VIOLENCE REDUCTION
2024 NICJR Knoxville Landscape Analysis [PDF]
2024 NICJR Knoxville Cost of Gun Violence [PDF]
2023 City of Knoxville Violence Reduction Plan [PDF]
2019-2021 Knoxville Gun Violence Problem Analysis [PDF]
2022-2024 Knoxville Gun Violence Problem Analysis [PDF]
ANNUAL REPORTS
Office of Community Safety
2024 Office of Community Safety Annual Report [PDF]
Empower Knox
2024 Empower Knox Annual Report [PDF] (73MB)
PARC
2024 PARC Annual Report [PDF]
2023 PARC Annual Report [PDF]
2022 PARC Annual Report [PDF]
2021 PARC Annual Report [PDF]
2020 PARC Annual Report [PDF]
2019 PARC Annual Report [PDF]
2018 PARC Annual Report [PDF]
2017 PARC Annual Report [PDF]
2016 PARC Annual Report [PDF]
2015 PARC Annual Report [PDF]
2014 PARC Annual Report [PDF]
CITY GRANT IMPACT REPORTS
2025 Opportunity Youth Engagement Grants Impact Report [PDF]
2025 Youth Violence Prevention Week Impact Report [PDF]
2024 Spring/Summer/Fall Opportunity Youth Impact Report [PDF]
The City of Knoxville remains committed to the belief that connection and opportunity can pave the way to meaningful change. The Office of Community Safety and Empowerment Opportunity Youth Engagement
Grants provide young people with the opportunity to find their footing, discover their potential, and build brighter futures.
2024 Youth Violence Prevention Week Report [PDF]
Our Youth Violence Prevention Week Micro-Grants program supports
community partners offering programming focused on elevating youth
violence prevention and equipping community members to engage in the
work. Youth Violence Prevention Week 2024 activities included sports/
recreation, resources sharing, workshops, focus groups, community
building and so much more. While activities vary from year to year, our
goal remains the same: to encourage, equip, and empower our Knoxville
community to continuously advocate and work towards reducing youth
violence.
2023-2024 African American Equity Restoration Task Force Grant Cycle Impact Report [PDF]
Through the support of the City of Knoxville and the dedication of community
organizations, we have collectively touched the lives of 932 individuals and
dedicating over 1,800 hours to building a stronger, more equitable Knoxville. Our
work has embodied the spirit of restoration and resilience through our commitment
to championing education, homeownership, small business development, economic
empowerment, and health equity.
2023 Summer Break Opportunity Youth Grants Impact Report [PDF]
The summer break Opportunity Youth programs successfully achieved their goal of providing
engagement activities, job opportunities, and professional development to Opportunity Youth
throughout the Knoxville community. Selected organizations created unique opportunities for
youth during the 2023 summer break when some might have otherwise been disconnected
from support and community, and as a result, potentially turned to violence.
2023 Spring Break Opportunity Youth Grants Impact Report [PDF]
Community Organizations throughout Knoxville that received the Spring Break or Summer
Opportunity Youth Grants (SBOYG/ SOYG) created opportunities serving as a first line of
defense for Knoxville’s Opportunity Youth, reminding communities that its Opportunity Youth
—primarily Black, brown, and low-income children—deserve the opportunity to safely play and
have fun alongside other children as a means of preventing violence.
2022 Spring Break & Summer Opportunity Youth Grants Impact Report [PDF]
The spring and summer programs successfully achieved their goal of providing engagement
activities, job opportunities, and professional development to Opportunity Youth throughout the
Knoxville community. Selected organizations created unique opportunities for youth during the 2022
spring and summer breaks when some might have otherwise been disconnected from support and
community, as a result potentially turning to violence.
2022 Youth Violence Prevention Week Grant Impact Report [PDF]
Awareness of youth violence is key so
communities can better support young people
throughout Knoxville, in turn helping them exist in
healthy, thriving spaces to be the engaging,
productive individuals we hope for them to be. It is
critical for the City of Knoxville to make sure we are engaging our young people, listening to them,
creating pathways for them to be involved, and
elevating not only the issues that are important to
them but also the experiences that are impacting
them every day. It is also important that we work
with community-based organizations that are on
the ground working with young people and their
families each day. These types of engagement are
what make YVWP so critical to addressing violence
in the City of Knoxville and beyond.