Louisville Social Distancing Resources

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The purpose of this site is to provide reliable information and various resources to the citizens of Louisville affected by the coronavirus outbreak. These resources include information on unemployment, childcare, and business openings and closures, among many other valuable resources. This ongoing project will be updated as we receive any new resources or updates.

Our goal is to provide a platform that enables citizens of Louisville to collaborate and compile helpful resources available to their community. If there is any information, links to websites, programs, or grants you think should be included on the site please submit them using our form.


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Childcare and Educational Resources for Families

  • Khan Academy Home School Templates

    Khan Academy has put together helpful schedules for parents and children who are experiencing school closures due to COVID-19.

  • Ideas for being home with kids

    This is a collaborative google document for parents coming up with ideas for how to spend time with their children during the COVID-19 outbreak.

  • Preston Arts Center

    Preston Arts center is offering free delivery of arts and crafts supply orders over 10 dollars. They are also offering curbside pick up. Just call 502-454-9954 to place your order. You have to be located within a 30-minute drive of their Bardstown Road location to qualify.

  • 502 Power Yoga

    Louisville’s 502 Power Yoga is offering virtual classes online. They also have a family class options for kids.

  • 150+ Educational Shows on Netflix

    This website lists kid-friendly educational shows you can watch on Netflix while the kids are out of school.

Free Entertainment and Educational Services for Self Isolation

  • 450 Ivy League courses you can take online right now for free

    "The 8 Ivy League schools are among the most prestigious colleges in the world. They include Brown, Harvard, Cornell, Princeton, Dartmouth, Yale, and Columbia universities, and the University of Pennsylvania."

  • Louisville Free Public Library Audiobooks

    Louisville Free Public Library offers audiobooks on their website.

  • Louisville Free Public Library ebooks

    Louisville Free Public Library offers ebooks on their website.

  • Preston Arts Center

    Preston Arts center is offering free delivery of arts and crafts supply orders over 10 dollars. They are also offering curbside pick up. Just call 502-454-9954 to place your order. You have to be located within a 30-minute drive of their Bardstown Road location to qualify.

  • Carmichaels Books

    Local bookstore, Carmichaels, is offering free delivery on books for the Louisville area. You can call or purchase books online.

  • Kentucky Shakespeare

    Kentucky Shakespeare is airing a production of AS YOU LIKE IT directed by Matt Wallace on their Facebook on Friday March 20th.

COVID-19 News and Updates for Kentucky

Mental Health

  • Virus anxiety

    virusanxiety.com focuses on ways to cope with your anxiety surrounding the virus outbreak including daily mantras, various meditations, and financial advice.

  • 502 Power Yoga

    Louisville’s 502 Power Yoga is offering virtual classes online. They also have a family class options for kids.

Resources for Employees in the Food Industry

  • Apron inc. Grant application

    Apron incorporated is doing what they can to help by providing $400 grants to people currently employed at a locally owned independent foodservice business that is being affected by COVID-19.

  • Bartender Emergency Assistance Grant

    The USBG National Charity Foundation is accepting applications for their Bartender Emergency assistance Grant.

Ways You Can Help your Community and Where to Donate

  • How you can help

    This PBS article details ways you can remotely help COVID-19 Relief efforts in your community.

  • USBG National Charity Foundation Bartender Emergency Assistance Program

    The USBG National Charity Foundation is accepting donations for their Bartender Emergency assistance program.

  • The LEE Initiative

    The LEE Initiative is turning the local restaurant 610 Magnolia into a relief center for displaced employees in the food industry. You can donate on their website.

  • Places to Donate

    Buzzfeed News has compiled a list of organizations to donate to help COVID-19 relief efforts, including Meals on Wheels which has a large presence in Louisville.

  • Meals on Wheels

    Meals on Wheels is asking for donations to continue to fund their program which delivers meals to seniors everyday.

  • Kentucky Blood Center

    The Kentucky Blood Center is asking for blood donations as quickly as possible from eligible patients.

  • The Center for Women and Families

    The Center for Women and Families is asking for donations of hand sanitizer and Temporal Thermometers.

  • Louisville COVID-19

    Louisville COVID-19 elder match pairs healthy young adults with elders in the same zip code to run errands/pick up groceries. Call (502)791-7930 to be matched or to help our elders. Unfortunately, the older generation is NOT on social media to BE matched with. If you know of someone who needs help, suggest they call the hotline.

  • Mutual Aid Louisville Organized by Black Lives Matter

    Mutual Aid Louisville will match you up with someone who can help you with your specific needs or someone you can help in your area. Fill out the google form with your contact info and your needs/abilities to get matched.

  • Protecting Asian American and Pacific Islander Working People

    APALA provides a guide for combatting xenophobia and racism to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the workplace in light of COVID-19.

  • Association of Community Ministries

    The Association of Community Ministries needs Volunteers for Meals on Wheels and donations to help families in Crisis.

Religious Resources

  • Magnificat Free

    For Christians who cannot attend Mass due to cancelation or social distancing, Magnificat is offering their latest issue for free.

  • Life.church

    Life.church online offers free hour-long church services available on any device.

Resources for People at Risk

  • National Domestic Violence Hotline.

    Staying home may not be the safest option for victims of domestic violence. The NDVH has provided advice on its website for people who have been forced to isolate with their abusers.

  • Mutual Aid Louisville Organized by Black Lives Matter

    Mutual Aid Louisville will match you up with someone who can help you with your specific needs or someone you can help in your area. Fill out the google form with your contact info and your needs/abilities to get matched.

  • Resources for the Undocumented Community

    The Family Scholarship Foundation put together a list of helpful resources for the undocumented community.

Resources for Artists Experiencing Income Cancellation

  • Creative Capital

    If you are an artist and have experienced canceled income due to COVID-19, Creative Capital has put together a list of resources including funds and grants.

  • COVID-19 & Freelance Artists

    This website has tons of resources for artists including legal help and emergency funding.

Local Restaurants and Businesses

  • Louisville Independent Restaurants Still in Service

    "The Louisville restaurant industry is going to suffer immensely from this COVID-19 outbreak. Here are a list of restaurants that are still open doing carry out service, in house delivery, and/or 3rd party delivery." -Jessica Sayles

  • Go To Louisville

    Go To Louisville created a platform for local restaurants to share their menus and take out/delivery information.

Job Opportunities

  • Kroger

    Kroger is hiring for over 70 positions including Overnight Clerks and Stockers.

  • Costco

    Costco is hiring for overnight stock and warehouse positions.

Unemployment Information