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The Senior Companion Program (SCP) is actively looking for volunteers and our numbers are growing!

Congregate Meals served 4,507 meals in April to the seniors in our 8 county wide senior centers.

The seniors are getting excited about the Senior Celebration coming on May 21st. They have been getting signed up to ride with CATS, or planning their ride to get there.

We had a Teams Meeting and talked about different activities for our centers to make it fun for the seniors. Good ideas were shared.

Several centers had Derby parties last week to celebrate the Derby. The photo is our attendees of Washington County senior center at their Derby party. So much sweetness in one picture.

If you are a senior, or know a senior, we invite you to visit the center in your county. We would love to see you!

 

CKCATS currently has a total of 68 employees and has been busy providing various transportation services to 13 counties:

Marion, Breckinridge, Grayson, Nelson and Larue Counties- we provide General Public, VET, Senior, Department of Corrections, Medicaid and Medicare trips.

Washington County- we provide Senior, Medicaid and Medicare trips.

Edmonson and Hart Counties-we provide VET trips.

Bullitt, Adair, Boyle, Taylor, and Green Counties- we provide Medicare trips.

CKCATS held their annual Coordination Meeting on February 25^th at 1pm EST at the CKCATS Central Office. This meeting is advertised and made available to the public each year to address the needs and concerns of the general public in all counties. Surveys are given to clients and Stakeholders in all counties and the information gathered is used for discussion to help improve transportation services.

I have been attending the Marion County Situation Table every Wednesday that I am available. The Situation Table is a group of community partners who come together for scheduled meetings to discuss the acute elevated risks of individuals in Marion County with hopes to pull together resources to meet the specific needs of the individuals presented to the Situation Table. The Situation Table has been successful so far and I look forward to sitting at the table and knowing that I or other resources in the community are helping individuals who face everyday barriers.

CKCATS is gearing up for the Senior Celebration that will be held on May 21st at the Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown. Funding for transportation for this event has decreased this year, but CKCATS will still be the means of transportation for seniors from the senior centers for this event. CKCATS will also have a booth at the Senior Celebration and will be talking with seniors to make them aware of the services that we provide.

Some members of the CKCATS team will be attending the Community Action Kentucky (CAK) Conference in Lexington on June 9th. We are looking forward to networking and learning valuable information.

CKCATS will also be participating in the Grayson County Thrive Resource Fair on June 9^th. We are excited to meet and talk with the citizens in the county, as well as educate them on the services that CKCATS provide.

CKCATS continues to grow each year. We are now accepting applications in Nelson, LaRue, Breckinridge, and Grayson Counties. Come join our wonderful and dedicated group of staff! Thanks to the staff for working diligently each day! If you or anyone you know has questions about CKCATS or any of our services, please contact the office at 1-800-242-8225 or 270-692-9313 to speak with any of our experienced verification clerks.

May is Community Action Month!! We are excited to celebrate all of the success of CKCAC programs and the impact we are having with the citizens of Central Kentucky. I hope you will follow us on Facebook and share the good news!

Spring LIHEAP Subsidy will end on May 22^nd. Unlike our Winter Crisis component, LIHEAP Subsidy program does not require a potential client to be in a shut-off situation. If you know folks who are struggling to afford utility and housing costs, please have them contact their local CSBG office in their county. Applications must be submitted by the deadline in order to receive the Spring LIHEAP Subsidy.

Lincoln Trail Area Development District is hosting their annual Senior Celebration event at the Pritchard Community Center in Elizabethtown. CKCAC is proud to partner for this free event to help provide transportation to Seniors and be able to share all of the work that CKCAC does.

Just a friendly reminder that Kentucky’s primary elections will occur on May 19^th. Many counties have early or absentee voting options going on, but please make sure your voice is heard by May 19^th! Happy Election Day!

Lastly, Memorial Day is Monday, May 25^th. To those men and women who have given the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country, we are all eternally grateful. As a son of a career military father, I also have a deep appreciation of what families of our servicemen and women endure. I hope you all will take a moment on Memorial Day to remember and honor those who have served and those families who have lost.

As always, thank you for all you do.

 

 

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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 89 clients that are employed in the K-TAP Program. This is up 8 workers since the last quarter and up 39 from two quarters ago. Our Employment Specialists continue to follow up with each of these clients and track the hours they are working. We served 85 clients in the K-Tap program for the quarter ending March 31^st, 2026. We placed 67 clients in the quarter.

·       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 had 890 clients referred to us for the quarter ending March 31, 2026.

·       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 had one client successfully complete the wage subsidy program in the quarter ending March 31, 2026.

Congregate Meals served 4,827 in March!

Congregate Meals has been busy getting ready for their annual monitoring.

Seniors are signing up to ride with CATS to attend the Senior Celebration in May.

We would love having new seniors join us at our centers. They will meet new friends, enjoy a great meal and have a good time. We have been trying to plan new ideas for activities to increase our participation. The photo shows some beautiful flowerpots that were made by the seniors in Meade County. The local library brought over supplies and did this activity with them.

Hello! My name is Sam Ross, and I am the new Community Services/HEAP Director. I come from the Weatherization Assistance Program but have been helping in the CSBG program since September last fall. It is my pleasure to serve in this role, and I look forward to continuing the good work the CSBG Program does in our communities.

It is always an exciting time to be a part of Community Action and see assistance in action. There are a number of programs and activities ending and beginning during this time between seasons.

Most recently, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services has approved a Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Spring Cooling Subsidy. This is an electric-only assistance program and will run from Monday, April 20 through Friday, May 22, 2026.

Eligible households must be within 150% of the federal poverty guidelines and willing to provide supporting documentation:

•      Address Verification, such as a metered utility bill, unopened legal piece of first-class mail confirming the name and address, etc.

•        Proof of all household income for the preceding month (award letter, pay stubs, etc.)

•     Photo ID for the applicant and Social Security card(s) or official documentation with social security numbers or Permanent Resident card numbers for everyone living in the household

•        Most recent electric bill or verification from landlord that cooling expenses are included in the rent (i.e. lease agreements)

 

Since this is a credit program to the client’s bill, we are encouraging all income-eligible households to call their local CSBG office to set up an appointment to apply.