The community ministries movement got started here in the mid-1960's, came of age following the Tornado in 1974, and united as the Association for Community Ministries (ACM) in the early 1990's. Most of the 15 community ministries of greater Louisville provide emergency shelter and other assistance, such as information and referral, life skills counseling, food pantry, clothes closet, job networking, emergency rent/mortgage and utilities assistance, and the like. See the Louisville Community Ministries web site for current addresses, phone numbers, individual web sites, a coverage map, and further information. Just too much to repeat here.
East Louisville Community Ministries
Service area: Butchertown, Phoenix Hill, Smoketown, Shelby Park
Eastern Area Community Ministries
Service area: 40018, 40027, 40059, 40222, 40223, 40241, 40242, 40243, 40245, 40299 north of I-64.
Fairdale Area Ministries
Service area: 40118, 40219 west of I-65
Fern Creek/Highview United Ministries, Inc.
Service area: 40228, 40291
HELP Ministries of Central Louisville
Service area: 40202 except Phoenix Hill, 40203 between I-65 and 12th St., 40208 north of UofL
Highlands Community Ministries (HCM)
Service area: 40204 east of L&N tracks and south of Broadway, 40205, 40217 east of Goss Avenue
Jeffersontown Area Ministries
Service area: 40023, 40299 south of I-64
Ministries United of South Central Louisville
Service area: 40213, 40217 west of Goss Avenue, 40219 east of I-65, 40229
St. Matthews Area Ministries (St. MAM)
Service area: 40207
Shively Area Ministries
Service area: 40216
South East Associated Ministries
Service area: 40218, 40220
South Louisville Community Ministries
Service area: 40208 south of UofL, 40209, 40214, 40215
Southwest Community Ministries
Service area: 40177 (Jeff. Co. only), 40258, 40272
United Crescent Hill Ministries (UCHM)
Service area: 40206 except Butchertown
West Louisville Community Ministries
Service area: 40203 west of 12th St., 40210, 40211, 40212