Community & National Resources

Community & National Resources

• Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services - COVID-19

COVID-19 Hotline (800) 722-5725

The COVID-19 hotline is a service operated by the healthcare professionals at the KY Poison Control Center who can provide advice and answer questions. Please be patient as we are handling a high volume of calls and want to give everyone the time they deserve. For general information, please review the website prior to calling the hotline. Guidance is being added as it becomes available.

• Lift UP Lou

Something good always seems to come from something bad!  So here it is - LiftUpLou's list of things to do and things to accomplish during our COVID19 social distancing. 

• Louisville Metro - COVID-19
• One Louisville COVID-19 Response Fund

Louisville Metro Government, the Community Foundation of Louisville, Metro United Way and other community partners have created an emergency response fund to rapidly deploy resources to individuals and community-based organizations impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak in our region.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Center for Women & Families

Are you in a home that is not safe? Are you concerned about having to quarantine in an unsafe home? We can help you come up with a safety plan 24/7, no matter where you are staying. Call us at 1-844-237-2331. We are here for you. The Center for Women and Families will continue to offer services to survivors of sexual and domestic violence free of charge 24/7.  We are taking the following measures and precautions due to the presence of the Coronavirus in the Louisville Community.

• Black Lives Matter Louisville - Louisville Mutual Aid Services 

Additional Resources

• Waiting period for filing for unemployment due to Coronavirus has been waived

  "Gov. Andy Beshear ordered the state Monday to begin waiving Kentucky’s waiting period for unemployment benefits as job losses from the novel coronavirus pandemic mounted. Kentucky Career Center spokeswoman Holly Neal said officials in Kentucky’s unemployment office are working to accommodate the governor’s order. Beshear also said the state will waive the requirement that applicants search for work while Kentucky remains in a state of emergency because of the COVID-19 pandemic."

• Louisville Directory of Take Out, Drive Thru, and Kids Eat Free
• Louisville Free Public Library - Treehouse

Treehouse is still free with your library card, but under a new service agreement, the Library can no longer provide access to an unlimited number of users. If demand exceeds the available number of Treehouse licenses, LFPL will implement a check-out policy similar to checking out a book. If your Treehouse account has had no activity for 21 days, your account may be disabled to make room for a new active user.

• College Students: U-Haul Offers 30 Days Free Self-Storage amid Coronavirus Outbreak
• Charter to Offer Free Access to Spectrum Broadband and Wi-Fi For 60 Days For New K-12 and College Student Households and More 

Charter will offer free Spectrum broadband and Wi-Fi access for 60 days to college students who do not already have a Spectrum broadband subscription. To enroll call 1-844-488-8395. | More information

In addition, campus housing, libraries and buildings will remain open to all community members; therefore, students will continue to have access to Wi-Fi and computer labs.