Pediatric Resource Directory
One of our important goals is to improve the health and well-being of children through education, wellness and injury prevention programs. This directory can help you find information, services and support resources and is comprised of organizations that have a similar mission. Check back often as we continue to grow by adding community partners that are aligned with our mission.
American Heart Association Greater Knoxville
Phone: 865-293-5100
Address: 4708 Papermill Drive Knoxville, TN 37909
Website: https://www.heart.org/en/affiliates/tennessee/knoxville
Angelic Ministries of Knoxville
Angelic Ministries exists to provide people in Knoxville undergoing hardship with home goods, food, and other basic necessities.
Phone: 865-523-8884
Address: 1218 N Central St Knoxville, TN 37917
Website: http://www.angelicministries.com/
Email: help@angelicministries.com
Big Brothers Big Sisters of East Tennessee
Our mission is to provide children facing adversity with strong and enduring, professionally supported one-to-one relationships that change their lives for the better, forever.
Phone: 865-523-2179
Address: 318 North Gay Street Knoxville, TN 37917
Website: http://www.tennesseebig.org/
Boys and Girls Club of the Tennessee Valley
Our mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens. Boys and Girls Club are for youth and teens in grades K-12.
Phone: 865-232-1200
Address: 967 Irwin Street Knoxville, TN 37917
Website: https://bgctnv.org/
Centro Hispano de East Tennessee Spanish Information and Referral Hotline
Our Spanish-speaking hotline links Spanish-speaking families to important information and services in the community. Services provided include: Information and referral services for community resources. We are the leading resource for East Tennessee’s Latino community and we are the leading resource for East Tennessee regarding the Latino community.
Phone: 865-522-0052
Address: 2455 Sutherland Avenue Knoxville, TN 37919
Website: https://www.centrohispanotn.org/
Email: info@centrohispanotn.org
The Change Center
The purpose of the Change Center is to provide recreation and job training for teens and young adults. The Change Center also provides a cool place for teens and young adults that transforms our community through work and play.
Phone: 865-684-8482
Address: 203 Harriet Tubman Street
Website: https://www.changecenterknoxville.com/
Email: info@changecenterknoxville.com
Cystic Fibrosis Tennessee Chapter
Phone: 865-583-0355
Address: 5401 Kingston Pike, Suite 230 Knoxville, TN 37919
Website: https://www.cff.org/chapters/tennessee-chapter
Email: knoxville@cff.org
Domestic Violence Resources for Victims by Counties:
Download the Domestic Violence Resource Document
Emerald Youth Foundation
At Emerald Youth Foundation, our mission is to raise up a large number of urban youth to love Jesus Christ and become effective leaders who help renew their communities. We’ve been working closely with the community since the late 1980s, when we began a summer outreach ministry designed to support urban youth.
Phone: 865-637-3227
Address: 1014 Heiskell Avenue Knoxville, TN 37921
Website: https://www.emeraldyouth.org/
Harmony Family Center
Harmony Family Center provides an array of therapeutic and counseling services that could be useful for many children and their families, including children in the welfare system.
Phone: 865-982-5225
Address: 118 Mabry Hood Road Ste. 400 Knoxville, TN 37922
Website: www.harmonyfamilycenter.org/
Email: info@harmonyfamilycenter.org
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Phone: 865-544-0768
Address: 109 South Northshore Dr., #401 Knoxville, TN 37919
Website: https://www.jdrf.org/metennessee/
Email: metennessee@jdrf.org
Knox Area Rescue Ministries (KARM)
Knox Area Rescue Ministries exists to rescue and restore the poor and needy of the Knoxville area by providing recovery services in Jesus’ name. We approach this ministry without a denominational affiliation and desire to utilize the full range of gifts in the Christian community to accomplish the mission to which God has called us.
Phone: 865-673-6540
Address: 418 N Broadway Knoxville, TN 37917
Website: https://karm.org/
Email: info@karm.org
Knox Area Urban League
Our mission is to enable African Americans, other minority groups and the underserved to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights.
