgery are held at the clinic on a regular basis. Dental care, mental health counseling, and affordable medications are also offered on-site.


KNOXVILLE AREA PROJECT ACCESS (KAPA)
531-2766  x235
115 Suburban Road, Knoxville, Tennessee 37923

Kidney Dialysis Transportation Services
This program administers and coordinates a wide range of transportation services for Knox County patients in need of dialysis services that have limited financial resources.

 

KNOX COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS
546-9431
3000 North Central Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917-5126

Beta Home
A residential program for adults with developmental disabilities. Most of the clients have lived in state institutions for the greater part of their lives.

Independent Living
This program addresses impediments to the successful employment of people with disabilities, including social isolation, lack of independent living support, and job replacement.

Sunshine Early Intervention
A program providing infant and early childhood education and training for babies with developmental disabilities. This home-based program teaches parents how they can most effectively work with their children with disabilities.

Sunshine Industries
This service provides jobs, job training, and placement for adults with developmental disabilities ages 18 years and older.  Clients must have sufficient social, physical, and cognitive skills to meet minimum production requirements.

Sunshine Leisure Services
This program provides recreational and social activities for people with developmental disabilities and handicaps.

KNOX COUNTY SCHOOLS/PTA CLOTHING CENTER
594-3791 (Center) / 594-1398 (Office)
1000 North Central Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917

PTA Clothing Center
This service provides clothing to children enrolled in the Knox County Schools whose families do not have the resources to purchase needed items.  Each child is provided with two pairs of new jeans, new socks and underwear, and a new shirt. Other clothing is distributed from donated items.  Students receive sufficient clothing to last for at least five school days. Coats are provided if needed and available. Students are eligible to receive clothing twice a year.

 

KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE
524-5511
1514 East Fifth Avenue, P.O. Box 1911, Knoxville, Tennessee 37901-1911

Housing and Community Development
A service providing housing-related consultation and referrals, homebuyer’s education, mortgage default intervention strategies, and budgeting/credit repair. It encourages lenders, developers, and other service providers to develop affordable housing services and policies to maximize housing opportunities and foster community development.

Workforce Development and Technology
This program provides outreach, assessment, pre-employment consultation, skills training, and referrals to promote access to employment/career, business, and other opportunities. It also provides mediation and workforce consultation with stakeholders to foster a cohesive and inclusive working environment and an assessment of area workforce needs and policies particularly in the areas of health care, building/trades, and service industries.

KNOXVILLE CENTER OF THE DEAF
579-0832
3731 Martin Mill Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920

Core Management Program
This program provides direction, planning, coordination, implementation, and feedback for all the agency's service programs.

KNOXVILLE VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY RESCUE SQUAD
546-4824 (Office) / 546-4821 (Emergencies)
512 Chilhowee Drive NE, Knoxville, Tennessee 37914

Rescue and Safety Services
This program provides emergency primary vehicle rescue services and water rescue services for Knox County. It also provides specialized rescue service for Knoxville and Knox County including cave/vertical, support, heavy rescue, trench, and search services.

LADIES OF CHARITY
524-0538
Administrative Office: 119 Dameron Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917-6414
Thrift Store: 1031 North Central Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 37917-6449

Emergency Assistance Program
This program provides emergency assistance such as a nutritious three-day supply of food based on family size, rent, medication, clothing, baby layettes, and limited utility assistance to individuals and families.  Non-utility fuel assistance is also available for coal, firewood, and kerosene. 


LEGAL AID OF EAST TENNESSEE
637-0484
502 South Gay Street, Suite 404, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902-1595

Domestic Violence Civil Legal Services
This program provides legal representation to victims of domestic violence with the goal of ending physical and psychological abuse.

Paralegal Intake and Brief Services
A client intake and brief services program that provides brief legal assistance or links low-income clients, as necessary, with a staff member or volunteer attorney to assist them in resolving civil legal problems.

