Louisville Area Resources

Community Resources

• Department for Community Based Services: 502-595-4803

“The Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) is responsible for child and adult protection, foster care and adoption, and services to enhance family self-sufficiency, including food stamps and cash assistance.” Kentucky.gov

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Accessibility

• Center for Accessible Living: 502-589-6620

“As a federally funded center for independent living, the Center for Accessible Living provides the five core independent living services of information and referral, independent living skills training, peer support, advocacy, and transition.”

• Department of Transportation/Frankfort: 502-564-6800
• Department of Transportation /Louisville: 502-493-1477
• Disabled Parking Permits (Jefferson County Clerk Motor Vehicle Office): 502-574-5700

• Louisville’s Civic Innovation and Technology Digital Inclusion initiative

The digital inclusion initiative includes Internet Signups and Skills, Computer Refurbishment, Job Seeker online access, digital literacy training, and ConnectHomeUSA, which works to provide broadcast access to HUD-assisted residents.

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Resources for elders

• Louisville Metro Aging and Disabled Citizens: 502-574-5092

The AOD office has a monthly newsletter and a 72-page resource guide for the aging and disabled in Louisville. Visit the Office for Aging & Disabled Citizens website for their online services and a list of their community partners.

• Meals on Wheels: 502-574-5966

The Senior Nutrition Program provides nutritional lunchtime meals to active senior citizens at Congregate Meal Sites and delivers to homebound seniors through the Meals on Wheels Program, throughout the Louisville Metro area.

• Social Security Office: 866-716-9671

Louisville has two Social Security offices, one on Broadway downtown and one on Timberwood Circle in Middletown. Some tasks can be completed online on their new website.

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Resources for people with an Intellectual Disability

• Zoom Group: 502-581-0658

Zoom Group administers a variety of programs for people with disabilities in Louisville, Ky. These include Zoom Works, Zoom Studio, Zoom Ride, and a collaboration with UPS.

• Council for Developmental Disabilities: 502-584-1239
• Kentucky Protection and Advocacy (which shares its own resource directory)

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Department of Justice

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Legal/Government Administration

• Jefferson County Public Law Library: 502-574-5943 
• Jefferson County Clerk’s Office: 502-574-5700
• Deed Room: 502-574-6220
• Grand Jury: 502-595-2384
• Jury Pool: 502-574-5879
• Expungement Process: 502-573-2350
• Birth and Death Records (vital statistics): 502-564-4212
• Board of Elections (Jefferson County Clerk Election Center): 502-574-6100

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Housing

• Louisville Metro Housing Authority
• Public Housing Office: 502-569-3400
• Owner/landlord questions/problems: Landlord Liaison, Rebekah Aman-James 502-569-6948 Section 8 Office: (502) 569-6060
• Section 8 participant questions/problems:
  Customer Service/Ombudsman, Terri Thornton 502-569-6942 or Alyss Brindley 502-569-6464
• Louisville Metro Housing Authority: 502-569-6076
• Down Payment Assistance

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Financial

• Delinquent taxes: 502-574-5884
• Bankruptcy Court: 502-627-5700
  Unemployment: UI Assistance Line: 502-564-2900. Kentucky Relay Service 1-800-648-6057
  Cares Act Assistance, Sarah at 502-645-2948
• Better Business Bureau: 502-583-6546
• Medicaid application: 855-306-8959

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Employment

• Office of Workforce Development
• Kentucky Career Center Office of Vocational Rehabilitation
• Employment opportunities

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Educational

• Jefferson County Technical College: 502-213-5333|
• General Education Development (GED): 502-485-3400 or email for more information.