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
Newsletters – The Loop
Extended Social Resources Grant Program
Extended Social Resource (ESR) Grant Program
Fiscal Years 2025 & 2026
Social service grants awarded to 37 agencies
See list of FY25 FY26 grant awardees
ESR Grant funding supports programs & initiatives focusing on community-based priority areas.
March 26 ESR Grant Program FY2025 – FY2026 March 26, 2024 Informational Webinar Presentation
ESR Grant Program FY2023 – FY2024 Awarded Agencies Catalog
ESR Grant Program FY2023 – FY2024 Jan. 20, 2022, Informational Webinar Presentation
ESR Grant Program FY2021
Council General Government & Social Services Committee ESR Subcommittee Report Out March 9, 2021
ESR Grant Program FY2021
ESR Grant Program FY2020
ESR Grant Program FY2018 – FY2019
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.