​Mission:
The mission of the Knoxville Family Justice Center is to facilitate a coordinated and comprehensive approach to ending family violence through collaboration, education, and advocacy. 

Values:

• Everyone deserves to live a life free from violence and full of dignity, respect, and safety.
• Interpersonal violence intersects with multiple other forms of oppression.
• Interpersonal violence affects every life in our community.
• Trauma impacts all areas of life in both individuals and the larger community.
• Vicarious trauma impacts practitioners doing direct and indirect work.
• Collaboration and teamwork in our office and with our partners is central to the success of our work.
• We believe and advocate for survivors, recognizing that violence is never the fault of the survivor.
• Holding offenders accountable is critical to healing and justice for survivors.
• Inclusivity, diversity, and equality are central to healthy staff, empowering service provision for survivors, and collaborative partnerships.
• Empathy, compassion, and empowerment are central to healing.