Phone: 865-524-5511
Address: 1514 E. Fifth Avenue Knoxville, TN 37917
Website: https://www.thekaul.org/
Email: info@thekaul.org
Knox County Women, Infants and Children Program (WIC)
Knox County WIC provides nutrition education, breastfeeding support, supplemental food benefits and referrals to health care and social services for income-eligible families of children under 5 years of age and pregnant, post-partum and breastfeeding women. As an office with Knox County Health Department, we share the same mission: to encourage, promote, and assure the development of an active, healthy community through innovative public health practices.
Phone: 865-215-5016; For Spanish call 865-215-5418; Other language services provided through telephonic interpreting
Address: 140 Dameron Avenue Knoxville, TN 37917
Website: https://knoxcounty.org/health/wic.php
Email: makemyWICappointment@knoxcounty.org
Ladies of Charity Knoxville
The Ladies of Charity mission is to serve those in need. They provide nutritional support to young families stabilizing the home environment. They serve the marginalized population of Knox County, specifically those families with children under the age of four.
Phone: 865-247-5790
Address: 120 West Baxter Avenue Knoxville, TN 37917
Website: https://www.ladiesofcharityknox.org/
Email: ladiesofcharityknox@gmail.com
Mane Support
Mane support provides equine assisted grief counseling for children and adults who have experienced a death, impending death or trauma associated with loss.
Phone: 865-414-0557
Address: 1522 New Hope Road, Rockwood, TN 37854
Website: https://www.manesupport.org
Email: kkhenry@manesupport.org
McNabb Center
Improving the lives of the people we serve; helping children, adults, and families with addiction, mental illness, and social challenges.
For non-emergency medical issues (865) 637-9711 or toll-free at 1-800-255-9711.
East Tennessee Crisis Numbers:
Mobile Crisis (18 and older): (865) 539-2409
Mobile Crisis (Children and Adolescents): (866) 539-2409
Crisis Stabilization Unit: (865) 541-6958
Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee: (865) 522-7273
Domestic Violence-Family Crisis Center Hotline: (865) 637-8000
Safe Place: (865) 523-2689
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
TN Hotline for Mental Health and Substance Use Crisis Services: 1-855-CRISIS-1 (274-7471)
Website: https://www.mcnabbcenter.org/
Second Harvest Food Bank
Second Harvest Food Bank's mission is to lead the community in the fight to end hunger. It is the East Tennessee region's largest hunger-relief charity, operating programs in 18 counties. We provide a Food Pantry locator on our website to help individuals and families in need look for food near them.
Phone: 865-521-0000
Address: 136 Harvest Lane Maryville, TN 37801
Website: https://secondharvestetn.org/
Email: info@secondharvestetn.org
United Way of Greater Knoxville
Through community engagement and mobilization, United Way of Greater Knoxville strengthens and broadens partnerships and outreach within the community through serving as a “hub” and “trusted convener” in our community. If you or someone you know needs information or assistance, please call our help hotline 211 or 865-215-4211.
Phone: 865-525-9131
Address: 1301 Hannah Avenue Knoxville, TN 37921
Website: https://www.uwgk.org/
Email: info@unitedwayknox.org
YMCA of East Tennessee
The YMCA of East Tennessee serves the Knoxville, TN metro area with 5 locations throughout Knox County, including Downtown Knoxville, East Knoxville, North Knoxville / Halls, West Knoxville, and Farragut.
Phone: 865-525-9622
Corporate office Address: 616 Jessamine Street Knoxville, TN 37917
Website: https://ymcaknoxville.org/
YWCA Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley
YWCA serves more than 11,300 women, children and families through a variety of high-quality programs at three sites in downtown Knoxville, East Knoxville and Oak Ridge; and provides services across a six-county service area (Knox, Anderson, Roane, Loudon, Blount and Sevier).
Phone: 865-523-6126
Address: 420 W Clinch Avenue Knoxville, TN 37902
Website: https://ywcaknox.com/about-us/
Email: info@ywcaknox.com
