All Kentuckians are mandated reporters. If you believe a child is being abused or neglected, call the Child Protection Hotline.
For contact information in other states, please visit our Report It page.
Child help: National Abuse Hotline:
1-800-4-CHILD
or 1-800-422-4453
2NOT1’s primary effort is to engage, educate, and empower with a second effort to provide support to single moms in the hopes they are receptive to fathers wanting to be involved in the healthy development of their child. The services of 2NOT1 comprise of community engagement and education.
Aetna Better Health of Kentucky helps you get high quality medical care. We have a network of doctors, specialists, pharmacists and other providers available to meet your health care needs. We offer bonus benefits and services designed to assist you in your health care journey. Whether you need preventive care or support to manage a chronic medical condition, we want to help you achieve your best health.
We are the Catholic Church in Central Kentucky, disciples of Jesus Christ, rich in our tradition and growing in our diversity, striving for fullness of life in God. Led by the grace of the Holy Spirit and in communion with the Bishop of Rome, our mission is to proclaim and live the good news of Jesus Christ.
The Backside Learning Center is a nonprofit organization building community and enriching the lives of backside workers and families at Churchill Downs. Since its inception in 2004, the BLC has evolved into a comprehensive resource center, providing an array of educational programming, an after school program for the children of backside workers, social services and referrals, and translation and interpretation. Of equal importance, we serve as a community center and a “home away from home” for the nearly 1,000 workers at Churchill Downs racetrack who find themselves far from family and friends.
Baxter’s Corner mission is to use creativity and storytelling to affect behavior choices through open discussion between children and adults about values and ethical topics that challenge us in today’s world.
Bellewood & Brooklawn was founded in 2012 with the merger of Bellewood Home for Children and Brooklawn Child & Family Services, two organizations that had each been in operation for more than 160 years. In their beginnings, both grew from the desire of a committed few to nurture and provide for children who needed help most. Through growth, change and ultimately partnership, the organizations that now form Bellewood & Brooklawn continue to uphold that philosophy in all they do to provide greater care for vulnerable children and families throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Depression, anxiety, and many other psychological challenges, can result from bullying, and exposure to violence can lead to a wide array of negative behaviors and outcomes, including alcohol and drug use, self-harm and suicide, arrests and gun violence. We therefore support training teachers, administrators, guidance counselors, and qualified community volunteers to help recognize signs that a student might need special attention.
Each time Big Brothers Big Sisters pairs a child with a role model, we start something incredible: a one-to-one relationship built on trust and friendship that can blossom into a future of unlimited potential. And thanks to the first-ever nationwide impact study of a mentoring organization, we have the facts to prove it.
Bounce is a bold endeavor to improve the future health of children in Kentucky, fostering the skills to bounce back from adversity with resiliency and grit.
Through the collaboration of diverse community partners, we are moving “upstream” to address the root causes of poor health in our most vulnerable children by implementing a trauma-informed model for using a “Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Coordinated School Health” model.
BGCK provides out-of-school-time services for youth ages 6-18. Through programming focused on academic success, healthy lifestyles, and good character and citizenship, we are able to help young people, especially those most in need of our services, realize and develop their full potential as productive, responsible and caring citizens.
We shelter, heal and teach struggling young people to become productive and healthy members of our community. At Boys and Girls Haven, we believe in changing lives. We believe in healing and resiliency. We believe our youth do not have to be defined by the scars left by abuse and neglect.
The Cabbage Patch Settlement House is a local, non-profit Christian organization. Our mission is to equip and empower at-risk children, youth, and their families to be self-sufficient by helping them maximize their economic, educational, emotional, moral, physical, social, and spiritual potential.
Camp Quality Kentuckiana is a 501(c)3 organization with a mission to provide a week long camping experience and year-round support vehicle to children with cancer and their families. The week of camp and our various support activities are provided free of charge to the children and their families.
CARE FOR CHILDREN, INC in partnership with Face It has created a national pilot to increase awareness of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and to empower the community to create trauma-informed care practices.
Carriage House is a non-profit preschool program dedicated to the belief that children of all abilities can learn and make progress in an environment that is stimulating, nurturing, and where individual differences are respected and celebrated. Our services include an inclusive preschool program, two early intervention therapeutic programs for children with developmental disabilities, developmental intervention and behavior supports.
CASA of Ohio Valley is a nonprofit child advocacy program. We’re members of the national CASA organization, but we focus on serving Daviess and Ohio counties. We were founded in 1996. We work hard to recruit community members to become child advocate volunteers. We’ll train you to represent the best interests of vulnerable children who are being abused or neglected. You’ll also help children who are suffering because of the unintentional actions or inactions of their parents.
CASA of the River Region supports and promotes court-appointed volunteer advocacy for abused and neglected children so that they can thrive in safe, permanent homes. CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) trains community volunteers to be the voice of abused and neglected children. They use their advocacy skills to ensure that children get their basic needs met, receive medical and dental services as needed, and thrive in school. We believe every child needs at least one caring, consistent adult to look out for his/her safety and nurture his/her self-worth.
The Center for Women and Families (tag) helps victims of sexual assault and intimate partner violence to become survivors through supportive services, community education, and cooperative partnerships that foster hope, promote self-sufficiency, and rebuild lives. The Center connects victims of family violence with safety, supportive services, and resources and offers supportive counseling, family therapy, and enriching activities for children exposed to violence. Children exposed to violence are at increased risk of experiencing additional violence, and immediate connection to supports such as The Center’s services are vital to future well-being.
