Ending youth homelessness by providing a safe and supportive environment to youth who have suffered abuse, abandonment, or are at risk of victimization. We envision a community where every child and youth has a stable home.

Baby Health Service provides free, quality preventative and primary healthcare to the uninsured children of Central Kentucky from birth through age 18. We work with families from near and far to get children into school and to support them in staying there by providing physicals, sick visits, and vaccinations.

Our Backpack Ministries provide food to children who have food insecurities at Booker T. Washington and Ashland Elementary. The backpacks go home with them each weekend and provide additional food for the days away from school. Both programs will begin the second week of September 2024.

CLICK HERE to learn more and volunteer to pack for Ashland Elementary School.

The Good Shepherd community has responded to a need for reading coaches for Booker T. Washington Elementary, our partner for the "Blessings in a Backpack" program. As a mentor you are expected to attend training and then meet once a week for 45 minutes with the student assigned to you. Training is done in the summer and then again in the fall. Please contact Kathy Kenney for more information.

We empower food pantries and programs across Central and Eastern Kentucky. Our mission is to reduce hunger by working together to feed Kentucky communities. Our core values — advocate, support, collaborate, and act — drive everything we do. We advocate for change, support those in need, collaborate with our community, and take proactive steps to address hunger.

Habitat for Humanity partners with people in your community, and all over the world, to help them build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage. With your support, Habitat homeowners achieve the strength, stability and independence they need to build a better life for themselves and for their families.

Kentucky Refugee Ministries, Inc. (KRM), a non-profit organization, is dedicated to providing resettlement services to refugees through faith- and agency-based co-sponsorship in order to promote self-sufficiency and successful integration into our community. KRM is committed to offering access to community resources and opportunities and to promoting awareness of diversity for the benefit of the whole community.

Meals on Wheels America is the leadership organization supporting the more than 5,000 community-based programs across the country that are dedicated to addressing senior hunger and isolation. Powered by a trusted volunteer workforce, this network delivers a comprehensive solution that begins with a meal and is proven to enable independence and well-being through the additional benefits of tailored nutrition, social connection, safety and much more. By providing funding, programming, education, research and advocacy, Meals on Wheels America empowers its local member programs to strengthen their communities, one senior at a time.

Mission Health Lexington provides comprehensive charitable healthcare to Fayette County adult residents living without insurance and below federal poverty guidelines.

The PATHways program integrates a comprehensive approach to treating substance abuse, offering treatment for substance use disorders, treatment and care for babies who are born withdrawing from substances, peer support and education, legal support, prenatal and postnatal health services for mother and baby, and health system navigation during delivery. This program supports mothers and babies in every way to help them overcome addiction and live healthy and restored lives.

St. Augustine’s is an inviting, lay-led, prayer-filled, and inclusive Christian community at the University of Kentucky.

Our program is a structured 12 month transitional, residential program for men 18 years or older that promotes personal responsibility and accountability for those seeking sustained abstinence from mind altering substances.

Chrysalis House started in 1978 and is Kentucky’s oldest and largest licensed residential treatment program for women with substance use disorders.  Chrysalis House is unique in that it allows women to keep their infants and toddlers with them while in treatment.

In addition to treatment for substance use disorders, Chrysalis House provides mental health treatment, case management, domestic violence counseling, computer training, GED tutoring, vocational training and job placement assistance, access to medical care, housing assistance, and children’s services.