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- July. 10, 2010

- Apr. 08, 2010

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Program Support

211
$45,200

  • 211— Knoxville’s Information and Referral - 45,200

AGAPE
$58,000

  • Halfway House and Residential Treatment - 58,000

AMERICAN RED CROSS
$745,826

  • Armed Forces - 135,000
  • Community Volunteer Services - 87,040
  • Disaster Services - 245,000
  • Health and Nursing Services - 119,800
  • Safety Education Services - 97,993
  • Youth Services - 60,993

ARNSTEIN JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER
$6,517

  • Milton Collins Day Camp - 6,517

ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION
$83,875

  • Patient and Community Services - 28,875
  • Public and Professional Education - 35,000
  • Research - 20,000

BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS OF TENNESSEE VALLEY
$100,000

  • CORE (Community Based Mentoring) - 54,000
  • Bigs in Schools (School Based Mentoring) - 46,000

BOY SCOUTS
$243,737

  • Boy Scout Program - 34,644
  • Cub Scout Program - 100,399
  • Venturing Program - 7,783
  • Learning for Life - 31,094
  • Outreach Scouting - 45,086
  • Activities and Camping Program - 24,731

BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS
$717,270

  • Child Care Food Program - 127,796
  • Child Safety Program - 157,994
  • Education and Literacy Development - 163,296
  • Interpersonal and Life Skills Development - 136,283
  • Prevention and Health - 131,901

CASA
$43,943

  • Court Appointed Special Advocates - 43,943

CATHOLIC CHARITIES
$12,600

  • Samaritan Place - 12,600

CEREBRAL PALSY CENTER
$244,157

  • Day Services - 244,157

CEREBRAL PALSY HOUSING CORPORATION
$34,000

  • Group Home - 34,000

CHILD & FAMILY TENNESSEE
$725,670

  • Connections:  In Home Family Preservation - 97,780
  • Continuum for Permanency Services - 78,800
  • Family Crisis Center - 85,000
  • Family Life Enrichment - 16,500
  • Great Starts - 39,984
  • Kids on the Block - 29,000
  • Managing Emotions Nonviolently (MEN’s) Partners for Child Abuse Prevention - 62,000
  • PASAAC / Sex Abuse Counseling - 90,000
  • PleasanTree Apartments - 53,200
  • Respond - 12,000
  • Runaway Shelter and Project Safe Place - 68,952
  • Therapy Center - 68,000
  • Transitional Living - 15,954

THE CHILDREN’S CENTER
$71,619

  • CAC (Certificate) Program - 17,905
  • Scholarship Program - 53,714

COLUMBUS HOME
$73,433

  • Columbus Home Shelter - 37,155
  • Parent Place - 36,278

COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE—OFFICE ON AGING
$179,050

  • Daily Living Center - 13,000
  • Mobile Meals - 121,050
  • SCIRS / Information and Referral - 45,000

DISASTER PREPAREDNESS
$25,000

EAST TENNESSEE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL REHABILITATION CENTER
$150,000

  • Motor Development Services - 25,000
  • Speech and Language Services - 125,000

THE EAST TENNESSEE COMMUNITY DESIGN CENTER
$33,000

  • Designworks 33,000

EAST TENNESSEE TECHNOLOGY ACCESS CENTER
$35,600

  • Community Living: Direct Assistance and Advocacy - 21,600
  • Literacy for Young Children - 14,000

EPILEPSY FOUNDATION
$53,874

  • Client Services - 35,539
  • Public Education 18,335

THE FLORENCE CRITTENTON AGENCY
$163,147

  • Residential Treatment Services - 113,147
  • STARS - 50,000

FRIENDS OF LITERACY
$61,200

  • Adult Literacy Program - 61,200

GIRL SCOUTS
$242,720

  • Girl Scout Outreach - 58,000
  • Girl Scouts in Your Neighborhood - 142,220
  • Outdoor Education - 42,500

GOODWILL INDUSTRIES
$73,492

  • Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) - 29,958
  • Occupational Skills Training / SPACE - 10,772
  • Placement - 12,982
  • Work Adjustment - 19,781

HELEN ROSS MCNABB CENTER
$156,721

  • Adolescent Drug and Alcohol Services - 19,887
  • Adult Intensive Outpatient - 2,946
  • Adult Residential - 19,538
  • Sisters of the Rainbow - 9,655
  • Therapeutic Preschool - 104,695

INTERFAITH HEALTH CLINIC
$140,000

  • Healthcare for the Working Uninsured - 140,000

KNOX COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR RETARDED CITIZENS
$152,000

  • Beta Home 45,500 Community Support/Independent Living  - 21,500
  • Sunshine Early Intervention - 32,000
  • Sunshine Industries - 20,000
  • Sunshine Leisure Services / Recreation- 33,000

KNOX COUNTY SCHOOLS—PTA CLOTHING CENTER
$55,000

  • PTA Clothing Center 55,000

KNOXVILLE AREA URBAN LEAGUE
$186,430

  • Housing and Community Development - 65,611
  • Workforce Development and Technology - 120,819

KNOXVILLE CENTER OF THE DEAF
$46,800

  • Core Management Program - 46,800

KNOXVILLE VOLUNTEER EMERGENCY RESCUE SQUAD
$104,083

  • Knoxville Volunteer Emergency Rescue Squad - 104,083

LADIES OF CHARITY
$50,000

  • Emergency Assistance Program - 50,000

LEGAL AID OF EAST TENNESSEE
$232,539

  • Domestic Violence Civil Legal Services - 143,432
  • Paralegal Intake and Brief Services - 89,107

MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION
$92,476

  • System Advocacy - 12,117
  • Client Services - 27,211
  • Education - 53,148

MY VILLAGE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
$55,000

  • My Village Child Development Center - 55,000

NATIONAL KIDNEY FOUNDATION
$113,887

  • Community Services - 2,361
  • Education - 23,483
  • Patient Services - 88,043

PENINSULA BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
$68,640

  • Independent Living Program - 68,640

SAFE HAVEN CENTER
$62,000

  • Personal Child Safety Education - 22,000
  • Therapy Program - 20,000
  • Victim Assistance - 20,000

THE SALVATION ARMY
$422,205

  • Emergency Assistance Program - 180,000
  • Joy Baker Center / Women’s Shelter- 76,046
  • Operation Bootstrap / Men’s Shelter - 166,159

SECOND HARVEST
FOOD BANK
$87,378

  • Cased Food Program - 37,378
  • Food for Kids - 23,000
  • Kids Cafe - 14,000
  • Knoxville Harvest - 13,000

SENIOR CITIZENS HOME ASSISTANCE SERVICE
$141,722

  • Home Hair Care - 15,222
  • Homemaker Program - 126,500

VOLUNTEER MINISTRY
CENTER
$81,657

  • Day Resource Center - 81,657

WESLEY HOUSE COMMUNITY
CENTER
$110,000

  • After School Program / C.A.R.E.S. - 69,888
  • Senior Citizens / W.I.S.E.- 9,828
  • Summer Program / S.T.E.P.- 30,284

YMCA
$271,093

  • Community Aquatics & Safety Programs - 38,000
  • Community Wellness Programs - 82,000
  • Day Camp Program - 37,079
  • School Age Child Care Programs - 81,192
  • Teen Leadership Programs - 32,822

YWCA
$485,569

  • After School Program / Phyllis Wheatley Center - 214,617
  • Health and Fitness - 56,700
  • Transitional Housing - 101,951
  • Victim Advocacy - 48,979
  • Youth Department - 63,322

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10 Year Goals

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