The Center is a community-focused organization, designed to provide a central resource “hub” for organizations serving families and children in the Green River Area. The concept of The Center was developed to meet the need for co-location, genuine collaboration and effective communication between the organizations serving our community, as well as a central access point for local resource information.
The Center works to connect community members with the services they need, helping navigate the assistance available.
Charlie’s Kids Foundation was established in 2011 after Sam and Maura Hanke lost their first son, Charlie, to SIDS. It was founded with the purpose of increasing safe sleep awareness and education with the ultimate goal of reducing the SIDS mortality rate.
Charlie’s Kids Foundation is unique because we spread the safe sleep message by utilizing a children’s board book as an educational vehicle. We provide families with Sleep Baby Safe and Snug during a prenatal visit or as a part of the safe sleep survival kit provided by Cribs for Kids. This special book, written specifically for Charlie’s Kids by pediatrician and author John Hutton, teaches caregivers what to do and not do to put a baby to sleep safely. In addition to the rhythmic, soothing prose, the back cover features a list of the Dos and Don’ts of safe sleep.
WE ARE a team of healthcare leaders dedicated to make Compassion more present in healthcare experiences
WE ARE consultants with track records of successfully aiding physicians, hospitals, and other healthcare practitioners in navigating changes created by expanded government regulations, managed care, and technology
WE ARE volunteers who have contributed more than 1000 hours in the hosting of Compassionate Louisville’s Healthcare Constellation.
WE ARE “Connectors” to other community partners who have adopted Compassion practices and who want to explore how our collective impact might spark innovation in addressing health concerns that invite a more Compassionate response.
City Schoolhouse works to strengthen children and families by empowering them through active and individualized education, fostering a love of learning, and renewing their community through its people
Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C) is the central point of contact for the child care community, working to end child abuse through advocating on behalf of children and families on a state and national level, providing guidance and education for caregivers on appropriate expectations of children, and disseminating information and resources to child care providers through Kentucky Shared Services.
Community Shield is a collective impact project created to address the complex issue of children who are exposed to violence in Louisville, Kentucky. While many organizations in the community were doing work around the issue through a variety of entries (Child abuse, sexual assault, intimate partner violence and homelessness), the problem demanded a different approach. With this in mind, a consortium of 40 organizations, including The Center for Women and Families, Family and Children’s Place, Our Lady of Peace, Volunteers of America, and many more, came together to learn about collective impact and how this approach could be used around the issue of children exposed to violence. The power of collective impact lies in the heightened vigilance that comes from multiple organizations looking for resources and innovations through the same lens, the rapid learning that comes from feedback loops and the immediacy of action that comes from a unified and simultaneous response among all participants. Our strategic initiatives and progress include: a comprehensive communication strategy, and education curriculum, a data dashboard, local and state policy recommendations and a professional development track.
The Council is dedicated to improving the lives of people with developmental disabilities and offers a lifetime of advocacy, services and supports. The Council founded the Louisville chapter of Project SAFE, a statewide collaborative of advocates, law enforcement and social service agencies devoted to preventing abuse of people with disabilities. We also led efforts to pass laws to protect Medicaid recipients, especially people with disabilities, from abuse, neglect and exploitation.
Critically Loved is a nonprofit providing education and support to parents of chronically and critically ill children. By partnering with pediatric health providers and other nonprofits, Critically Loved helps parents of newly diagnosed children navigate a difficult road.
Founded in 1971, the Dare to Care Food Bank is leading our community to feed the hungry and conquer the cycle of need.
Decode Project’s mission is to eliminate inequities in education by fostering a diverse community of learners prepared to navigate the world. We envision a world where all children have the resources and support to become successful individuals.
Since 1966, Delta Dental of Kentucky has been serving the state with quality dental benefits plans and easy access to practicing dentists.
The department provides family support; child care; child and adult protection; eligibility determinations for Medicaid and food benefits; and administration of an energy cost-assistance program. The department administers the state foster care and adoption systems and recruits and trains parents to care for the state’s children who are waiting for a permanent home. With offices in every county, DCBS provides services and programs to enhance the self-sufficiency of families; improve safety and permanency for children and vulnerable adults; and, engage families and community partners in a collaborative decision-making process.
The Derby City Roller Girls is Louisville, Kentucky’s first and only Women’s Flat Track Roller Derby league. We are a diverse league coming together from Louisville and Southern Indiana to pursue excellence through competition and athleticism. We work together to passionately promote roller derby and foster the spirit of the sport while providing marketable sports entertainment for the greater Louisville Metro area.
Doctors & Lawyers for Kids is a Medical-Legal Partnership, a health care and legal services delivery model that embeds free civil legal services in the medical setting. The organization is the collaborative effort of Legal Aid Society, Louisville Bar Association, and University of Louisville (UofL) Pediatrics. We resolve civil legal needs that affect the health and well-being of children and families in poverty.
The Mission of Dreams With Wings is to empower children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and autism as they recognize their strengths, contribute to their community and pursue their dreams.
The Vision of Dreams With Wings is to be innovative in person centered supports to enable individuals to live their best life through creating a sense of belonging and value. The vision is supported by staff who are unwavering in compassion for those we are privileged to support.
Eastern Area Community Ministries partners with individuals in crisis or in need and to equip and support them in achieving life-long stability and dignity.
