Healthcare for uninsured women is accessible through Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), Title X family planning clinics, Planned Parenthood, free clinics, and Medicaid. FQHCs charge on a sliding scale and provide primary care, prenatal care, dental, and behavioral health — locate via the HRSA health center finder. Title X clinics offer free or low-cost contraception, STI testing, and cervical/breast screenings regardless of insurance. The National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program (NBCCEDP) provides free screenings to low-income, uninsured women. Medicaid covers pregnancy in all 50 states up to at least 138% FPL. This directory includes FQHCs, Title X clinics, free clinics, and state Medicaid offices.
Kentucky family courts hear custody, visitation, and child support cases in most counties; the rest use district or circuit court. The Cabinet for Health and Family Services Division of Child Support administers enforcement. Louisville, Lexington, Bowling Green, and Covington are the major metros. Legal Aid Society, Kentucky Legal Aid, AppalReD, and ZeroV (Kentucky DV coalition) serve women.
kynect at kynect.ky.gov is Kentucky's state-run ACA marketplace where mothers apply for private health plans with subsidies and for Kentucky Medicaid in a single application. The 855-459-6328 line connects to assistors who walk through the application weekdays 8am-6pm. Open enrollment runs annually November-January.
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Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky operates Louisville and Lexington health centers offering birth control, STI testing, cancer screenings, and well-woman exams (state law restricts abortion services in Kentucky). Sliding-scale fees and Medicaid accepted. Call 800-230-7526 to schedule.
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Family Health Centers at 2215 Portland Ave in Louisville is the federally qualified health center serving West and South Louisville with eight neighborhood sites. Services include primary care, women's health, prenatal care, dental, and behavioral health. Sliding-fee scale applies. Call 502-774-8631 weekdays.
502-774-8631 · 2215 Portland Ave, Louisville, KY 40212 · Mon-Fri 8am-5pm · Visit Website
HealthFirst Bluegrass at 1306 Versailles Rd in Lexington is the FQHC for Fayette County, offering primary care, women's health, prenatal care, dental, and behavioral health on a sliding-fee scale. Medicaid and most insurance accepted; no patient turned away for inability to pay. Call 859-288-2250 weekdays.
859-288-2250 · 1306 Versailles Rd, Lexington, KY 40504 · Mon-Fri 8am-5pm
Appalachian Regional Healthcare is the largest hospital system in eastern Kentucky, with hospitals in Hazard, Whitesburg, Harlan, Middlesboro, and other coalfield communities, plus more than 30 ARH primary-care clinics. Call 859-226-2000 to find your nearest clinic; sliding-fee scale and Medicaid widely accepted.
859-226-2000 · Multiple Eastern KY locations · Varies by location · Visit Website
Park DuValle at 3015 Wilson Ave is an FQHC serving the predominantly Black neighborhoods of West Louisville with primary care, women's health, pediatrics, dental, and behavioral health. Founded in 1969 as a Great Society neighborhood health center. Call 502-774-4401 weekdays.
502-774-4401 · 3015 Wilson Ave, Louisville, KY 40211 · Mon-Fri 8am-5pm · Visit Website
HealthCare.gov is the federal marketplace, though Kentucky residents apply through kynect.ky.gov instead. The federal site is still useful for understanding ACA subsidy formulas and for Kentucky mothers who move out of state mid-year.
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Medicaid.gov explains the federal Medicaid program and Kentucky's state plan, which expanded under the ACA in 2014 and covers adults up to 138% of poverty. The site is useful for understanding what services Kentucky Medicaid must cover and what's optional state-by-state.
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HRSA's Find a Health Center tool maps every federally qualified health center in Kentucky — Park DuValle, Family Health Centers Louisville, HealthFirst Bluegrass, White House Clinics, and dozens more — letting mothers find sliding-scale primary care anywhere in the state.
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Planned Parenthood's national site explains what services each affiliate offers, since state restrictions vary widely. For Kentucky women seeking specific services not available in-state, the site lists nearest affiliates in Illinois, Indiana, and Tennessee that may offer them.
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The HHS Office on Women's Health runs the womenshealth.gov portal and the 1-800-994-9662 helpline (Mon-Fri 9am-6pm ET) staffed by health-information specialists who can connect Kentucky women to local clinics, screening programs, and patient-assistance options.
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The CDC's women's-health pages cover cancer-screening guidance (mammography, cervical, colon), pregnancy and postpartum recommendations, and heart-disease prevention — useful when a Kentucky mother is deciding what to ask for at an annual exam.
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Susan G. Komen's 1-877-GO-KOMEN helpline connects uninsured Kentucky women to local breast-cancer screening programs, including the Kentucky Women's Cancer Screening Program through the state health department. Treatment assistance funds also available for qualifying patients.
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The American Cancer Society's 1-800-227-2345 24/7 helpline can route Kentucky cancer patients to the Hope Lodge in Lexington (free lodging during treatment) and the Road to Recovery transportation program (free rides to treatment).
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March of Dimes publishes Kentucky-specific data on premature birth and maternal-mortality rates, plus the Mom & Baby Mobile Health Center programs in Louisville providing free prenatal screening to underserved mothers.
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BWHI advances Black women's health through research, advocacy, and culturally specific health-information — relevant for Kentucky's Black women, who experience disproportionate maternal mortality and chronic-disease burden, particularly in Louisville and Lexington.
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