Programs

​​​​The Healthy at Home Eviction Relief Fund is no longer accepting applications. The $15 million designated to help tenants and landlords pay past due and future rent has been exhausted. Please check below for a list of resources that may help those impacted by COVID-19.

Kentuckians negatively impacted by COVID have many resources at their disposal. Nationally and locally, organizations are working to ensure people have access to shelter, food, utilities and other basic needs. 

Read below for a list of places you can look for help. 

• Team Kentucky: a one-stop guide for COVID information in Kentucky
• Find a testing location
  
• See daily reports about Kentucky COVID cases
  
• Read guidance for staying Healthy at School and Healthy at Work
  
  
• Eviction Relief and Rent Assistance: learn how you can protect yourself from eviction and get relief. There are several programs in the Commonwealth to help Kentuckians pay their rent.
  
• Sign the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declaration form and submit it to your landlord to possibly be protected from eviction through 2020
  
• Apply for the Jefferson County Eviction Prevention COVID-19 Relief Fund or call (502) 977-6636
  
• Qualify for the Jefferson County Eviction Diversion Program
  
  
• Utility Assistance: receive short-term assitance with your utilities.
  
• Take advantage of the Healthy at Home Utility Relief Fund, a $15 million effort to help Kentuckians affected by COVID pay their utility bills. Apply through your local Community Action Agency. 
• ​Apply to the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) for short-term assistance on your utility bills.​
  

• Financial Assistance: several funds exist to help Kentuckians survive the pandemic and get back on their feet.
  
• Apply online for the Coronavirus Response Fund from the United Way of the Bluegrass
  
• Contact your local Community Action Agency, which offers support for rent, utility bills, help enrolling for Medicaid, and programs for food assistance, senior support, early childhood education, transportation and more
  
• Ask if your local government received Coronavirus Relief Funds from the Kentucky Department for Local Government to create an eviction relief or COVID assistance program for your area
  
• Qualify for assistance from the Salvation Army Central Kentucky Area or Salvation Army Greater Cincinnati Area
  
• Fill out the online application for the Financial Assistance Program in Louisville Metro Resilience and Community Services or call (502) 574-4377
  
• Fill out the online application for the Emergency Financial Assistance in Lexington Community and Resident Services or call (859) 300-5300
• Contact Catholic Charities Diocese of Lexington or Catholic Charities of Louisville, Inc., Sister Visitor Center
  
  
• Housing Assistance
• Sign up for the Section 8 Waiting List 
  
• Download the Assisted Rental Housing Report​ and find affordable rental housing units in your area.
  
• Contact your local public housing authority
  
• Apply for KHC's Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program if you are facing an imminent risk of homelessness
  
  
• Legal Assistance: those in need of legal assistance for eviction relief or assistance with other legal matters can use one of the below free resources.
• Visit kycovidlegalhelp.org or call 1-833-540-0342 for advice about evictions, unemployment issues, domestic issues or debt actions
  
• Visit www.togetherlawyerscan.org
  
• These resources were created by Kentucky's Access to Justice Commission and the four Kentucky civil legal aid programs, AppalRed Legal Aid, Kentucky Legal Aid, Legal Aid of the Bluegrass, and Legal Aid Society
  
  
• Other Resources: KHC's Community Resource Guide is a comprehensive document that lists the agencies and organizations in each county that provide helpful services, including emergency shelter, mental health services, mortgage and credit counseling, permanent housing, and educational assistance. 
  
  
• Transportation for Individuals with Disabilities to COVID Testing ​Appointments Call 877-925-0037 to set up an appointment.​