Prevention

Aids Outreach

Helen Ross McNabb

5310 Ballcamp Pike
Knoxville, TN 37922

Phone: 865-637-9711
Fax: 865-602-2387
Contact: Melinda Kirk

Agency Type:                  Non - Profit
Clients Served:                M/F all ages
Service Areas:                 Knox County
Forms of Payment:         N/A
Services Provided:

AIDS Prevention
Street Outreach
Spanish Speaking Services

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives

710 Locust Street, Room 514
Knoxville, TN 37902

Phone: 865-582-3800
Fax: 865-545-4512
Contact: Steven Cordle

Agency Type:                 Justice Department
Service Areas:                Blount, Anderson, Roane, Loudon and Knox Co.
Services Provided:         Alcohol and other Drug Abuse Prevention
Outreach Activities:

Speakers
Community Programming/ Training
Video Programs

Organization Overview The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives enforces federal laws on firearms and explosives

D.A.R.E

Knox County Sheriff’s Office

400 Main Street
Knoxville, TN 37902

Phone: 865-215-5633
Fax: 865-215-5617
Contact: Captain Brian Stannard

Agency Type:                  Law Enforcement
Clients Served:                Children and Adolescents
Service Areas:                 Knox County
Services Provided:

Alcohol and drug abuse prevention
Information Resources/Literature
Education Programs for Schools

D.A.R.E.

Knoxville Police Department

PO Box 3610
Knoxville, TN 37927

Phone: 865-215-7299
Fax: 865-215-7482
Contact: Sgt. Jerry Armstrong

Agency Type: Law Enforcement
Clients Served: M/F all ages

Service Areas: Knox County
Services Provided:

Alcohol and drug abuse prevention
Information Resources/Literature
Education Programs for Schools

Drug Enforcement Administration

710 Locust Street, Room 323
Knoxville, TN 37902

Phone: 865-584-9364
Fax: 865-584-8763

Agency Type:       Federal
Clients Served:     All
Service Areas:       Worldwide
Services Provided:

Information Resources/Literature
Speakers
Advocacy
Professional Training

Federal Bureau Of Investigation

Community Outreach

710 Locust St Room 600
Knoxville, TN 37902

Phone: 865-544-0751
Fax: 865-544-3590
Contact: Jean Kitts

Agency Type:                  Federal
Clients Served:                All
Service Areas:                 East Tennessee
Services Provided:

Information Resources
Literature
Community Training
Student Training
Parenting

KAMA Health Discovery

1060 World’s Fair Dr.
Candy Factory, 5th Floor
Knoxville, TN 37916

Phone: 865-594-1294
Fax: 865-594-1468
Contact: Angela Cameron

Agency Type:                  Non Profit
Clients Served:                ALL
Service Areas:                 East Tennessee
Organizational Overview:

KAMA is a health education center featuring five state of the art classrooms with unique models and exhibits. The classrooms are divided into the subjects of General Health, Nutritional/Dental Health, Lifetime Fitness, Family Life and Drug awareness. Health Discovery teaches health programs to pre-school through senior citizens in Knox and the 16 surrounding counties.
The Drug Awareness Program features a DUI simulator that allows the students to make drinking and driving choices and see the consequences. Fatal vision goggles are used to simulate the difficulty of walking a straight line while drunk.

Knox County Drug Treatment Court

900 East Hill Ave.
Knoxville, TN 37915

Phone: 865-329-0363
Fax: 865-522-0567
Contact: Ron Hanaver

Agency Type:                Drug and Alcohol Treatment Coordination
Clients Served:              Non-violent male and female adults with pending
alcohol and\ or drug charges in Knox County
Service Areas:                Knox county
Forms of Payment:        Call for details
Services Provided:

Substance Abuse Treatment
Correction Supervision
Spanish speaking services available

Knox County Schools Office of Student Assistance Services

801 Tipton Ave
Knoxville, TN 37920

Phone: 865-573-5144
Fax: 865-573-5143
Contact: Marty Iroff

Agency Type:                  Education
Clients Served:                K-12
Service Areas:                 Knox County
Services Provided:

