Knoxville HEART

07/31/2026

Thank you to everyone who came out for our community shareout event on July 18! It was great to engage with members of the community and our partners on the findings from our research study on emergency response services in Knox County. Thank you to the Beck Cultural Exchange Center for hosting us!

07/16/2026

Baltimore is setting up a fourth branch of first responders in addition to fire, police and EMS. They will handle calls for people needing mental health support, but also connection to city services.
Check out the below reporting on this exciting development. Knoxville can do this too!

Baltimore is setting up a fourth branch of first responders in addition to fire, police and EMS. They will handle calls for people needing mental health support, but also connection to city services.

06/16/2026

05/04/2026

With all the overwhelming gratitude to CUCRI for whom this project would not be possible without, we are ready to share-back what we heard from YOU!!!

Join us July 18th at the Beck Cultural Center to dive into our research and hear more about our communities ideals around emergency response in Knox County!

03/27/2026

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