Exploited Children’s Help Organization (tag) works to end child abuse by teaching kids how to “say ‘no’, get away, and tell someone” if anyone ever makes them uncomfortable. We also hold conversations and trainings with adults on how to help kids get and stay safe. ECHO creates safe spaces that empower kids and adults to talk about abuse, whether that is disclosing personal abuse for the first time or helping adults find ways to start conversations with the kids in their lives. The issues we talk about include body safety, internet safety, commercial sexual exploitation of children, human trafficking, signs and symptoms of abuse, how to help survivors when they disclose, and more. ECHO believes by talking about abuse and removing the stigma attached to it that we can really lower abuse rates. ECHO reminds us that it is more important to be safe than to be polite. If you’re an adult who suspects something, please don’t worry about offending the person who is suspicious because a kid’s life might be at stake. And for children and youth, “don’t worry about being polite” means to trust your gut feeling. If a situation doesn’t feel safe, get out. The people that love you will not care if someone thinks you’re rude because you felt unsafe.
The Mission of the Epilepsy Foundation of Kentuckiana leads the fight to overcome the challenges of living with epilepsy and accelerate therapies to stop seizures, find cures, and save lives.
Family & Children’s Place is a leading agency in Louisville and Southern Indiana working to stop and prevent the trauma of child abuse, violence and neglect, and help children and families recover and heal. With help from Family & Children’s Place, children and families affected by violence, abuse and neglect have the chance to lead happy, healthy lives, filled with safe, healthy and meaningful relationships. Services include no-cost therapy in homes, offices, and the community; child and family advocacy; information on victims’ assistance; case management; referrals to appropriate community services; and domestic violence groups for children impacted by violence in the home. With help, separated parents and children rebuild relationships through our Supervised Visitation Center, first-time parents learn to manage their new responsibilities and give their baby the best start possible. Students learn to make healthy choices, avoid drugs and alcohol and access resources they use to improve socially and academically. Families are assured safe, secure housing. Through collaborations with the Crimes Against Children Unit of Louisville Metro Police, Child Protective Services, U of L School of Medicine and the Commonwealth’s Attorney office, our Child Advocacy Centers ended the trauma of physical and sexual abuse for more than 1,300 children last year alone. Family & Children’s Place provides proven interventions for children and families hurt by violence, abuse or neglect. Last year alone, we helped nearly 5,000 children and family members regain hope.
Family Enrichment Centers mission is to empower families and prevent child abuse by providing education, social support, crisis intervention, and a safe environment for children and their families. While the numbers of children who are abused in south central Kentucky may vary from year to year, it is abundantly clear that there needs to be more services to address this critical issue.
KY Approved Court Mandated Programs for Supervised Visitation, Parent Counseling and Anger Management
Family Matters Exchange and Visitation Center is located in Jefferson County, Kentucky offering services for families that include supervised visitations, anger management and parenting classes and support.
Family Nurturing Center is a non-profit social service agency located in Northern Kentucky and Hamilton County, OH dedicated to ending the cycle of child abuse by promoting individual well-being and healthy family relationships. Our services and programs focus on the education, prevention, and treatment of all forms of child abuse and neglect.
The mission of Family Scholar House is to end the cycle of poverty and transform our community by empowering families and youth to succeed in education and achieve life-long self-sufficiency.
In Fayette County Public Schools, we serve more than 42,000 students from the Lexington metro area, and every decision we make – from the board room to the classroom – is based on doing what’s best for all our students. Our dedicated employees share a common goal of providing a world-class education for each and every child, and it shows. Time and again, our students and staff members earn state and national accolades in academic, athletic, and professional arenas. We also have amazing support from our families, business community, and civic leaders who are all intent on creating a positive environment for students to learn and succeed.
Families for Effective Autism Treatment (FEAT) of Louisville is a non-profit organization that actively supports and funds autism programs for the entire family. Created for families by families, FEAT of Louisville is dedicated to easing the autism journey through ongoing support, education and programs.
It is our mission is to assure the public’s health and safety through prevention, promotion, and protection. In everything we do, our vision is to improve health and safety in our district. This is where we live, work, play, and pray and we want our communities to thrive.
FCHD continues to provide services across all departments. Some programs are scheduling appointments, other services may be offered through phone or video appointments. This includes WIC, Family Planning, Diabetes classes, and other Community Health programs. Some face-to-face appointments may still be conducted and will be determined on a case-by-case basis, as determined by need.
The agency mission—“A Lifeline for Change”—values personal relationships, structured caring environment, and collaboration with others as key elements in helping our children prepare for life’s challenges and achieving their full potential. Gateway is licensed by the Office of the Inspector General, nationally accredited by the Council on Accreditation, a United Way of the Bluegrass Agency, and a member of the Kentucky Children’s Alliance.
We Are Girl Scouts.
Girl Scouts bring their dreams to life and work together to build a better world.
Through programs from coast to coast, Girl Scouts of all backgrounds and abilities can be unapologetically themselves as they discover their strengths and rise to meet new challenges—whether they want to climb to the top of a tree or the top of their class, lace up their boots for a hike or advocate for climate justice, or make their first best friends.
Backed by trusted adult volunteers, mentors, and millions of alums, Girl Scouts lead the way as they find their voices and make changes that affect the issues most important to them.
Our mission is to use music, education, and fun to empower young audiences to develop strong coping skills and mental fitness.
Green Dot is a nationally celebrated non-violence program that believes our everyday decisions hold the power to prevent and reduce violence in our home community. Each time we choose to act to ensure the safety of others, we are putting a green dot (a moment of safety) on our community map.
We love Lexington, and we envision Lexington’s community map to be filled with green dots, showing that here in the bluegrass, we do not tolerate any form of violence, and everyone is expected to do their part in keeping this community safe.
