Residential Services for

Young People:

  

Bellewood Presbyterian Home for Children
11103 Park Rd.
Anchorage, KY
Ph: 245-4171 (Main Office)
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Services: residential child care for children who must live away from home due to family problems; individual and family counseling.
Eligibility: wards of the state; family involvement required
Fee: Sliding scale
 
Boy’s Haven
2301 Goldsmith Ln.
Louisville, KY 40218-1083
Ph: 458-1171
Services: residential child care for males 12 years old through graduation from high school; provides various programs geared towards problems of the child; individual, group, and family counseling; independent living program for older youths; accepts dependents and status offenders.
Eligibility: Must have minimum IQ of 75 or more, no chemical dependency, and be able to function in community based programs.
Fee: Sliding scale
 
Brooklawn
2125 Goldsmith Ln.
Louisville, KY 40218
Ph: 451-5177
Services: 24 hour treatment center; in-patient and out-patient services for emotionally and behaviorally troubled boys; assessment, evaluation, family counseling and education, and transitional living program.
Eligibility: Adolescent boys age 6-18
Fee: Varies to services
 
Maryhurst
1015 Dorsey Ln.
Louisville, KY 40223
Ph: 245-1576
Services: residential program for adolescent girls with emotional or social maladjustments; individual, group, or family counseling and educational program.
Eligibility: Females 13-17 years old; must be referred by professional or an agency.
Fee: Call for fees.

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Shelters:

  

Shelters are places that are for short term stays. Keep in mind that shelters are a bandage and not a cure. The causes: low pay jobs, family dissolution, drug abuse, mental illness are at the heart of the problem.
 
Salvation Army
831 South Brook Street
Louisville, KY 40203
Ph: 625-1170
Services: Shelter for families, single men, and women.  Additionally provide financial assistance with LG & E and water but no rental assistance.
Eligibility: Must be homeless.
Fee: First 30 day are free and thereafter is $5 per night.
 
St. John’s Day Center
700 E. Muhammad Ali Blvd.
Louisville, KY 40202
Ph: 568-6758
Hrs of operation: 7a-3p daily except 7a-2p Wed.
Services: day shelter for homeless, job counselor on-site, homeless chronic mentally ill program.
Eligibility: Homeless
 
St. Jude’s Women’s Shelter
431 East St. Catherine
Louisville, KY 40203
Ph: 584-2480 ext. 333
Services: transitional housing for single women who are recovering from drugs and alcohol.
Eligibility: Must be a woman.
 
St. Vincent de Paul Apartments
1015 South Preston
Louisville, KY 40203
Ph: 584-2480
Services: Permanent housing for homeless families with children.
Eligibility: Women must have a disability; substance abuse is an acceptable disability.
 
St. Vincent Ozanam Inn Men Shelter
1034 South Jackson Street
Louisville, KY 40202
Ph: 584-2480 ext. 241
Services: Providing transitional housing for single men.
Eligibility:  Must be a male.  Services are for ambulatory, non-violent, sober, and drug free men. 
 
Volunteers of America
Transitional Living Center
1436 South Shelby Street
Louisville, KY 40217
Ph: 636-0742
Hrs of operation: 8a-5p
Services: To provide low cost housing and shelter for men of fixed incomes or marginally employed.  Food and limited counseling provided. 
Eligibility: Must be a male with ability to pay for services rendered.
Fee: Approximately $200 per month.
 
Volunteers of America
Emergency Shelter
1321 South Preston
Louisville, KY 40208
Ph: 636-0816
Services: Short-term shelter and food for homeless families.  Counseling, job development, housing relocation, and clothing are resources available through location. 
Eligibility: Must be a homeless family.
Fee: NONE.
 
Wayside Christian Mission
812 East Market
Louisville, KY 40206
Ph: 584-3482
Services: Shelter for single women and families.  Additionally food, clothing and counseling are provided.
Eligibility: Must be single homeless woman.
Fee: Ability to pay does not affect service.
 
Wayside Christian Mission (MEN)
432 East Jefferson Street
Louisville, KY 40206
Ph: 584-3711
Services: Shelter for single men.  Additionally food, clothing, and counseling are provided.
Eligibility: Must be single homeless male.
Fee: Ability to pay does not affect service.

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Emergency Night Shelters:

  

Center for Women and Families
927 S. 2nd St.
Louisville, KY 40202
Ph: 581-7222
Eligibility: Domestic violence female victims only; call for more information.
 
The Healing Place
1020 W. Market St. (for men)
Ph: 583-0369
1607 W. Broadway (for women)
Ph: 568-6680
 
Safe Place Services
Ph: 635-5233
Services: Emergency housing and support for runaway children and teens.
Eligibility: Any runaway child/teen
 
Salvation Army
Various Locations in Louisville and Indiana
Check-in is 5 p.m. for women and 6 p.m. for men. Call for address.
Ph: 625-1170
 
Volunteers of America
1321 S. Preston St.
Louisville, KY
Ph: 636-0816
 
Operation White Flag
Coalition for the Homeless: Coordinates programs to ensure that homeless people can find shelter during extreme cold weather.
 
Shelters include:


St. Vincent de Paul
Ph: 584-2480
Eligibility: Men
 
Salvation Army
Ph: 625-1170
Eligibility: Men, Women and Families
 
The Healing Place
Ph: 583-0369 (for men)
Ph: 568-6680 (for women)
 
Volunteers of America
Ph: 636-0816
 
Wayside Christian Mission
Ph: 584-3711
Eligibility: Men, Women, and Families
 
Haven House
1613 E. 8th St.
Jeffersonville, IN
Ph: 284-3373

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