Kentucky Works Program
Article By: Tommy Wheatley, Kentucky Works Director
Newsletter | Jan 23, 2026
The Kentucky Works Program supports the Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program (K-TAP) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in the following Kentucky counties. Anderson, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Franklin, Grayson, Hardin, Henry, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble, Washington, and Woodford. Our goal is to assess these individuals to identify barriers, work to overcome those barriers to make them self- sufficient. We also have job readiness classes to help with resumes, job search, job interviews, etc.
- We currently have 88 clients that are employed in the K-TAP Program. Our Employment Specialists continue to follow up with each of these clients and track the hours they are working. We served 330 clients in the K-Tap program for the year ending December 31st, 2025.
- On the SNAP Employment and Training program we continue to reach out to these clients and complete assessments when they are referred to us. We served 746 clients for the SNAP program during quarter ending December 31st, 2025. We served 3,279 SNAP clients for the year of 2025.
- We continue to stay in touch with employers and if we do get referrals, we match the clients skills with the employer needs to have a good match. We call new employers each week and keep a current job listing for each county we serve.
- Our staff continues to stay in touch with staff meeting every other month, either in person or virtually to discuss all relative matters in the program.
- We continue to offer a wage subsidy program where if an employer hires one of our K-TAP clients they will be reimbursed for a portion of their wages during the first six month of employment. We added three wage subsidy contracts in 2025.
