The mission of the Knoxville Family Justice Center is to provide victims of domestic abuse with a single location to access advocacy and other services necessary to build a future of choice, safety and opportunity. Our goals include: providing a coordinated, comprehensive approach to family violence by ensuring victims' safety and the safety of their children; assisting in ending the cycle of violence in families; and improving the criminal justice system response to family violence.

Description:
The KFJC facilitates accessibility to services for victims of domestic violence. The KFJC works in partnership with 62 community and/or government agencies. Through collaboration of services, the KFJC offers victims of domestic violence one place to call and one place to go for safety, advocacy and service. The KFJC start-up was funded with a grant from the Office on Violence Against Women under the US Dept. of Justice.

History:
This project was supported by award number 2004WEAXK007, awarded by the Office on Violence Against Women, Office of Justice Programs; United States Department of Justice. The Knoxville Family Justice Center is one of only fifteen to be awarded a Presidential Family Justice Center Initiative Grant.

Contact person: Sherry Rotolo, (phone), (email)
Office fax number: (865) 215-6888

Address:

400 Harriet Tubman Street Knoxville, TN 37915 (See a map)

Web Site: http://www.fjcknoxville.org