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Council awards microgrants for Youth Violence Prevention Week and Opportunity Youth programming; opportunity-grants count amended to 13

2231961 · February 5, 2025
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Council authorized $11,375 in Youth Violence Prevention Week microgrants and $234,841 in Opportunity Youth Program grants, and amended the opportunity-grant count from 10 to 13 recipients. Staff said the office used community reviewers and shifted some funding to longer-term opportunity-youth grants based on feedback.

Knoxville City Council approved two sets of community grant awards aimed at youth: small microgrants for Youth Violence Prevention Week and larger Opportunity Youth Program grants for sustained youth services.

The council approved item 11c, authorizing the mayor to award up to $11,375 in Youth Violence Prevention Week grants to four community-based organizations. Item 11d, an authorization to award up to $234,841 in Opportunity Youth Program grants, was…

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