RESOURCE GUIDE – PHONE NUMBERS

EMERGENCY NUMBERS
Family Crisis Center (24-hour hotline for family violence) 637-8000
Hope Line (suicide prevention) 800-784-2433 
Safe Haven (24-hour hotline for sexual abuse/assault) 522-7273 
Serenity Shelter (24-hour hotline for family violence) 971-4673
Violence Hot Line 521-6336
							
MENTAL HEALTH EMERGENCY NUMBERS
Cherokee Health Systems 866-257-9769	
Helen Ross McNabb 637-9711 
Mental Health Assoc. of East TN 584-9125 
Mobile Crisis Unit 539-2409 
National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) 602-7807
Overlook Center 588-2936
Peninsula Behavioral Health Outpatient Center 970-9800
	
EMPLOYMENT
Center on Disability & Employment 974-9180
Goodwill Industries	588-8567
Heart of Knoxville Career Center (PSTCC Magnolia Campus) 329-3166
Tennessee Career Center (also EEOC, Employment Security)   594-5500
UT Workforce Connections 974-9178
Vocational Rehabilitation 594-6060

FOOD PANTRIES
Angel Food Ministries (discount food packages) 609-1060
Angelic Ministries 523-8884
Baptist Center 523-8567
FISH 523-7900 
Ladies of Charity 522-6341
Love Kitchen 525-9068
St. James Episcopal Church 546-3500
HARDSHIP ASSISTANCE
CAC Homeward Bound 938-3517
Catholic Charities 545-7530
Community Chest 637-6300
Family Support Program ($ for home repair, mobility devices, etc.) 523-0491
LHEAP (Low Income Home Emergency Heating Program/CAC) 215-5110
Volunteer Ministries	  524-3925

HEALTH CARE
Blount Smiles (low-cost dentistry; Maryville) 983-4541
Free Medical Clinic 	577-5561
Interfaith Health Clinic 546-7330
Knox County Health Dept. 546-3248

HOTLINES
ADA Hotline 800-514-0301 
Free 411 Directory Assistance 800-373-3411
JAN (Job Accommodation Network)   800-526-7234
Knoxville City Services 311
Local Resources 211
Sorenson Communications Video Relay Service 801-287-9400
Tell Me! (voice-activated info, i.e. weather & local info) 800-555-8355
Tennessee Relay Center	 711
	
HOUSING
Elizabeth House 971-3570
Knox County Housing Authority 637-7942
Knox Housing Partnership 637-1679
Knoxville City Community Development Division (Fair Housing) 403-1258
Knoxville's Community Development Corporation (KCDC) 215-2120
	
KNOXVILLE and KNOX COUNTY 
Accessible parking info (DMV) 215-2385
Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) 524-8772
DHS (food stamps, other services) 594-6060
Disability Law & Advocacy Center (DLAC) 800-342-1660
Disability Resource Center (DRC) 637-3666
East TN Technology Access Center (ETTAC)	 219-0130
Knoxville Community of the Deaf (KCD) 	 579-0832
Knox County Disability Services Coordinator	215-2952
Knoxville (City) Disability Services Coordinator 215-2034
Project BRAIN (Brain Resource & Information Network) 	 689-1797
TN School f/t Deaf (TSD)	 594-6022
	
RECREATION
Knox County Libraries 215-8750
Knox County Recreation Department 215-6600
Knoxville City Parks and Recreation 215-1407
Library Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing 800-342-3262
Metro Pulse (local entertainment) 522-5399
TN Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped 800-342-3308
	
TRANSPORTATION
CAC Job Ride/PSTCC Shuttle 544-7433
ETHRA 408-0843 ext. “0”
KAT Lift paratransit (accessible vans service) 215-7850
Knoxville Area Transit (KAT) 637-3000
Non-driver Identification Cards 594-6399

ADVOCACY
ADAPT 901-726-6404
Equal Opportunity Employment Commission (EEOC) 615-736-5820
Office of Civil Rights 800-368-1019
Solutions 523-8009
TN Disability Coalition 615-383-9442
TN Human Rights Commission 594-6500