COMMUNITY RESPONSE COALITION OF KENTUCKY INC

Food distribution - An important part of providing wraparound care to people is ensuring that they have food. With this in mind, CRCKY's partnership with Trader Joe's provided free fresh food to clients who could not otherwise afford it. Our volunteers picked up food from Trader Joe's every weekend and distributed it to food insecure families. These food donations were supplemented by basic food necessities purchased by crcky - such as eggs and milk - that were not in the weekly Trader Joe's donations. In addition, our partnership with Woodhill International Food Market supplied bi-monthly fresh from the farm fruits, vegetables, meat, and eggs to families in need.

Social Work and Passport Program - CRCKY provides wraparound care to immigrants in Kentucky as they work their way through the complicated US immigration system. Support services include social work services, interpretation services, clothing, referrals to medical and mental health treatment, access to furniture and household goods, cell phones, bus training referrals and legal documents such as passports. Whenever possible, direct assistance is provided to clients, and when that is not possible, clients are referred to other agencies which can assist them. CRCKY's passport program ensured US citizen children of immigrant parents received passports, at no cost to them. Parents were also assisted with completing Special Power of Attorney forms to ensure they had a designated custodian to care for their children if they weren't able to do so themselves.