Leslie County Cooperative Extension Service
The Community and Economic Development program helps communities resolve locally determined problems with objective information and educational assistance. The program also develops community leadership potential and assists communities in determining long-range programs of action on such issues as economic development, community services, community planning and visioning, land use and community resource management.
Leslie County Office
22045 Main Street (514)
Hyden, KY 41749-8568
(606) 672-2154 - Office
(606) 672-4385 - Fax
E-mail:
ces-leslie@lvs.uky.edu
Web Site:
http://ces.ca.uky.edu/leslie/communitydev/ 
Frontier Nursing Service
A family-centered healthcare system complimented by a long standing commitment to education focused on advanced nursing practices. It has offered family oriented healthcare to rural and underserved populations for more than eighty years and educational opportunities for over 65 years. Behind it is the tradition of “Nurses on Horseback.” This image is a part of their history and heritage, but it alone does not characterize why the Frontier Nursing Service is unique today.
132 FNS Drive
Wendover, KY 1775
(606) 672-2317 - Office
Web Site:
www.frontiernursing.org/
Kentucky River District Health Department
Seven Counties
(606) 672-2393
The Kentucky River Service Region
Kentucky Cabinet for Health & Family Services
Family support offices in Hyden.
Web Site:
http://chfs.ky.gov/dcbs/Service+Regions/KYRSR.htm#Leslie
The Frontier School of Midwifery and Family Nursing
A private, non-profit, non-residential community-based, distance education graduate school offering a Masters of Science in Nursing Degree and certificates in advanced practice specialties. Their mission is to provide a high quality education that prepares nurses to become competent, entrepreneurial, ethical and compassionate nurse-midwives and nurse practitioners who will provide primary care for women and families residing in all areas with a focus on rural and medically underserved populations.
Hyden Office
P.O. Box 528
195 School St.
Hyden, KY 41749
(606) 672-2312 - Office
E-mail:
fsmfn@midwives.org
Web Site:
http://www.midwives.org
Daniel Boone Habitat for Humanity
Web Site:
www.habitat.org/cd/local/affiliate_detail.aspx?affiliate=1757-6151
Head Start Programs
The LKLP Head Start program is a federally-funded program for preschool children from low-income families.
Web Site:
www.lklp.org/services/headstart/hslocations.htm#Leslie
Leslie County Volunteer Fire Department Association
Includes:
- Thousandsticks Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department
- Hyden-Leslie County Volunteer Fire Department
- Wooton Volunteer Fire Department
- Coon Creek Volunteer Fire & Rescue
- Cutshin Volunteer Fire & Rescue
- Stinnett Fire & Rescue
Web Site:
www.firedepartments.net/county/KY/LeslieCounty.html