Green Hill Therapy is a non profit organization in east Louisville which integrates occupational, physical and speech therapy with hippotherapy and aquatherapy – two dynamic treatment programs that address sensory-motor learning in special needs children. Our goal is simple: We want to help kids reach their full potential through proven, playful intervention.
We are a nonprofit organization committed to ending intimate partner abuse in families and the community. Our shelter in rural Fayette County, Kentucky is surrounded by a beautiful 40-acre property. We farm this land to offer nature-based healing, nutritious field-to-table produce, and job training for survivors. Nurturing lives harmed by intimate partner abuse.
GrowBabyGrow is your number one family-friendly program supporting Moms, Dads and their babies with resources to enhance physical and social development, strengthen attachment and lifelong bonding, and build relationships with other families.
Babies need to move to learn and play to grow. Moms and dads want to feel confident they are doing all they can to help their baby thrive. We help families take full advantage of the fleeting first year of baby’s life with fun and appropriate movement activities for building baby’s body and brain.
Healing TREE (Trauma Resources, Education & Empowerment) advocates healing from abuse and trauma rather than coping with the symptoms, in order to transform lives and, ultimately, society. We achieve this by providing trauma-focused resources and education and by producing and partnering with relevant film, television, and theatre, empowering the social change necessary to create a healing movement.
Home of the Innocents (the Home) is where Louisville’s vulnerable children and youth find emotional, physical, and intellectual support that can transform their lives.
Hope Collaborative was launched at the end of 2017 with the goal of supporting churches and removing barriers to their engagement responding to needs of their communities. Hope Collaborative currently provides 2 specific programs with plans to develop others in the near future. The first is the Public Schools Outreach which mobilizes the church to serve in public schools as mentors and volunteers. The second, Hope Place, involves outreach and services to meet the needs of the South Louisville community.
I Would Rather Be Reading’s mission is for children who have experienced or are currently experiencing trauma to receive intense, consistent, one-on-one, reading intervention from a trained reading specialist to outweigh the negative effects caused by adverse childhood experiences.
The Office of Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell provides the prosecutors on the front lines of holding people accountable for abuse and neglect against children. In addition to handling cases in court to seek justice against abusers, we partner with other agencies to provide the best support we can to victims of abuse. For several years, our office has led the charge in the state legislature to open family courts to the public so that there can be greater transparency and accountability in child abuse, dependency, and neglect cases.
JCPS is a leading urban school district that provides high-quality education for more than 100,000 students (about 1 of every 7 students in Kentucky).
Parents can choose the school and the programs that best meet their child’s needs and match his or her learning style. From preschool to adult education, JCPS is known for educational innovation, for dedication to students, and for highly qualified teachers and administrators.
Jenpale was created when we saw the need for a broker who provided a high level of both service and education to their clients. It’s important to know all of your options when searching for coverage and we want to guide you every step of the way!
Jewish Family & Career Services is a non-profit comprehensive human services organization founded in 1908, serving the entire community with programs focusing on family, work, education, older adults, immigrants and refugees. JFCS offers counseling services to individuals and families. As a Hague Accredited Agency, we comply with the Inter-country Adoption Act and Hague Regulations as part of our adoption services. JFCSwelcomes and is grateful for volunteers, who are needed throughout the organization.
Junior Achievement inspires young people to take charge of their future success with support from volunteers and donors in our local Kentuckiana community.
The Judicial Branch of State Government for the Commonwealth of Kentucky – A unified court system.
The Kentucky Humanities Council, Inc. is an independent, nonprofit affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities in Washington, D.C. The Council is supported by the National Endowment and by private contributions. We are not a state agency, and we receive no state funds, but we are proud partners with Kentucky’s cultural, heritage, arts, and tourism agencies.
Kids on the Block’s mission is to provide ongoing education and prevention through puppetry for children and the community at large. The core message in each program is to teach children acceptance of differences in themselves and in others.
The troupe uses life size puppets and performs 17 topics in the style of Bunraku puppetry. The puppeteers travel the state performing in schools, boys and girls clubs, and other community centers. In 2019, 29,005 children in 20 counties viewed programs. The puppets bring children to a teachable moment by reflecting their hopes, fears, likes, and dislikes.
Other initiatives include owning and operating The Higgins Center for Nonprofits, free kids runs, a youth board for elementary aged children, and a monthly victim impact panel to combat driving under the influence.
The Kentucky Oral Health Coalition mission is to improve the oral health of all people of Kentucky.
Kentucky’s Vision of Impact is to engage partners across the state to create a collaborative oral health network designed to:
KSPAN is a network of public and private organizations, and individuals, dedicated to promoting safety and preventing injuries throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Kentucky Strengthening Families (KYSF) represents a multi-disciplinary partnership of over 20 national, state and local, and public and private organizations dedicated to embedding six research-based Protective Factors into services and supports for children and their families. Supporting families is key strategy for promoting school readiness and preventing child abuse and neglect. All families experience times of stress, and research demonstrates that children grow and learn best in families who have the supports and skills to deal with those times. By supporting families and building their skills to cope with stressors, we can increase school readiness and reduce the likelihood abuse will occur in families. Kentucky Strengthening Families is using a nationally recognized strategy—Strengthening Families: A Protective Factors Framework – which is coordinated by the Center for the Study of Social Policy.
Kentucky Youth Advocates (KYA) believes all children deserve to be safe, healthy, and secure. As THE independent voice for Kentucky children, we work hard to ensure decision makers create policies and make investments that are good for kids. Kentucky Youth Advocates staffs the Face It Campaign and is dedicated to ensuring children are safe from abuse and neglect.
