Support that meets you where you are.
Whether you need food, family support, a safer path forward, or simply a place to begin again, our programs are designed to restore dignity and stability — helping you not just get through, but move forward. Explore all of our core services below to find the support that meets your needs.
Food & Nutrition
No one should go hungry.
We provide emergency food assistance and nutritional support to help individuals and families achieve lasting stability.
Immigration & Refugee Services
Hope and help for a new beginning.
We walk alongside individuals and families at every stage of their journey to provide legal help, housing support, and language access.
Family Support
Stability and dignity at every stage of life.
We serve families from maternal care to elder advocacy, providing essential goods and support to uplift human dignity in life's most vulnerable moments.
Anti-Human Trafficking
Safety. Healing. Empowerment.
We help survivors reclaim their lives and provide educational resources to professionals, strengthening the entire community's response to this crisis.
- Mahatma Gandhi“The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members.”
Walk alongside individuals
Empowerment Classes
Because skills and ambition open doors.
Catholic Charities offers opportunities to learn, earn, and build a stronger future for you, your
family and community.
Interpreter Training
Our Language Services program trains multi-linguists to become professional interpreters and translators to bridge language barriers with accuracy and compassion. Candidates must be fluent in English and another language and committed to reliable service.
Contact languages@archlou.org.
Anti-Human Trafficking Training
We educate healthcare, education and social service professionals how respond to situations of human trafficking in their professional setting. Curriculum includes definitions of human trafficking, vulnerable populations, trauma- informed care and prevention education, among others.
Contact anacedegonda@archlou.org.
Urban Agriculture Business Training
This program teaches farmers in our Common Earth Garden program the basics of growing and selling crops in Kentucky. Includes information on growing seasons in Louisville, which crops do well in our climate, and how to generate income at farmers markets.
Contact jevans@archlou.org.
English as a Second Language (ESL)
Our Refugee Services team offers English classes to refugees recently resettled to America, an essential skill to have on their path to becoming self-sufficient. Flexible class times. Childcare is provided while parents are in class.
Contact igonzalez@archlou.org.
Residents Rights Forum
We teach caregivers, families, and seniors what rights residents have while living in long-term care facilities. Valuable information is shared and discussions held, all in the spirit of ensuring one's quality of life and retaining one's dignity in their later years.
Contact erhodeschism@archlou.org.
ELEVATE Workforce Development
ELEVATE gives refugees hands-on experience working in a warehouse environment, including how to use equipment and basic safety. This knowledge and experience starts new Americans on the road to self-sufficiency.
Contact bburnside@archlou.org.
Mother-Infant Care
In partnership with Norton Women and Children’s Hospital, our Mother-Infant Care program offers six hands-on classes taught by Norton’s childbirth educators.
Contact 502-432-5223.
Keep The Faith.
Every gift, every hour, and every act of kindness makes a difference for the people we serve. Whether you give financially, volunteer your time, or partner with us through your business, you help create hope, restore dignity, and strengthen our community.