Health Department

From improving school readiness, to connecting children to medical services, to receiving healthy food for your family, the Knox County Health Department has quality programs designed to help your family thrive. Learn more about each program by clicking the links below.

Family Support Services Highlights

• CHANT

  

  This program helps link participants to health services and community resources to make sure they have the care they need. It's FREE for pregnant women, children and youth under the age of 21 including those with special healthcare needs.

• Parents as Teachers

  

  Learn how to be your child’s first and most<
  influential teacher! This FREE prenatal to
  kindergarten program improves children’s
  school readiness, provides early detection
  of developmental delays, and offers fun
  community events for participants!

• Power to Quit

  

  Receive $50 gift cards when you commit to quit smoking! This FREE program offers
  private counseling in a judgment-free space to help pregnant women and their families quit smoking. Partners/spouses can also join and receive incentives.

• WIC

  

  A FREE service that provides healthy food, nutrition education, and referrals to resources. Eligible families receive electronic benefit
  cards to purchase WIC-approved healthy
  foods at participating grocery stores. WIC serves thousands of pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding women, infants, and
  children under the age of five in the
  community.