 

MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION
584-9125
9050 Executive Park Drive, Suite 104-A, P. O. Box 32731, Knoxville, Tennessee 37930-2731

Client Services
This program assists individuals who are mentally and emotionally disturbed and their families with direct services such as free mental health/depression screenings, information and referral services for treatment, and direct assistance to children of mentally ill parents with shoes, clothing and school supplies upon referral from child serving agencies in the community.

Education
Services include the following programs: Mental Health 101, a school-based outreach program to increase students’ knowledge of mental illness and suicidal behaviors; Mental Health Matters in the Workplace for employers; Mental Health Matters in the Faith Community; and Mental Health Matters in the Law Enforcement Community to train new recruits to recognize and understand mental illness in their community policing role.

System Advocacy
This program identifies mental health system gaps and barriers, tracks trends regarding access to care, and works to advocate on the state and local levels on behalf of individuals in need of mental health services in the East Tennessee area.

MY VILLAGE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
577-0123
1600 Willoughby Road, Knoxville, Tennessee 37920

My Village Child Development Center
This child care program provides a safe, nurturing environment in which children can grow and learn in six classrooms serving ages
6 weeks to fifth grade. The Center has a three star rating from the Tennessee Department of Human Services and provides assurance to working parents that their children are having their physical, emotional, and psychological needs met.

PENINSULA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
374-7150
6800 Baum Drive, Knoxville, Tennessee 37919

Independent Living Program
A program providing intensive treatment, case management, and wraparound supports for individuals who are seriously and persistently mentally ill to live as independently as possible in community settings.

SAFE HAVEN CRISIS AND RECOVERY CENTER
522-7273 (crisis line)
558-9040 (administration)
900 East Hill Avenue, Suite 145, P.O. Box 11523, Knoxville, Tennessee 37939-1523

Personal Child Safety Education
This program teaches basic safety skills to students in elementary classrooms and additional topics including bullying, Internet
safety, dating violence and sexual harassment to middle and high school students to meet the state mandated instruction on child abuse prevention.

Victim Advocacy
A program providing a variety of services to victims of rape and sexual abuse to assist them with making informed choices about their legal rights including 24-hour crisis counseling, medical information, hospital and court accompaniment, legal information, and cooperation with law enforcement officials.

THE SALVATION ARMY
525-9401
409 North Broadway, P.O. Box 669, Knoxville, Tennessee 37901

Emergency Assistance Program
This is an emergency service program that provides financial assistance and supplementary aid such as food, clothing, prescriptions, and furniture to local families and individuals in emergency situations.

Joy Baker Center/Women’s Shelter
This program for women and women with children provides emergency residential services and ongoing treatment and support. Information and referrals, case management, advocacy, therapeutic services, and specialized services for children are also provided in an effort to end the cycle of victimization and enable clients to positively restructure their lives.

Operation Bootstrap/Men's Shelter
A service that provides transitional shelter to single, homeless males in an effort to help them rebuild their lives by obtaining employment.  Services include lodging, meals, clothing, counseling, computer training, case management, transportation assistance, and employment referrals.

 

SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK
521-0000
922 Delaware Avenue, Knoxville, Tennessee 37921

Cased Food
This program provides a variety of packaged and fresh foods in case quantities at a discounted rate for qualified agency/food partners that serve the hungry in Knox County.

Food for Kids
A collaborative program administered by staff members at Knox County schools that provides weekend meals in backpacks for at-risk elementary school children and their siblings.

Kids Café
This program provides snacks or group-prepared after school meals and nutrition education for at-risk elementary school children in partnership with the YMCA, the Boys & Girls Clubs and other community and church youth groups.

Knoxville Harvest
This program rescues prepared and perishable food from grocers, restaurants and food suppliers and delivers it daily to soup kitchens and other partners that serve the hungry.

SENIOR CITIZENS HOME ASSISTANCE SERVICE
523-2920
209 Bearden Place, P.O. Box 3025, Knoxville, Tennessee 37927-3025

Home Hair Care
Licensed cosmetologists provide personal care including shaves, shampoos, permanents, and diabetic foot care to homebound clients.