Kids Center is a comprehensive nonprofit outpatient therapy center for children, teens, and young adults with developmental disabilities and delays. More than 1,200 kids, ages birth to 21, currently receive care at Kids Center; our therapists see between 600 and 700 children each week.
The Kidz Club provides innovative and comprehensive community pediatric health care services, empowering the lives of children who are medically complex. Since 1996, families and physicians have trusted The Kidz Club to provide the safest, most cost-effective and highest quality day nursing care in a fun, stimulating environment for children from birth up to 21 years of age. The Kidz Club is a Medicaid Licensed Prescribed Pediatric Extended Care (PPEC) Center.
The Kinship Families Coalition of Kentucky is a community group dedicated to raising awareness of the issues surrounding kinship care in Kentucky and forwarding recommendations for policy changes to increase supports for kinship families. Members from across the state of Kentucky include relative caregivers, advocacy organizations, and support service providers.
Since 1923 Kosair for Kids has had one primary mission – helping children in need. Kosair for Kids knows that the quality of a child’s tomorrow depends largely on the quality of health, medical treatment, and support a child receives today. Kosair for Kids supports over 100 pediatric agencies in our community with funding for research, clinical services, health education and care every year.
We are a grassroots non-profit located in Louisville, KY accompanying families in the Latin@ community. Our mission is to empower these families, providing a foundation for systemic change with long-term effects.
We are passionate about social justice, solidarity and accompaniment of the most vulnerable, and promotion of health and healing among our newest immigrant Latin@ families. We do this through direct service (meeting basic needs) as well as through education, advocacy, and the creation of networks of support.
Learning Grove develops and supports innovative quality programs by empowering children, youth, and families across diverse communities.
Through a collective impact model, the Fatherhood Initiative will educate fathers and communities on responsible fatherhood practices, healthy relationships, and economic stability among families. The Fatherhood Initiative impacts fathers and equips them to have nurturing, healthy relationships with their children and families. Additionally, the Fatherhood Initiative seeks to increase the number of underrepresented men civically engaged across the city.
Life Adventure Center of the Bluegrass will be a recognized leader in providing outdoor based, experiential education and a premier knowledge resource as we constantly research and develop new empirically proven programs to meet our objectives.
Life Adventure Center programs transform lives by enhancing growth, improving communication, and building resiliency for both individuals and groups, especially underserved youth through professionally supervised outdoor group challenges and shared reflection opportunities.
The Lighthouse Academy at Newburg is a 21st Century Community Learning Center in partnership with Kentucky Department of Education and JCPS. The Lighthouse helps children and youth achieve higher academic levels, encourages them to cultivate a love for the arts, and motivates them to develop their God-given potential to become moral and spiritual leaders in their community. The children who attend our program have a safe place to grow and learn. We work not only on improving academic skills of our children, but also to provide experiences designed to encourage the children’s development of moral character and leadership skills. All staff receive training provided by Face It to learn warning signs of abuse. We promote positive reinforcement at our facility and form relationships with our students and their families.
LFJA is a new coalition, formed in December 2018, which creates weekly art activities in the Visitors Lobby of the jail, educates and connects members of the public concerned about incarceration and advances equitable policies and fair practices for families with incarcerated loved ones in Jefferson County, Kentucky. LFJA is a collaborative coalition guided by values of respect, dignity and unity. The coalition is committed to the goal of at least 50% participation of people with direct experiences of incarceration.
The mission of the Office of Youth Development (OYD) is to build collaborations and partnerships to meet the needs of young people by coordinating programs and services and advocating for youth and youth service programs.
The Louisville Metro Police Foundation is dedicated to improving the Greater Louisville community and making our city a safer place to live, work and visit by supporting the men and women of the Louisville Metro Police Department.
THE LOUISVILLE URBAN LEAGUE is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, community service organization dedicated to eliminating racism and its adverse impacts on our community. Our mission is to assist African Americans and other marginalized populations in attaining social and economic equality through direct services and advocacy.
As part of a broader National Urban League network of historic civil rights organizations throughout the United States, the Louisville Urban League, like all affiliates, is dedicated to fostering economic empowerment in order to elevate the standard of living in historically underserved urban communities, with our focus on Jobs, Justice, Education, Health and Housing.
Founded in 1843, we are the oldest nonprofit in the state of Kentucky serving kids and families facing crisis.
The mission of The Morton Center is to restore the health of individuals and families struggling with alcoholism and other addictions by providing specialized counseling and educational services.
Mountain Comprehensive Care Center’s mission is to provide quality behavioral healthcare that offers recovery and hope. Our programs have been developed to address the most pressing issues affecting people from all walks of life within our region. We believe that everyone should be treated with dignity and respect. The programs below encompass a broad array of services that share a common goal: to help you gain control of difficulties in your life so that you can focus on what matters the most.
Neighborhood House is breaking the cycle of poverty for children and families in the Portland community and surrounding neighborhoods in West Louisville. Through our Child Development Center, Youth Development Program and Family Services, we are providing individuals with opportunities to enhance the quality of their lives. By meeting Life Needs, teaching Life Skills and inspiring Life Dreams, we are changing the lives and the future of our community.
The Nest provides a safe place for education, counseling, and support to children and families in crisis. Our programs focus on the prevention of physical and sexual abuse, neglect of children, and the stabilization of the family unit.
New Beginnings Family Services’ mission is an ongoing effort towards “empowering individuals and families to assist them with developing enriched lives and a stronger community”.
