New Life Day Center

New Life Day Center is a one-stop daytime alternative to the streets where persons affected by extreme poverty and homelessness can seek help and refuge.   As the number of homeless men, women and children living in Fayette County increases, city officials and service providers have identified a need for a one-stop center that would connect the homeless to the opportunities, resources and services they need to improve their situation.  Lexington Leadership Foundation serves as the fiscal agent for New Life Day Center, as well as the 501(c)3 umbrella.

New Life Day Center is located at 224 N. Martin Luther King Boulevard.  Steve Polston serves as the Program Director, and he can be reached at 859-252-3012 or by emailing Steve Polston.

A Need for New Life

The Lexington-Fayette County Social Services Needs Assessment Report of 2008 recognized the immediate problem of homelessness and concluded in its key findings, “There is a great need for ease of accessibility of the multitude of services available within our community.”  Further, it concluded that “Implementation of a one-stop model such as a ‘Neighborhood Place’ concept was seen as a crucial step in coordinating service between state and local governments and other community service providers as well as unifying what services are offered and how.”  In an effort to end chronic homelessness, Lexington Leadership Foundation is meeting this need by bridging the gap between the homeless and the existing resources operating to serve them through New Life Day Center.