Reentry Resources
Kentucky Reentry Resource Directory
Returning home shouldn't mean starting from zero. Still Standing has compiled trusted statewide resources to help people leaving incarceration reconnect with their families, find employment, secure housing, obtain identification, access treatment, and build a successful future.
All resources below are free or low-cost and available throughout Kentucky unless otherwise noted.
📖 HRC Reentry Resource Guide 2025
The Healthy Reentry Coalition has compiled a comprehensive guide covering housing, employment, food assistance, healthcare, mental health, substance use treatment, legal aid, transportation, veterans services, LGBTQ+ resources, and more — all across Kentucky. Updated August 20, 2025.
📥 Download the Full Guide (PDF)Free resource • Covers all 120 Kentucky counties
🔍 Comprehensive Resource Portals
- Association of Community Ministries — Serving Jefferson County, full resource list
- Metro United Way 2-1-1 — Jefferson, Bullitt, Oldham, Shelby counties
- United Way of Bluegrass — Text zip to 898211 or dial 2-1-1; Fayette and surrounding counties
- United Way of Central KY — Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Meade counties
- United Way of Greater Cincinnati/Northern KY — Boone, Kenton, Campbell, Grant counties
- United Way of Southern KY — Allen, Barren, Butler, Warren and surrounding counties
- Green River 211 — Henderson, Ohio, Webster, Union, Daviess, McLean, Hancock counties
- United Way of Northeast KY — Boyd, Carter, Greenup, Elliott, Lawrence counties
- Louie Connect
- Unite Us
- Community Action KY — 23 agencies in all 120 counties; utilities, food, medication, workforce, transportation, education
- Aunt Bertha — Expansive resource guide
- CARE KY — Housing, transportation, and food assistance statewide
🏠 Housing
- Kentucky Reentry Service Centers
- Kentucky Department of Corrections Reentry Services
- Kentucky Housing Corporation — Low-income, homeless, and special needs housing programs
- Kentucky 211 — Interactive map for HUD-funded emergency shelters by county
- The Fletcher Group — Recovery housing development, free technical assistance, rural KY focus
- ZeroV — Domestic violence shelters and direct services by Area Development District
- Oxford House Kentucky — Self-supporting sober living houses statewide
💼 Employment
- Kentucky Career Center — Regional offices; workforce reentry, training, GED, Vocational Rehabilitation
- Unemployment Insurance
- Kentuckiana Works Job Board
- Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) — Immediate paid employment, skills training, and career support for formerly incarcerated
- Goodwill Industries: Jobs & Training
- Area Development Districts — Second-chance and supported employment by county
📄 Identification & Vital Documents
🍽 Food Assistance
- Kentucky SNAP Benefits — 1-855-306-8959
- Feeding Kentucky — Find your county food bank
- Food in Neighborhoods (FIN) — Louisville community food system
- Dare to Care — Louisville, 502-966-3821
- God's Pantry — Lexington and Eastern KY
🩺 Health Care
- Kentucky Medicaid and KCHIP — 1-855-459-6328
- Qualified Health Plans (QHP) — Affordable Care Act-certified insurance
- Community Health Centers
- Health Departments Statewide
- Free HIV and STI Testing
- Telehealth Benefits
💊 Addiction Recovery
- Find Help Now KY — Statewide treatment locator; 1-833-859-4357
- The Healing Place Louisville — Men: 502-585-4848, Women: 502-568-6680
- Addiction Recovery Care (ARC) — 888-520-9126; multiple centers statewide
- Oxford House Kentucky — Sober living houses statewide
- Alcoholics Anonymous — Online meetings
- In the Rooms — Virtual recovery meetings (AA, NA, OA)
- Louisville Recovery Community Connection — Virtual hangouts, recovery coaching
- SMART Recovery — Virtual meetings
- Harm Reduction Coalition of KY — Syringe exchange, Naloxone
- Find Naloxone Now KY
- Dept. of Corrections Division of Addiction Services
- KY Opioid Assistance Hotline: 1-800-854-6813
🧠 Mental Health
- 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline — Call or text 988, 24/7
- The Brook Hospital (Louisville) — 502-785-8145, no referral needed, telehealth available
- UofL Health - Peace Hospital (Louisville) — 502-451-3330
- Rivendell (Bowling Green) — 270-843-1199, telehealth available
- NAMI Louisville — Support groups and Zoom meetings
- Mental Health America of KY — Immediate mental health response resources
- Community Mental Health Centers — Crisis lines by region
- Creative Spirits
🚗 Transportation
- LyftUP — Donated essential rides
- The Bail Project (Louisville) — Bus cards, LYFT rides, emergency shelter, court support
- Cars to Work Goodwill Program
- Non-Emergency Medical Transportation (Medicaid):
- Federated Transportation (Bluegrass): 1-888-848-0989
- Audubon Area (GRITS): 1-800-816-3511
- Bluegrass Community Action: 1-800-456-6588
- Rural Transit Enterprises (RTEC): 1-800-321-7832
- Sandy Valley Transportation: 1-800-444-7433
⚖️ Legal Assistance
- Department of Public Advocacy — Search by county
- Kentucky Legal Aid
- Legal Aid Society — Expungement clinics
- Appalachian Research and Defense Fund
- Clean Slate KY — Expungement clinic dates, statutes, and guidebook
- Louisville Urban League — Expungement assistance
- Kentucky Pardon Application
🗳 Voting, Expungement & Pardons
🎓 Education & Training
- Kentucky Community & Technical College System
- KHEAA — FAFSA, scholarships, federal programs for college
- Guide to Complete GED
- GED Resources
- KY Skills U GED
🔌 Utilities Assistance
- LIHEAP — Emergency utility assistance, available year-round
- Community Action Agencies — Local utility assistance by county
🎖 Veterans
- 24/7 Psychological Health Resource Center: 866-966-1020
- 24/7 Military Crisis Line: 800-273-8255
- KY Department of Veterans Affairs
- VA.gov
- VA Telehealth
- KY Commonwealth Veteran Benefits
- Wounded Warrior Project
- Real Warriors
- Veterans Outreach Center: 502-287-6710
- VA Louisville Regional Office: 800-827-1000
🌈 LGBTQ+ Resources
- Sweet Evening Breeze — LGBTQ youth homeless shelter
- Trans Health Advocacy: 502-694-2227
👨👩👧 Family Support
- Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
- 211 Community Resources
- KY Association of Sexual Assault Programs — 24/7 support, therapy, court advocacy
- La Casita Center — Latino community support, Louisville
⛪ Faith-Based & Community Organizations
- Prison Fellowship
- Catholic Charities
- The Salvation Army
- Life Coach Each One Teach One Reentry Fellowship — Awareness, prevention, direct services; 502-715-0977
- The Bail Project — Emergency housing, court support, transportation, cell phones
📚 Complete Kentucky Reentry Guides
- HRC Reentry Resource Guide 2025 (PDF) — The most comprehensive, up-to-date guide for Kentucky reentry
- KY DOC Community Resources by District
- Map of Reentry Employment Administrators
- Kentucky Reentry Councils
Need Help?
If you're returning home from incarceration or helping someone who is, Still Standing may be able to connect you with additional resources or point you toward organizations that can help.
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