New Day Ministries emphasizes people and programs that promote safer, healthier thriving communities. New Day provides low-income, disadvantaged, and at-risk youth and young adults access to caring, committed men and women who have grown up in or survived similar challenging backgrounds to become successful, resilient adults. Our programs equip and empower these same young people to go on to create their own successful lives. Our 4-E Approach is a multi-faceted and focused effort at preventing youth violence, intervening and improving youth growth and development, and reclaiming young people who otherwise might end up trapped in the juvenile justice system.
The Omni Family of Services is a multi-state placement agency that provides services for adults and children. Founded in Tennessee in 1991, Omni has always believed that every child deserves a home, and that the best way to serve children and youth is in a home-like environment where flexible services are available in the frequency, intensity and duration necessary for each child to succeed.
As such, Omni focuses on family, providing each individual with a community support system to facilitate and inspire growth and development.
Our mission statement reflects our priorities: the people we serve and the quality of our services. Our values set the standards for each employee and every service we provide. And our history validates the success that has come from respecting our values and mission.
Omni expanded its services to North Carolina in 1993, to Kentucky in 2006 and to Georgia in 2011. In 1996, Omni began serving adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities living in community-based homes, and in 2003, Omni added family-based living services to our adult program to allow these adults an opportunity to live in a family environment.
Operation Open Arms, Inc (OOA) is a private child placing agency, licensed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Our mission is to provide a loving, nurturing, home environment to children whose mothers are incarcerated. OOA recruits, trains, licenses and provides assistance to foster families to make placement of these children successful. Financial support for this charity comes through fundraisers and other generous donations.
Our mission statement reflects our priorities: the people we serve and the quality of our services. Our values set the standards for each employee and every service we provide. And our history validates the success that has come from respecting our values and mission.
Omni expanded its services to North Carolina in 1993, to Kentucky in 2006 and to Georgia in 2011. In 1996, Omni began serving adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities living in community-based homes, and in 2003, Omni added family-based living services to our adult program to allow these adults an opportunity to live in a family environment.
To love and support parents by providing real-world information, connection, and hope.
Option to Success Inc/ Family Services is dedicated to providing women, children and at-risk adolescent girls and their families with full wrap around Behavioral Health services. Our goal is to break barriers by building women by offering residential and outpatient wrap around behavioral health services. This innovation approach brings families together with the support they need to ensure that all the mental health and behavior goals can be met.
To equip, connect, and mobilize Christians to serve vulnerable children and families.
Orphan Care Alliance was born through grassroots efforts, spearheaded by five families between two churches in 2005 under the name Louisville Orphan Care Initiative. The focus was financially enabling families to adopt by providing grants and loans because many families in the community felt called to adopt but were struggling to overcome the financial burden. During this time, an understanding of the needs of children in Kentucky began to become aware and the ministry was seeing opportunities to grow. Now, years later, with a network of agencies that span around the nation and volunteers representing several evangelical churches, we stand together as the Body of Christ, leading the way by caring for the fatherless.
The Ohio Valley Educational Cooperative (OVEC) is a consortium of 15 school districts serving over 155,000 students in north central Kentucky. Established in 1976, the cooperative provides a vehicle for conducting regional planning, development, and implementation of educational programs on a continuing basis. OVEC offers programs that serve member school districts, their student populations and families.
The Peace Education Program strengthens communities and schools by training youth and adults to build and sustain positive relationships. We teach conflict resolution, peer mediation and prejudice reduction. Peace Ed teaches youth how to interrupt the cycle of violence and trauma by handling their own anger, de-escalating conflicts, respecting diversity, and standing up for one another. These youth leaders mediate conflicts in their schools and neighborhoods, creating islands of safety and respect, oftentimes in a sea of violence. Adults can join us for professional development trainings in cooperative games, conflict resolution, mediation and leadership development. Teens can participate in our PeaceCasters Summer Camp.
UofL Health – Peace Hospital (formerly KentuckyOne Health – Our Lady of Peace Hospital), is a private, not-for-profit behavioral health care hospital. Founded in 1951 by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, the 220-bed hospital is one of the largest psychiatric facilities in the nation providing care for children, adolescents, and adults.
The Kosair Charities Children’s Peace Center is the largest and most comprehensive private provider of youth inpatient behavioral health services in the country. Peace operates a full continuum of behavioral health and substance use services for patients. Specialty programs for children and adolescents who have complex treatment needs, such as intellectual or developmental disabilities; forensic issues for females; and/or co-occurring substance use issues are also offered.
At Play Cousins Collective we are building villages around our children. We feel that a community is only as strong as the most vulnerable among it. By providing meaningful children’s programming at community events and meetings we support an active citizenry where parents can organize and advocate for their families without experiencing the barrier of childcare.
Within the communities, we serve we are weaving a quilt of interconnectedness with extended kin, by practicing Ancestral methods of healing and resilience. Play Cousins members, or Play Cousins, inherit a community celebrating Black-owned businesses, social activists, health care providers, tradesmen and women, and everyone in-between. We know that within our own communities lies the answers and resources we have been longing for and together we can create or find what we need. As we build sustainable thriving communities, we also work to heal as individuals and families.
Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky (PCAK) is the Commonwealth’s only statewide child abuse prevention organization. Established in 1987 when the Kentucky Chapter of Prevent Child Abuse America (formerly the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse) merged with Parent’s Anonymous of Kentucky. PCAK was originally known as the Kentucky Council on Child Abuse; in 1999 the name was changed in order to better identify the agency’s mission to the public. Today, PCAK is recognized as the Kentucky affiliate of Prevent Child Abuse America
REACH Program LLC is a privately owned and operated licensed outpatient AODE treatment program located in the heart of Nelson County (2013) as well as in Bullitt County (2016). Since our foundation, we have grown and expanded services to include treatment for adults, adolescents and middle school children. We are proud to be involved in creative and innovative new programs targeting high risk behaviors, identifying the cause and effects of such behaviors and brainstorming solutions to improve the quality of life for the individuals, families and communities with whom we work. Over the years, REACH has had the honor of joining with several community agencies in creating and implementing programs that promote the prevention, education and treatment of substance abuse disorders.
Refuge for Women’s mission is to help today’s victims through long-term aftercare and to reduce tomorrow’s victims via student prevention efforts. Raise the Standard is a youth prevention program that talks to teens about safe sex, healthy relationships, sexual abuse and human trafficking. The goal is simple; to keep students safe. We seek to prevent human trafficking, protect students, and offer pathways of engagement to be a part of the solution to end child abuse and slavery.
Our Misson Is To Prevent Childhood Injuries.
Safe Kids Worldwide® is a nonprofit organization working to help families and communities keep kids safe from injuries. Most people are surprised to learn preventable injuries are the #1 killer of kids in the United States. Throughout the world, almost one million children die of an injury each year, and almost every one of these tragedies is preventable.
Right now, Kentucky lacks a shelter for sexually trafficked and exploited children. Our state is annually identifying over 200 trafficked minors, and the number grows each year. Safe Passage, Inc. is working to combat this issue and respond! Safe Passage will be a unique space specifically designed for sexually trafficked and exploited children. The organization will also provide prevention and wrap-around services. We believe these kids have an entire hope-filled life ahead, and Safe Passage will be just one chapter. So whether they come for a short bit, or to stay, they’ll be safe, loved, and championed while they prepare to make their way back into the world.
When youth in crisis need somewhere to stay, someone to trust, or someone to listen, YMCA Safe Place – Louisville (tag) is here to help–-every day, around the clock. We are committed to making our community stronger through help, hope, and healing for teens and families in crisis. From youth mentoring and family mediation services to street outreach initiatives, YMCA Safe Place Services is dedicated to providing youth a Safe Place where they can always find safety, shelter and support. YMCA Safe Place has redefined how our community addresses the needs of our youth who are at risk of abuse. We are focused on breaking cycles of violence, abuse, and turmoil by giving teens in crisis the tools they need to advocate for their wellbeing. We believe in positive youth development, strengthening families and empowering youth to reach for a better future.
The purpose of the Safe Sleep Kentucky campaign is to prevent infant deaths by educating the public in ABCD, the four letters associated with the best practices to make sure infants sleep safely. The campaign aims to help inform new and experienced parents, grandparents, and caregivers on the importance of Safe Sleep for babies.
Our mission is to help build the self-esteem and confidence of foster children by building a foundation of literacy, personal growth, and development.
Seven Counties Services is a Community Mental Health Center with a 60-year history offering a full range of mental health services, substance abuse treatment, and intellectual and developmental disabilities services in Jefferson, Oldham, Bullitt, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble, and Henry counties.
Smoketown Family Wellness Center (SFWC) builds a culture of health by providing clinical care to children in a pediatric clinic and community-based environment with a focus on healthy lifestyle behaviors for the entire family. SFWC will improve health outcomes by addressing the many factors that impact health in one setting. SFWC works with parents to support them with the knowledge and resources they need to raise children who are healthy in mind, body, and spirit.
Our mission is to unite area churches, schools, businesses, and individuals to minister to the needs of our neighbors who find themselves in poverty and/or crisis. To create a more financially equitable Southwest community by playing an integral part in alleviating the burden of crisis and poverty in the area.
Sowing Seeds with Faith is a Louisville-based private tutoring service with tutors ranging from JCPS teachers to JCPS retirees to current college students. Sowing Seeds provides the highest caliber of educational support to students of K-12 in every subject. Sowing Seeds with Faith particularly excels in math, reading comprehension, and black history. Whatever your academic goals, our team can help you attain them.
We are an independent network of artists & creatives who engage children and caregivers in weekly art-making in the visitors lobby of the Louisville Jail.
St. Joe’s serves children from all over Kentucky who have been victims of or witness to severe abuse or neglect. St. Joe’s creates families not only for the kids in the residential treatment program, but also for dozens more children in Kentucky, and is as committed to the prevention of child abuse as they are to helping kids cope with its lasting effects.
St. Vincent de Paul Louisville partners with individuals and families in crisis and helps them navigate a path to stabilize their lives and reach their full potential.
Since 1869, Kentucky children and teens who come to Sunrise Children’s Services (tag) have found hope and healing after removal from their homes due to physical, emotional or sexual abuse or neglect. Whether providing safe and loving foster homes, residential treatment programs, or in-home services designed to keep families together, Sunrise is at work in the lives of thousands of children across Kentucky. Sunrise’s newest program, VentureON, is an innovative collaboration designed to provide a path of life to young people who age out of the foster care system. Please visit us at sunrise.org to learn more about how Sunrise works to help children in crisis shine!
The Sunshine Center offers free counseling services for child and adult victims of abuse and neglect, as well as completely free parenting classes for parents of children ages 0-17.
In all of the parenting classes, parents learn how to deal with the stress of being a parent; as well as developing better communication skills, learning appropriate discipline approaches and positive behavior management. There is no cost for these classes for Franklin County residents- and due to the global pandemic, we have begun offering these classes online over Zoom for the safety of our students and staff.
