Kim Health CenterCommunity Assessment of Expansion Location The Kim Health Center plans an expansion assessment for the Kim Health Center in a designated CDC high-need index zip code that is best served by the clinic resources and has the potential to be well received by the community. The project involves two action items: test sites via a mobile clinical unit…
Emory Valley CenterAn Initiative to Address the Workforce Crisis for Direct Support Professionals Emory Valley Center's (EVC) initiative will explore solutions to the workforce crisis for Direct Support Professionals (DSPs), who deliver essential long-term supports that empower people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) to live more independently and work in the community. The crisis has reached "catastrophic levels" and…
Centro Hispano de East TennesseeQué Emoción: Latino Youth Mental Health Project Centro Hispano de East Tennessee is the only local non-profit dedicated to meeting the Latino immigrant community's cultural, economic, and educational needs in Knox County and the surrounding region. The mental health of Latino adolescents, particularly in the middle school age group, is impacted by the effects of the…
Grant Awards2018 Phase I Large Grant Boys and Girls Clubs In Tennessee – "Prevention Works: A Youth Opioid Prevention Program" East Tennessee Children's Hospital – Pediatric Pulmonary Rehabilitation Emerald Youth Foundation – Community Transformation in Lonsdale Helen Ross McNabb Center – Embedded Psychiatry Demonstration Project: Consultation Psychiatry within an Emergency Department Model Knoxville Leadership Foundation – Behavioral Health Treatment for…
Grant Awards2018 Phase I Small Grant Centro Hispano de East Tennessee – Centro Hispano's Latino Promotora Program Community Coalition Against Human Trafficking – Non-Traditional Therapies for Survivors of Human Trafficking COMPASSion Counseling – Mental Health in Rural Areas Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge, Inc. – Implementation of American Diabetes Association Standards for Diabetes Care at Free Medical Clinic East…
Grant Awards2017 Phase II Small and Large Grant SMALL GRANTS A Step Ahead Foundation of East Tennessee – Empowering Women at Risk and Reducing N.A.S. CADES - Concord Adult Day Enrichment Services – CADES Healthy Bodies, Healthy Brains Project Center of Light, Inc. – Center of Light FOCUS Ministries – Pathway to New Beginnings for Parents Thrive Lonsdale – Lonsdale Fellows…
Boys & Girls Clubs in TennesseeAddressing Youth Mental Health Needs Post COVID-19 Pandemic The majority of youth and families to be served come from low-income households and are among the most vulnerable populations. The Boys & Girls Clubs in Tennessee propose a project that intends to explore innovative models, strategies, and programs that reduce barriers and improve access to youth…
CrossingsThe Power of Presence in Public Education Public education stress levels are at an all-time high. Most funding for healthier schools deals primarily (or exclusively) with students and their trauma. But students are not the only ones bringing trauma into our schools. This project will focus on the personnel at Crossings, a faith community, to develop a formal chaplaincy pilot…
Legacy Parks FoundationMulti-generational Playspace Over 80% of Knox County’s adults do not get the recommended amount of physical activity for long-term health benefits. Some even report no physical activity at all. Local youth and adult obesity rates and their lack of physical activity are two major risk factors for chronic disease and death. Increasing physical activity can prevent many poor…
McNabb CenterResidential Reentry Program for Individuals Released from Jail with History of Opioid Use In Tennessee, tens of thousands of people struggle with opioid use disorder. It is among the hardest-hit states when it comes to the opioid epidemic. In 2018, the state saw 1,304 opioid overdose deaths, and in 2018 more than six million painkiller prescriptions were written in…