Services Available
Services Kentucky River Foothills Development Council provides include:
• Adult Care – Provides respite to primary caregivers of persons over 21 who are physically, mentally, or socially limited and require personalized care and attention
• Affordable Housing Program (AHP) – Assists low and moderate-income households through homebuyer education classes and provides one-on-one homeownership counseling
• Community Collaborations for Children (CCC) – Promotes the safety, wellbeing, and stability of children and families through supervised visitation, family team meetings, in-home intervention, and parenting education
• Community Outreach – Staff work with families in financial crises to help meet immediate needs and make plans for the future so that similar crises are less likely
• Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) – Provides services to address poverty based on community need
• Early Head Start/Head Start – Provides comprehensive education, health, nutrition, and parent involvement services to low-income children and their families
• Energy Assistance – Subsidy/Crisis Programs help maintain family stability
• Health Care for the Homeless (HCH) – Addresses a variety of medical needs through a community-oriented, primary care setting serving homeless individuals
• Healthy Marriage – Provides relationship enhancement curriculum to individuals/families to improve family functioning
• Home Care – Provides in-home services to increase the independence of those who are home-bound or at high risk of nursing home placement
• Homeownership Counseling – A free service offered to first time homebuyers with low to moderate incomes
• Intensive Family Preservation Services – Assists families in identifying and understanding the problems that place children at risk of out-of-home placement and assist them in developing homes that are safe and nurturing
• Kentucky’s Housing and Emergency Assistance Reaching the Homeless (KY HEARTH) – Helps prevent individuals and families from becoming homeless and helps those who are experiencing homelessness to be quickly re-housed and stabilized
• Liberty Place Recovery Center for Women – 100-bed long-term residential substance abuse recovery program for women
• Mujeres Unidas (United Women) – Composed of women from Central America who strive to learn skills that can help them become economically independent
• New Liberty Homeless Shelter – Provides temporary shelter and support services for homeless families for up to six months
• Responsible Fatherhood – Provides job coaching, financial advice, and relationship and parenting seminars
• Richmond Child Care Center – A licensed, tuition based program that serves the childcare needs of working parents
• Senior Citizens Centers – Provides seniors with socialization, recreation, exercise programs, and nutritious meals
• Supportive Housing Program (Transitional and Permanent Housing) – Provides rental assistance, case management, transportation, medical assistance, budget/credit classes, food assistance, heating/cooling assistance, utility assistance, educational assistance, GED preparation, and referrals
• Tenant Based Rental Assistance (TBRA) – Provides rental assistance, security deposit assistance, utility allowance, case management, transportation, medical assistance, budget/credit classes, food assistance, heating/cooling assistance, utility assistance, educational assistance, GED preparation, and referrals
• Teamwork, Readiness, Experience and Knowledge (TREK) – Serves youth who have dropped out of school by partnering with local college admissions, financial aid, and other resources to promote post-secondary education. TREK also partners with local employers to provide job shadowing opportunities, mentors, guest speakers, and work experience.
• Transportation – Affordable, reliable transportation that allows people to access jobs, services and recreational activities
• Weatherization – Winterizes homes to lower energy consumption and heating costs
• Youth Investment Project (YIP) – Helps at-risk youth prepare for college and/or employment
For a complete list of services, please visit their website at
www.foothillscap.org or contact them directly.