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Stability
Helping protect the foundation.- Emergency rental assistance
- Utility assistance
- Security deposits
- Emergency necessities
- Housing navigation
- Transportation assistance
Louisville & Jefferson County, Kentucky
A Passage to Stability. A Path to Opportunity.
Her Passage Louisville helps women and families navigate moments of financial, housing, employment and life instability—connecting immediate support with practical pathways toward lasting stability, independence and a stronger future.
Serving women and families throughout Louisville and Jefferson County.When life changes
When one problem becomes five.
A missed paycheck can become a late rent payment. A late rent payment can become a housing crisis. A broken-down car can mean missed work, and missed work can mean lost income. Childcare problems can make employment impossible.
For many women and families, instability doesn’t arrive as one isolated problem. It arrives as a chain of problems that begin affecting one another. Her Passage exists to help interrupt that chain.
Housing
Transportation
Employment
Childcare
Family stability
Opportunity
“A difficult season of life need not decide a person’s future.”
Louisville community need
The numbers tell a story. Her Passage is built around what happens next.
36,160affordable housing units of unmet need
12,385people served by Louisville’s homeless system in 2024
1,554children among those served in 2024
$36.16/hrmodeled living wage for one adult with one child
Source: Louisville Community Needs Assessment, October 2026, drawing on Louisville Metro and local homeless-system data. These are community-level figures, not Her Passage outcomes.
What we do
Practical help for the moments that can change everything.
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Opportunity
Creating a way forward.- Employment assistance
- Résumé & application support
- Job readiness
- Professional clothing
- Career referrals
- Workforce & training partnerships
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Family
Strengthening the household.- Childcare-resource navigation
- Family necessities
- Parenting resources
- Public-benefit navigation
- Community referrals
- Family-support programming
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Her Passage
The journey doesn’t end when the crisis does.- Financial literacy & budgeting
- Goal setting & life skills
- Mentorship
- Resource navigation
- Individualized stabilization planning
- Follow-up support
How we help
Every woman deserves a way forward.
We serve women and families experiencing financial hardship, housing instability, employment disruption, family instability or related circumstances. People are more than the crisis they are experiencing.
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Listen
We begin by understanding the circumstances affecting the household.
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Stabilize
We identify practical interventions and resources to address the immediate barrier.
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Move forward
Where appropriate, we connect immediate help with longer-term planning, opportunity and independence.
Get help
You don’t have to figure out everything at once.
You don’t need to know which program you need. Tell us what’s happening, and we’ll help you identify the next step.
🏠Housing💡Utilities🚗Transportation💼Employment
👩👧Family & childcare💰Financial stability🧭Finding resources🛡Safety & domestic violence
Completing a request does not guarantee assistance. Requests are reviewed according to program guidelines, available charitable resources and individual circumstances. Please don’t include sensitive information that isn’t necessary to understand your request. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.
Your safety comes first.
If you are experiencing domestic violence, coercive control or another safety concern, your safety and confidentiality matter. Her Passage can provide navigation to specialized community resources, and you are never expected to disclose more than you choose. If you may be monitored, close this page or use a private browser. National Domestic Violence Hotline.
Measurement
We don’t just want to help. We want to know whether it helped.
Her Passage will track housing and employment stability, transportation barriers resolved, childcare and benefit connections, financial capability, stabilization planning and follow-up outcomes—and share what we learn. Community data tells us where the need is; our own results will tell us what works.
Leadership & governance
A board and team accountable to the community.
Her Passage Louisville, Inc. is a Kentucky nonprofit corporation organized for charitable and educational purposes under Section 501(c)(3), guided by published bylaws, conflict-of-interest procedures and annual program review.
Founders & executive leadership
Co-Founder
Lisa Miller
Executive Director — programs, operations, partnerships and implementation.
Co-Founder
Jacob Brooks
Director of Development — grants, fundraising, corporate sponsorships and sustainability.
Co-Founder
Olivia Forbes
Director of Communications — brand, public relations, community messaging and outreach.
Board leadership
Board Chair
DeShawn Williams
Governance, strategy and leadership oversight.
Vice Chair
Aaliyah Harrison
Community engagement, partnerships and outreach.
Treasurer
Matthew Graham
Financial oversight, budgets and controls.
Secretary
Jessica Campbell
Governance records, minutes, policies and compliance.
Program leadership
Women’s Programs
Mary Spencer
Women’s services and empowerment programs.
Housing Stability
Liam Waverly
Housing resources and stabilization.
Family Services
Emily Elliot
Family support and resource coordination.
Workforce & Economic Opportunity
William Sutton
Employment, career development and employer partnerships.
Volunteers & Community
Linda Naaktgeboren
Volunteers, events and community involvement.
Governing documents, policies and financial reports will be posted here as they are finalized.
Get involved
Strong communities are built together.
No organization can solve instability alone. Her Passage is designed to complement existing community resources, not replace them.
VolunteerResource navigation, events, mentoring, career preparation and outreach.
Corporate partnersSponsorship, employee volunteering, employment partnerships and matching gifts.
Community partnersHousing providers, employers, schools, childcare, healthcare and faith communities.
Donate goodsNeeds change—please contact us before dropping off items.
Give
Help create the next passage.
Your support helps create practical pathways from crisis toward stability, opportunity and independence—through resource navigation, stabilization support, opportunity programs and longer-term planning.
Her Passage Louisville, Inc. is organized as a 501(c)(3) charitable corporation. Online giving and tax-acknowledgment details will appear here once registration and payment setup are complete.