On June 1, Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee awarded 23 area organizations $200,000 in grants for this year’s Trinity Health Foundation Phase I awards. These grants will be used to plan community health-related projects competing for Phase II implementation grants later this year. Close to seventy proposals were received from regional nonprofits and were ranked on impact and merit by the Trinity board. Issues addressed include community partnerships to address behavioral and mental health wellness and addiction, youth initiatives: mental health, addiction, ACEs, housing access, access to care for vulnerable populations, serving the servants, and open topics. These groups will use the Phase I funding to research and plan project operations and sustainability details, culminating in a proposal considering Phase II implementation funds.

This year both large organization and small organization grants are being awarded. Eleven Phase I large grants and twelve small grants will go to nonprofits across the community. This year’s recipients and their projects include:

• Center for English and Integration Services – Trauma-informed Training for Volunteers Serving Recent Immigration Arrivals
• Collegiate Abbey – Shepherd’s Abbey
• Community Mediation Center – Youth Voices and Choices
• Gennisi Charitable Birth Services – Whole Mom/Whole Baby
• Girl Talk, Inc. – Expanding the Girl Talk Life Prep Academy
• Girls on the Run Greater Knoxville – Addressing the ‘Heart and Sole’ of Mental Health Through Expansion of Middle School Running Program
• Healing the Home – Comprehensive Family Abuse Intervention
• Pregnancy Resource Center – Mobile Medical Unit Prenatal Care
• Renovatus Recovery Center – Farming and Faith: A Path to Wholeness
• Shora Foundation  – Shora’s Mental Health Division
• The Good Samaritan Center of Loudon County – Creating GSC’s Proactive and/or Maintaining Stable Low-Cost Housing
• Trinity Dental Clinic – Specialized Dental Care for Oncology Patients

• Centro Hispano de East Tennessee – Qué Emoción: Latino Youth Mental Health Project
• Emory Valley Center – An Initiative to Address the Workforce Crisis for Direct Support Professionals
• Kim Health Center – Community Assessment of Expansion Location
• Knox Area Rescue Ministries – Restoring Dignity Through Increased Access to Behavioral Health
• Knoxville-Knox County CAC Office on Aging – Tech Smart Knox Seniors: Digital Literacy and Telehealth Training
• REBOOT Recovery –  Saving the Lives of Servants Impacted by Trauma and Suicide
• Remote Area Medical – Healthcare for All – Through a Computer
• SEEED, Inc. – Planting a SEEED for Housing
• The Florence Crittenton Agency – Mitigating ACEs in Residential Treatment
• The Salvation Army – The Shield: Bridging the Gap to Recovery
• The University of Tennessee Foundation – Improving Coping with Cancer for the Youth in East Tennessee

• Community Mediation Center
• Girl Talk, Inc.
• Good Samaritan Center of Loudon County
• Pregnancy Resource Center
• Renovatus Recovery Services

• Emory Valley Center
• Kim Health Center
• Knox Area Rescue Ministries
• Knoxville-Knox County CAC Office on Aging
• SEEED, Inc.