Housing

Emergency Housing: includes domestic violence shelters, veteran assistance, churches that may help with a hotel room, recovery housing and homeless shelters in the area.

McCracken County, Kentucky [Some may serve multiple counties]

Emergency Housing

• Merryman House 1-800-585-2686 (24/7/365) 

  • Domestic Violence Shelter

• Fresh Start Village (270) 442-6795

  • Transitional & Emergency Housing for single women, mothers, and homeless women.

• River City Mission (270) 442-7921

  • Homeless shelter for single men and families.

Referral Services

• Hope Unlimited (270) 442-1166 Paducah and (618) 524-5730 Metropolis

  • Parenting support, pregnancy resources, domestic violence advocacy, limited shelter referrals.

• Salvation Army, Paducah 1-800-SAL-ARMY 

  • Emergency utility and rent assistance, food pantry, possible lodging vouchers.

• Paducah VA Clinic (270) 444-8465

  • Veterans housing assistance HUD-VASH vouchers.

• United Way of Western Kentucky (270) 442-1691

  • Referrals for housing and food and employment assistance.

• Lotus Sexual Assault Center 1-800-928-7273

  • Emergency housing, advocacy and therapy.

• Paducah Day Nursery (270) 442-KIDS

  • Legal support, counselling and housing referrals.

• St. Vincent de Paul, Paducah (270) 575-1008

Local Churches with possible assistance

• Calvert City Methodist Church (270) 395-4746

• Heartland Church (270) 534-1400

• Broadway United Methodist (270) 443-2401

• St. Thomas More Catholic Church (270) 534-9000

• First Christian Church (270) 443-8251 x1

• Trinity United Methodist Church 270.534.9516

• Washington Street Baptist Church (270) 442-8033

  • Warming shelter when the weather is predicted to be below 40 degrees according to WPSD.

  • Cooling shelter during extreme heat.