Trinity Dental ClinicSpecialized Dental Care for Oncology Patients Trinity Dental Clinic desires to collaborate with Blount Memorial Foundation to provide specialized Dental Care for Oncology Patients treated at Blount Memorial Cancer Center. It offers these patients a continuum of care that is the most comprehensive before, during, and after cancer treatment. Blount Memorial Foundation already assists uninsured and underinsured cancer…
The Good Samaritan Center of Loudon CountyCreating GSC's Proactive and/or Maintaining Stable Low-Cost Housing The Good Samaritan Center in Loudon County (GSC) heeds Matthew’s words, “...when you have done it for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you have done it for me.” Matthew 25:40. GSC wants to provide more assistance for their community’s low-income…
Shora FoundationShora's Mental Health Division Shora Foundation serves youth in grades 1st - 8th in the East Knoxville community. Within this community, youth experience layers of structural, interpersonal, and community violence. The types of violence that perpetuate in East Knoxville include but are not limited to guns, hunger, lack of affordable housing, homelessness, domestic, and the isolation/effects of COVID-19. Per…
Renovatus Recovery ServicesFarming and Faith: A Path to Wholeness Renovatus Recovery Community (RRC) proposes to research opportunities to expand a farm program by adding a food truck. "The Food Truck" will increase access to fresh, locally sourced, affordable, and healthy food grown and prepared by RRC participants. Recovering addicts are referred to RRC by public defenders, judges, and attorneys. RRC's…
Pregnancy Resource CenterMobile Medical Unit Prenatal Care The desire to live in a community where every life is sacred, valued, and welcomed can be not only a desire we have but a reality by providing life-affirming and saving services to those who do not have access to brick-and-mortar locations by taking a Mobile Medical Unit to the community and providing…
Healing the HomeComprehensive Family Abuse Intervention Healing the Home is committed to restoring the physical, sexual, and emotional security of Knoxville families impacted by the cycle of abuse. Direct services include individual counseling, advocacy, and group interventions. 87% of Healing the Home’s clients are parents of minor children. While nearly every client is an abuse survivor, over 60% have perpetrated…
Girls on the Run Greater KnoxvilleAddressing the 'Heart and Sole' of Mental Health Through Expansion of Middle School Running Programs Middle School girls need quality, physical activity-based, positive youth development (PYD) programs. As girls mature, physical activity tends to decline and become at risk — both short-term and long-term — for obesity, diabetes, and depression, among other unhealthy outcomes. Lower…
Girl Talk, Inc.Expanding the Girl Talk Life Prep Academy There is a significant gap in the social sector where kids receive services until they turn 18 but need adequate preparation for life and the challenges that come with it. Unfortunately, many of these challenges cause kids to either not enroll in college, not perform at their highest ability in college…
Gennisi Charitable Birth Services, Inc.Whole Mom/Whole Baby Gennisi Charitable Birth Services proposes expanding the Whole Mom/Whole Baby program, which provides prenatal, birth, postpartum, and lactation support services to underserved women in our community, the majority of whom are African American. Nationally, African American women are nearly three times as likely to die from a maternal cause as white women: The…
Community Mediation CenterYouth Voices and Choices The Community Mediation Center (CMC) and Covenant Counseling and Consultation Services (CCCS) propose a project called YOUTH VOICES and CHOICES (YVC) to expand the number of out-of-school programs utilizing trauma-informed programming for social-emotional development of at-risk students in middle and high school. It will provide staff training to implement, practice, and use conflict resolution…