Homemaker Program
A service in which trained and bonded Home Assistants provide homemaker tasks including meal preparation, light housekeeping, laundry, grocery shopping, personal care, and companionship to elderly and handicapped clients.


VOLUNTEER MINISTRY CENTER
524-3926
511 North Broadway, P.O. Box 325, Knoxville, Tennessee 37901-0325

The Resource Center
This program is a client-centered, case managed program for homeless persons to provide resources to individuals committed to achieving permanent housing.  It is open daily from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and provides shelter, meals, showers, and laundry facilities. The program also offers alcohol/ drug recovery classes, budgeting classes, and anger management classes.

 

WESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY CENTER
524-5494
923 Dameron Avenue NW, Knoxville, Tennessee 37921-3500

C.A.R.E.S.(Children’s After-school Recreation, Education and Support)
A program providing after-school enrichment focusing on education, performing arts,  life skills, character building, and recreation
to at-risk youth in the first through fifth grades. Area children and youth are served from 2:30 to 6:00 p.m. daily.

S.T.E.P. (Summer Time Enrichment Program)
A summer day camp for elementary school-aged children which focuses on supervised recreational activities. Academic enrichment, community service, cooking, and residential camping are only a few of the opportunities offered to participants in this program which runs for eight weeks, Monday through Friday, from 7:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. Breakfast, lunch and snacks are served daily.

W.I.S.E. (Wellness in Senior Education)
This service provides a variety of senior citizen programs which include a well-balanced meal and transportation to and from the Center on a weekly basis.

YMCA
522-9625
616 Jessamine Street, Knoxville, TN 37902

Community Aquatics and Safety Programs
A program offering swimming instruction and basic water safety for preschool, school-age children and their families. Other swimming programs include adult instruction, adult exercises and arthritic programs for senior citizens, handicapped programs, recreational swims, and swim teams.  Scholarships for courses are offered on a sliding scale or reduced rate basis.

Community Wellness Programs
This service includes health, wellness and membership programs for YMCA facilities, including scholarships for individuals in need.
Activities include programs for the disabled, memberships for families of deployed military, and alternative physical education programs in local schools.

Day Camp Program
The day camping program provides summer child care for children ages 4-15 at various schools and locations in Knox County with scholarships available for qualified children.

School Age Child Care Programs
A service providing scholarship assistance to qualified youth in after-school child care at various sites and schools for children in grades K-5 attending Knox County Schools.

Teen Leadership Programs
The goal of this program is to provide leadership development and support which is individually designed for youth and teens to reach their personal potential. Activities include college tours, field trips, computer training, service projects and life skills workshops.  Scholarships are available for qualified youth.

YWCA
523-6126
420 West Clinch Avenue SW, Knoxville, Tennessee 37902-2198

After-School Program (Phyllis Wheatley Center)
The Phyllis Wheatley Branch provides  an after-school enrichment program to address the needs of middle school students in the East Knoxville neighborhood including tutoring, fitness activities, arts and cultural programs, field trips and mentoring.

Health and Fitness
This program offers lost cost fitness programming including health screenings and nutrition workshops to low income families in addition to free classes designed for clients in the Transitional Housing and After-School Enrichment Programs.

Victim Advocacy Program
The program provides direct services to victims of domestic violence and elder abuse. These services include crisis intervention, intake and needs assessment, assistance in completing court documents, preparation of victims for court appearances, accompaniment to court, and referral to other community agencies. This program also includes community education presentations and training sessions for local police officers and attorneys.

Youth Department
This service provides a Y-Teen program for middle and high school girls in Knox County to gain valuable leadership skills and self-esteem through community service and leadership roles. The Summer Kids in Play Program offers working parents an inexpensive supervised program for their children during the summer. Boys and girls, ages 5-12, are served through this program.