Knoxville Area Project Access is a broad-based community charity created to provide access to health care for low-income, uninsured individuals in 23 East Tennessee Counties

KAPA is a program under the leadership of the Knoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation. The KAM Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the Knoxville Academy of Medicine, the medical society for Knox County physicians. Knoxville Area Project Access is a broad-based community charity created to provide access to health care for low-income, uninsured individuals in East Tennessee. KAPA is a program under the leadership of the Knoxville Academy of Medicine Foundation which is the philanthropic arm of the medical society for Knox County physicians.

In January 2017, KAPA began expanding its services to include social service barriers in a pilot called KAPA Connects. These barriers include housing, transportation, food, drug/alcohol dependency, and health literacy. For more information please complete a form in the Contact Us section of the website and we will be happy to help.

• $5 provides $130 in donated care, navigation services, and case management services for our neighbors in need.
• $10 provides a month of medical education for 50 patients
• $100 provides a day of diagnostic services for 11 patients.
• $1000 provides 1 day of specialty care for 62 patients