Domestic Violence is a type of abuse in which someone close to you is hurting you.
If someone is abusing you emotionally, physically, and/or sexually, get help. If you are in immediate danger, call 911. You may also call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233 or 1-800-787-3224 (TTY).
For local information about getting out of an abusive relationship, including safety planning and getting a court order of protection (restraining order):
KNOXVILLE/KNOX COUNTY:
Knox County Fourth Circuit Court
City County Bldg
400 Main Street, Knoxville, TN 37902
Judge Greg McMillan
Secretary Rachel King, 865-215-2399
4 th
Circuit Clerk’s desk: 865-215-2404
http://knoxcounty.org/fourthcircuitcourt/index.php
(There is a menu across the top of the 4 th
Circuit Court page, and a pull down menu titled Orders of Protection with helpful information in English and Spanish.)
Family Justice Center (FJC)
HELPLINE 24/7: 865-521-6336
BUSINESS OFFICE: 865-215-6800
400 Harriet Tubman St, Knoxville, TN 37915
https://www.fjcknoxville.org
By partnering with local agencies, the FJC provides wrap-around services for victims and their families. These services may include (but are not limited to) advocacy, shelter, therapeutic services, and legal representation.
Criminal Reporting Agencies:
Knoxville Police Department (KPD), Family Crisis Unit
OFFICE: 865-215-6810
www.cityofknoxville.org/kpd/domestic.asp
Knox County Sheriff’s Office, Family Crisis Unit
OFFICE: 865-215-6820
www.knoxsheriff.org/family/index.php
Legal Aid of East Tennessee (LAET)
OFFICE: 865-637-0484
502 S. Gay St. Suite 404, Knoxville, TN 37902
www.laet.org
Sexual Assault Crisis Center of East Tennessee (SACETN)
CRISIS LINE 24/7: 865-522-7273, 1-888-522-5244
OFFICE: 865-558-9040
6215 Kingston Pike Suite A, Knoxville, TN 37919
mcnabbcenter.org/victim-services/
Abuse Reporting Agencies: (These numbers should not replace a call to 911)
Child Protective Services
TN Department of Children’s Services
1-877-237-0004 or 1-877-54ABUSE (1-877-542-2873)
https://www.tn.gov/dcs.html
Elder Abuse, Adult Protective Services
TN Department of Human Services
1-888-APS-TENN (1-888-277-8366)
https://www.tn.gov/humanservices/adults/adult-protective-services.html
LOCAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ADVOCATES:
YWCA Knoxville and the Tennessee Valley
OFFICE: 865-523-6126
Services in English: 865-258-2919, 865-523-6126
Servicios en Espańol: 865-256-6109
https://ywcaknox.com/domestic-violence/
Fourth Circuit Court now offers a YWCA Domestic Violence Advocate Monday – Friday during business hours. Inquire at the Fourth Circuit Court Front Counter.
LOCAL EMERGENCY SHELTER FOR VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Family Crisis Center/Helen Ross McNabb
865-637-8000
Salvation Army (Joy Baker Center)
865-522-4673
Serenity Shelter
865-971-4673
LOCAL BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION SERVICE PROVIDERS
Healing the Home
Phone: (865) 443-3980
Email: HelpisHere@HealingtheHome.org
Website: http://HealingtheHome.org
Physical Address: 7212 Kingston Pike #4 Knoxville, TN 37919
Koinonia Counseling Center
Charles Sanderfur
865-584-6374
5520 Ball Camp Pike, Knoxville, TN 37921
SUBSTANCE ABUSE
Metropolitan Drug Commission
4930 Lyons View Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919
865-588-5550
metrodrug.org
A local nonprofit whose mission is to raise awareness, train professionals, and to reduce youth use and adult abuse of alcohol and other drugs in Knoxville.
Knox Area Adult Children of Alcoholics
865-850-8792
Knox Area Al-Anon
865-525-9040
(answering service, leave confidential message and member will call back)
Meeting List:
www.knox-al-anon.org/meeting-list.html
Alcoholics Anonymous East Tennessee
865-522-9667
865-963-8581 En Espańol
www.etiaa.org
Printable Knoxville meeting schedule:
www.etiaa.org/docs/knoxaa.pdf
Helen Ross McNabb Centerpointe
865-637-9711
800-255-9711
Addiction and recovery services, including rehab, outpatient care, medical detoxification, dual diagnosis (chemical and mental illness), gambling problems.
Cornerstone of Recovery
HELPLINE 24/7: 855-925-HOPE (-4673)
1214 Topside Rd Louisville, TN 37777
MENTAL HEALTH
Peninsula Psychiatric Hospital/Parkwest Inpatient Medical Center
P.O. Box 2000, Jones Bend Road, Louisville, TN 37777
865-970-9800
“Peninsula Hospital's inpatient program is designed to provide 24-hour nursing/physician care and crisis intervention/stabilization services. Individuals who are admitted into Peninsula Hospital often require medical observation and regulation of prescription medications. Some may seek help because they are severely impaired in their thinking or are suffering from thought disorder. Others may be a danger to themselves or others due to suicidal or homicidal thoughts or psychiatric illness.”
Adult Alcohol/Drug Treatment: “An important feature of Peninsula Hospital's Inpatient Alcohol/Drug Treatment Program is our ability to provide a medically sound detoxification and address accompanying depression or other emotional problems. Peninsula interrupts the life-threatening disease of addiction, identifies contributing factors, and establishes a workable plan for a lifestyle that is free of alcohol and drug use.”
Peninsula Lighthouse Outpatient Programs
1451 Dowell Springs Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37909
865-970-9800
www.peninsulabehavioralhealth.org/outpatient
Peninsula Outpatient Centers provide a range of mental health and alcohol/drug abuse services for children, adolescents and adults including: Medication Evaluation and Management; Individual, Family and Group Therapy; Case Management; Intensive Outpatient Programs; Psychosocial Rehabilitation Programs; Supportive Employment Services; Independent Living Services
Helen Ross McNabb Center
865-637-9711
800-255-9711
Wide range of adult mental health services, including a Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) to render emergency service up to 72 hrs; Adult Indigent Care Program (AICP) for outpatient mental health services; and many other services.
mcnabbcenter.org/mental-health-care/#adult-crisis-services
TENNESSEE STATEWIDE:
TENNESSEE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE
1-800-356-6767
TENNESSEE COALITION AGAINST DOMESTIC & SEXUAL VIOLENCE (TCADSV)
www.tcadsv.org
TCADSV IMMIGRANT LEGAL CLINIC
615-386-9406, 800-289-9018 (Intakes done Tues & Thurs 9:30am-12:30pm ET)
TNBLUE.ORG
TCADSV’s dating & sexual violence website with info especially for teenagers
www.tnblue.org
