Previous Initiatives

Central Kentucky Housing & Homeless Initiative (CKHHI)

The Central Kentucky Housing and Homelessness Initiative strives to mobilize nonprofit, public, faith-based and private sectors in the community to end homelessness and ameliorate housing insecurity. Through consensus building and fund development, this regional coalition accomplishes its goals through six committees. Initially housed at and incubated by LexLinc, the initiative established itself in 2006 as a separate 501(c)3 organization.

Among other responsibilities, CKHHI ensures completion of the annual HUD Continuum of Care and in 2006 drafted the Ten Year Plan to End Chronic Homelessness.  In addition, CKHHI members actively participate in the development of the LFUCG consolidated plan.

For more information, visit www.ckhhi.org

Increase Access to Transportation

In 2001, four Lexington neighborhoods got new wheels thanks to a collaborative arrangement between Rep. Ernie Fletcher, LexLinc (Lexington Local Investment Commission) and the Community Action Council. Working together, Fletcher and the local agencies have secured four vans, one each for four Lexington communities.

“These vans will enable four Lexington neighborhood empowerment centers to extend much needed services to more members of their communities,” commented Fletcher.

“The Cardinal Valley, East End, Gainesway, and West End Empowerment Programs will each receive a key to a new van for use by neighborhood groups and residents under the supervision of these empowerment programs,” said Don Ball, President of the LexLinc Board of Commissioners.

“By combining public and private efforts, each empowerment program will be equipped with a new van, providing a valuable resource for the neighborhoods and residents of Lexington,” said Don Ball, President of the LexLinc Board of Commissioners.

“This means better connections and access to needed services and appointments,” said Abdon Ibarra, then Immigrant Services Coordinator for Lexington Fayette Urban County Government. “We can respond more promptly, including in emergency situations.”

Community Action Council held title to the vans, which were leased to LexLinc for $1 a year for five years. LexLinc included allowances for insurance, gas and maintenance. After the leases expired, the vans became the property of the various programs. Each van was initially purchased for $21,000. Rep. Fletcher secured matching funds for Community Action Council through the Department of Transportation. Barkham, Inc., a nonprofit arm of Ball Homes, provided matching funds from the community.

“It’s a blessing to have the transportation,” said George Moorman, then Director of the East End Empowerment Program. “It helps extend our services beyond the immediate area.”