Kentucky River Foothills Development Council

About Kentucky River Foothills Development Council

Kentucky River Foothills Development Council is a nonprofit operator of recovery housing in Richmond, Kentucky, serving Madison County and the surrounding region as part of a broader community action agency's mission.

A Regional Community Action Agency

Kentucky River Foothills Development Council serves Clark, Estill, Madison and Powell counties with a range of programs beyond housing, including family services and community assistance. Recovery housing is one piece of a much larger service mission, which gives the organization a referral network that a stand-alone sober living operator typically lacks.

A Recovery Kentucky Partner

The council runs its recovery housing program as part of the statewide Recovery Kentucky partnership between local nonprofits and the Kentucky Housing Corporation, a model built to combine large-scale transitional housing with peer-driven recovery support. That partnership brings state-level funding and oversight to a program larger than what a typical local sober living operator could sustain on its own.

Serving Women Across Kentucky's Sixth Congressional District

The organization's recovery housing program serves women drawn from across Kentucky's Sixth Congressional District, not from Richmond alone, reflecting the regional scope the council brings to its work. Richmond's location on the I-75 corridor south of Lexington puts the program within reach of the wider Bluegrass region's job market and outpatient providers.

Certification and Recovery Housing in Kentucky

Kentucky law requires certification for recovery residences, though Recovery Kentucky centers operate under a separate state partnership, not the Kentucky Recovery Housing Network pipeline that certifies most sober houses. Anyone referring a client to the council's housing program should ask directly which framework applies, since the two are structured differently.