Early Intervention and Referral Services
Alcohol and drug abuse prevention education
Student counseling and support services
Educational programs and materials for school
Student assistance program counselors (grades 9-12)
Violence prevention and education
Character Development

Outreach activities

Community Education Programs
Speakers on student issues
Training in student assistance issues
Parent education workshops
Collaboration with community agencies

Knoxville Police Department

PO Box 3610
Knoxville TN 37927

Phone: 865-215-8633
Fax: 865-215-8611
Contact: Sgt Jerry Armstrong

Agency Type:                  Law Enforcement
Clients Served:                All
Service Areas:                 Knoxville
Services Provided:

Crime Prevention
Neighborhood Watch
Operation Identification
Senior Programs
Youth Safety Programs
Business Watch
Fleet Watch
Workplace Violence
Armed Robbery Reaction
Fraud and Con Prevention
Shoplifting Prevention

Knoxville Police Department Youth Program

PO Box 3610
Knoxville, TN 37927

Phone: 865-215-8624
Fax: 865-215-8622

Agency Type:                  Law Enforcement
Clients Served:                High School ages
Service Areas:                 Knoxville/Knox County
Services Provided:

Intervention
The Youth Councils
The Youth Advisory Board
The Youth Academy

Knoxville Police Department – Safe City Projection

PO Box 3610
Knoxville, TN 37927

Phone: 865-215-7103

Agency Type:                  Law Enforcement
Clients Served:                High School ages
Service Areas:                 Knoxville
Services Provided:

“Prom Challenge” Program
“Drinking & Driving” Programs

Mental Health Association of East Tennessee, Inc

9050 Executive Park Dr
Knoxville, Tennessee 37923

Phone: 865-584-9125
Fax:865-824-0040

Agency Type:                  Non profit
Clients Served:                All
Service Areas:                 Knox and surrounding counties
Website:                           www.mhaet.com
Services Provided:

Information and referral services for treatment
Website search
Free Screenings
“COMPEER” Computer program matches mental health consumers and volunteers
Interactive website

Metropolitan Drug Commission
PO box 53375
Knoxville TN 37950

Phone: 865-588-5550
Fax: 865-588-0891
Contact: Catherine Thatcher Brunson, Executive Director
Aneisa McDonald, Development Director
Tyra Haag, Project Director
Stephanie Armbrister, Epidemiologist
Gerald Sweeny, Director of Accounting

Website: www.metrodrug.org

Agency Type:                  Non Profit
Clients Served:                All
Service Areas:                 Knox and surrounding counties
Services Provided:

Treatment/Assessment Referral
Community Resource Information
MDC Prevention Newsletter
Prom Promise program
Recovery Month program
Prevention Theatre programs
STAGE camp program
Drug-Free Workplace

The mission of the MDC of Knoxville and Knox County is to mobilize all segments of our community to individually reject and, as a community, eliminate the illegal use and abuse of alcohol and other drugs. The MDC stands ready to assist individuals and organizations in Knoxville, Knox County and surrounding communities in their efforts to combat substance abuse.

Parent to Parent

Knoxville Tennessee 37922

Phone: 865-594-5070 (Peg Hightower)
865-588-5550 (Aneisa McDonald)
Contact: Peg Hightower
Aneisa McDonald

Agency Type:                  Non-Profit
Clients Served:                All
Service Areas:                 Knox County
Services Provided:

Parent to Parent program is a video based Adult training series to develop the parenting skills necessary to prevent dangerous behaviors such as drug use
Facilitator training

Teen Challenge-Turning Point

3128 Linden Ave
Knoxville, TN 37922

Phone: 865-546-8933
Contact: Barbara Mitchell

Agency Type:                  Christian
Clients Served:                All
Service Areas:                 Knox County
Forms of Payment:         N/A
Services Provided:

Facilitator Training
Youth Ministry Program

Tennessee National Guard

Counter Drug Division

Phone: 865-985-3224
Contact: Sgt. David Knable

Agency Type:                  National education outreach
Clients Served:                All
Service Areas:                 Knox County
Forms of Payment:         N/A
Services Provided:

Alcohol and drug abuse prevention/ education
Bee like me, Bee drug free program
“ROPES” Teen Challenge program
“Fatal Vision” Simulator
Informative Displays