Whether you are a caseworker with the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services or work at a community-based organization, these resources are available to families in need of services and supports.
Birth Parents
Foster Youth
Foster Parents
Kinship Caregivers
General Resources
Kentucky Community Resources: kynect resources is a directory of programs, services, and supports throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Department for Community Based Services Family Support Benefits: Kentucky state benefits for qualified individuals and families including food assistance, cash assistance, health care, child care assistance and more.
Department for Community Based Services Directory: This directory contains the address, telephone and fax numbers of: Service Region Administrators, Service Region Administrator Associates, Service Region Clinical Associates, and DCBS local office and management staff.
Legal representation: Civil Legal Aid Programs: Kentucky’s civil legal aid programs provide free legal assistance to low-income and other vulnerable people.
Division of Family Resource and Youth Service Centers: Family Resource and Youth Services Centers (FRYSC) are school-based centers which aim to remove non-academic barriers to learning as a means to enhance student academic success through resources, programs, and services.
The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service: The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service provides practical education you can trust to help people, businesses, and communities solve problems, develop skills, and build a better future.
Community Mental Health Centers: Offers a wide array of community services for Kentuckians who would like support with mental health, developmental and intellectual disabilities, or substance abuse.
DCBS Tip Sheets
