Social Services

The Department of Social Services operates three core divisions and three community engagement programs providing an array of multi-generational services, from the “cradle to the rocking chair.” The department also supports collaborative efforts with an existing network of local non-profit organizations and human services agencies.

  • Aging & Disability Services
  • Family Services
  • Youth Services
  • Domestic & Sexual Violence Prevention Coalition
  • Partners for Youth
  • Substance Use Disorder Intervention Program

FY24 – FY25 Nonprofit Capital Grant Program

The City of Lexington is once offered Fayette County 501 (c)(3) Nonprofits the opportunity to compete for capital grants for the Fiscal Years 2024 and 2025 beginning Aug. 31, 2023. The deadline for these Requests for Proposals was September 20, 2023.

The Fiscal Year 2024–2025 program was locally funded at $479.300.

Nonprofit Capital Grants Awards List FY24–FY25

American Rescue Plan Act Nonprofit Capital Grant Program

News

A pumpkin painted purple next to a standard orange pumpkin on a porch.
Peace Pumpkins and Purple Thursday

Purple is used to raise awareness during National Domestic Violence Awareness Month in October.

Commissioner Kacy Allen-Bryant speaking in front of podium.
Capital grants to assist 45 nonprofit projects

Capital grants supported by federal American Rescue Plan funds will soon be awarded to 45 local nonprofit projects.

Mayor Linda Gorton speaks at a lectern with a large group of community partners behind her
Lexington receives $2 million grant to combat illegal drugs, overdoses

More than 2,200 Kentuckians died from drug overdoses in 2021.

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