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Fort Knox ACS Outreach

Army Community Service Outreach Program
DCFA—ACS, Bldg 77 Binter Street
Fort Knox, KY 40121
Phone: (502) 624-6291/8391

Army Community Service Programs are designed to provide Army families, both active duty and retired, with a centrally located source of information, guidance, and assistance in solving problems of personal or family nature which are beyond the scope of their own resources

SERVICES:

ACS OUTREACH is your primary information & referral office for military families both on and off the installation. Outreach promotes all ACS programs and their efforts. The Outreach Coordinator is the liaison between military and civilian resources available within the surrounding civilian communities. Outreach assists family members with adaptation to military lifestyle, focusing on resources, transportation, life skills training workshops, lessons of interest, translations, prevention and education.

FAMILY ADVOCACY provides crisis intervention, counseling and referral in cases of child and spouse abuse and family member suicide prevention.

CONSUMER AFFAIRS & FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE provides budget counseling and assistance and/or intervention in consumer fraud, problems with landlords, merchants, as well as provides weekly financial management classes.

FAMILY MEMBER EMPLOYMENT provides assistance to family members seeking employment by assistance in competing job applications, writing resumes and preparing for interviews. Job referrals are also provided as well as Hire-a-Teen program.

FOSTER/RESPITE CARE provides voluntary or court-mandated program for children who cannot be cared for by their own family and need substitute care. The program provides 24-hour care and supportive services in a foster family home. Respite childcare assistance is provided to families who are not able to provide care for their children.

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE provides assistance to soldiers and family incoming and outgoing in to the new community. Information on any installation can be acquired through this office; a loan closet lending service is available and welcome packets. Orientations are held weekly to inform newcomer’s and to prepare soldiers and family members for the change of duty station.

ARMY EMERGENCY RELIEF provides emergency financial assistance to Army personnel and their families, needy spouses, and orphans of decreased Army   members. Monetary educational assistance may also be provided to dependent children of Army personnel.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES are plentiful within ACS and in the Fort Knox community.

SERVICE AREA: Includes all of Fort Knox and surrounding civilian communities.

ELIGIBILITY: All active duty, retired, National Guard, reserve and their family member, and are eligible ID card holders.

FEES: None

REPAIR AFFAIR
Lincoln Trail Area Agency on Aging
613 College Street Road
Elizabethtown, KY 42701

Phone: 270.769.2393 or 800.264.0393

SERVICES: Coalition of community agencies, businesses and private individuals who provide assistance to low income and disabled homeowners. Repair Affair is a one-day annual event, held the first Saturday in June. Teams of community volunteers provide repairs related to weatherization, safety and access.

ELIGIBILITY: Referrals are taken through the Lincoln Trail Area Agency on Aging.

FEES: No fees are accessed for this service, both labor and supplies are providedat no charge to the homeowner.

Hardin Memorial Auxiliary
Hardin Memorial Hospital
913 North Dixie Avenue
Elizabethtown, KY 42701

Phone: (270) 737-1212, ext. 1713

OFFICE HOURS: 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

SERVICES: The objectives of this organization shall be to render service to Hardin Memorial Hospital and its patients and to assist Hardin memorial hospital in promoting the health and welfare of the area in accordance with objectives established by the institution.

SERVICE AREA: Hardin, Breckinridge, Grayson, Meade, Bullitt, Nelson, Washington,

LaRue, Marion, Taylor, Green, Adair and Barren counties.

ELIGIBILITY: Men and women, age 20 and up.