City government provides residents with many services. Trash and recycling collection, road and stormwater maintenance, parks and recreation centers and accompanying programming and maintenance. The list goes on!
However, there are some important programs and services the City doesn’t itself provide but values, like health care and wellness services, arts and cultural programming, youth afterschool programs, food-access outreach and a variety of social support opportunities.
A big way the City supports these types of valuable services is through Community Agency Grants, managed in the Mayor's office by Special Projects Manager Jennifer Searle.
In the past four years, more than $6.8 million in Community Agency Grants have supported the activities of local organizations that provide education, cultural enrichment and support services to the people of Knoxville.
These activities and programs help the City meet its core goals and priorities: public safety; healthy and connected neighborhoods; sustainability and thriving businesses; and good jobs.
This year, the City is also able to provide resources to agencies addressing the opioid crisis in Knoxville through the new Opioid Abatement Grant program.
Applications are open now. The deadline is Feb. 15, at 4:30 p.m.
More info on these grants and others is available at
KnoxvilleTN.gov/CityGrants