Tip it Forward began in 2014, in a private massage practice after multiple individuals from underserved neighborhoods requested access to massage therapy. Sparked by the power in the simple act of giving more than is expected, client tips were converted into providing care to those with limited resources. From this beginning came the larger vision for tipping the balance of access to health + care forward.
True Up is a groundbreaking initiative to empower young people in foster care to gain the critical life skills they need to make a successful transition from a structured environment to self-sufficiency in our communities.
The University of Kentucky Center on Trauma and Children (CTAC), located in the College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry is dedicated to the enhancement of the health and well-being of children and their families through research, practice, policy and the dissemination and implementation of evidence-based approaches to address child abuse and trauma. CTAC recognizes the impact of indirect trauma on the child-serving workforce and seeks to address this pervasive occupational hazard.
The Division of Pediatric Forensic Medicine offers assessment and treatment for pediatric and adolescent patients with concern for possible child maltreatment. Our goal is to identify and prevent child abuse as well as assist in identifying conditions that may mimic child abuse. Services include consultation and follow-up evaluations.
In addition to diagnosis and treatment, we are committed to working with community partners including Kosair Charities. The Kosair Charities Face It® Movement works to end child abuse through prevention strategies, community engagement and promoting effective policies to improve the safety of children. We also work with the Children’s Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass in providing medical assessments to victims of alleged sexual abuse.
The College of Education and Human Development embraces the University’s mission as a metropolitan research university committed to advancing the intellectual, cultural, and economic development of our diverse communities and citizens. We promote the highest levels of learning and social, emotional, and physical health and well-being for all children, individuals, and families. Our programs enhance the organizations and communities in which they grow and develop.
The division provides a standardized approach to the assessment of child abuse and neglect issues, providing medical expertise on the diagnosis, documentation and follow-up of suspected cases of child physical abuse and neglect. The pediatric forensic medicine team serves as liaison between the hospital team and community partners such as law enforcement, Child Protective Services and the Department of Justice.
United Crescent Hill Ministries (UCHM) is a community ministry sponsored by 19 churches/religious institutions, businesses, and individuals within Crescent Hill, Clifton, Clifton Heights, and Butchertown for the purpose of providing vital social services to these communities and beyond. UCHM serves approximately 3,500 individuals with a range of programs that includes: emergency financial and food assistance, youth programming, health prevention services, senior citizen nutrition program and Meals on Wheels, senior citizen activities, community development and organizing, ecumenical activities, outreach, referral and advocacy.
Uniting Partners (UP) for Women and Children opened its doors July 16, 2018 and is Louisville’s first women’s only day shelter. UP currently operates Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. UP assists women and children that are experiencing or nearing homelessness with a daytime safe space, basic hygiene access, and comprehensive services through case management. By uniting partners with additional service providers, UP adequately links women, children, and families to the resources they need to be empowered to achieve self-sufficiency.
Visually Impaired Preschool Services (VIPS) was founded by a group of concerned parents and community volunteers in 1985. Their mission was to enhance learning opportunities by providing early intervention services to young children with blindness or low vision and their families in the Louisville area. VIPS empowers families by providing educational excellence to young children with visual impairments in order to build a strong foundation for reaching their highest potential.
Volunteers of America creates positive change in the lives of individuals and communities through a ministry of service. They recognize the power of working alongside leaders in the community where missions based on long lasting change align. Through programming focused on addiction recovery, including unique programs for pregnant and parenting women and the Family Emergency Shelter and Louisville Housing Services, VOA provides new beginnings and hope to families and children affected by difficult circumstances in life. Together with Face it, they will drive the movement to end child abuse and neglect by helping families through tough times.
Wednesday’s Child, Inc. mission is to facilitate the recruitment of foster and adoptive parents for children in the state’s care, to offer help to adoptive families, to support youth who are waiting for adoption and those who are transitioning to independent living.
The Well of Lexington is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization committed to helping women live free from sexual and labor exploitation, financial coercion, addiction, and homelessness. We provide a two-year residential program of recovery and renewal for women who have survived sex and labor trafficking or prostitution. Our WellStart program is a trafficking prevention initiative for children, youth and families utilizing national research and evidence-based programs.
Wesley House Community Services provides affordable child care for working parents, intervention programs for young people at risk, and computer training for people entering the work force in Louisville, Kentucky. The organization’s mission is to empower families, individuals and communities toward self-sufficiency, creating hope and opportunity that result in extraordinary change in the lives of those it serves.
The Kentucky YMCA Youth Association serves as the home of Kentucky’s YMCA Youth and Government programs. We provide middle school, high school, and college students across the Commonwealth with opportunities for service learning, civic engagement, and personal development.
Youth Advocate Programs(YAP) believes we all need access to safe places and positive connections in our communities to fully develop our strengths and realize our potential. For many individuals and families, these fundamental building blocks of healthy development are unavailable, obstructed or difficult to access.
For more than four decades, YAP has built bridges between families and communities, opening access to critical tools like mentoring; social connections; medical and mental health services; education and vocational services; and other resources individuals need for positive development.
YouthBuild Louisville is an education, job training, and leadership program that provides low-income young adults ages, 18-24, opportunities to realize their potential as active community leaders and an educated workforce for Louisville.
Our mission is to champion young adults to be great citizens who build productive lives, families, and sustainable communities.
Our vision is that through the development of life and job skills, students are inspired to reach lifelong success as they become strong, confident young adults with a commitment to work, education, family and community.
