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City approves contracts for community violence intervention and trauma services; council asks for data-sharing safeguards
Summary
Council approved three agreements to expand social-emotional learning, victim counseling and hospital-linked violence intervention work in Project TLC neighborhoods, with two council members abstaining on one item and officials describing planned data-sharing limits.
The Knoxville City Council authorized three separate agreements intended to expand nonpolice responses and trauma-informed services in neighborhoods experiencing higher levels of violence.
The council approved a contract with VisionLEd (listed in the agenda as Vision Lehi LLC) for social-emotional learning workshops in Project TLC areas for up to $35,000 (item 11q); a $60,000 agreement with Covenant Counseling and Consultative Services to deliver individual and group counseling for victims of gun violence and their families (item 11r); and a $31,050 contract with the Health Alliance for Violence Intervention to provide training and technical assistance to the University of Tennessee Medical Center and the city on hospital-linked violence…
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