NORTHERN KENTUCKY

  • Supporting Latino Families:
    SLF uses our diverse professional skills and networks to enhance the quality of life for Northern Kentucky Spanish speaking persons and families who may be alienated from necessary and culturally-competent information or services. You are cordially invited to share your talents and resources to make a difference in someone’s life.
    Call Linda Vila Passione for additional info.
    Phone Number: (859) 409-2298
  • Financial Services:
    BB&T Home Mortgage
    1065 Burlington Pike, Florence, KY 41042
    Ruben Campos: (859) 372-5175 (Spanish speaking, banking needs, financial education); rcampos@bbandt.com
    Grace Penn: (859) 372-5160 (mortgage lending, financial education); gpenn@bbandt.com
  • Boone County Adult Education Program:
    500 Technology Way, Florence, KY 41042
    Phone Number:     (859) 442-1695
    ESL classes. Adult education programs are located in Gateway Community and Technical College campuses.
  • Gateway Community and Technical College:
    Has several campuses in Edgewood, Covington, Ft. Wright, and Boone Campus.  The Amsterdam Rd. location is no longer a Gateway Campus. Ask for the Hispanic Education Center.
  • HealthPoint:
    1401 Madison Ave. Covington, KY 41011 859-655-6100
    Phone Number: 859-655-6100
    Community health center
  • 4C for Children:
    525 W. 5th St. Covington, KY 41011
    Phone Number:     (859) 547-5088
    Theresa Cruz- Family Engagement Specialist
    Free presentations and workshops on parenting to raise awareness of the importance of early child education and quality child care . Promote resiliency among parents by hosting bilingual parent cafes. Information about choosing quality child care available in Spanish.  Parent Counselor: with an interpreter.

  • DSA Language Services LLC
    Fares da Silva, M.A.
    Phone Number: (859) 912-1531
    A Latino owned and operated company in NKY providing language services to the Greater Cincinnati area.
    • Aetna Better Health of Kentucky:
      9900 Corporate Campus Drive, Suite 1000,
      Louisville, KY  40223
      Phone Number: 1-855-300-5528 (TTY: 711 or TDD: 1-800-627-4702)
      Language Interpretation – Interpretación de Lengua 1-855-300-5528 (TTY:711)
    • Libraries:
      *No full-time bilingual personnel but, all these libraries have bilingual books and books in Spanish, do bilingual programs, and offer reading support programs for children.
    • Kenton County Public Library:
      Phone Number:       (859) 962-4147
      (desk of Lise Tewes, Children’s Services Coordinator at the Erlanger Branch)
      • Erlanger Branch location: 401 Kenton Lands Road, Erlanger, KY
      • Covington Branch location: 502 Scott Blvd, Covington, KY
      • Durr Branch location: 1992 Walton-Nicholson Road, Independence, KY
    • Bakhita Empowerment Initiative:
      Human Trafficking Case Management
      Catholic Charities of Louisville’s Northern Kentucky Office
      3629 Church Street, Covington, KY 41015
      Contact: Lisa Ramstetter
      Phone Number:       (502) 432-5223 (cell)
      Office: (859) 581-8974 ext. 120
      *case management available through conversational Spanish and with interpreters 
    • Therapyworks Cincinnati and First Steps in KY.
      Phone Number:  (513) 550-7820. (bilingual)
      Speech language pathologist. Provides speech and language therapy services to pediatric and adult populations.
    • Bilingual Paraprofessional:
      Widalys Borges-León
      Newport Intermediate School
      Phone Number: (859) 292-3021 ext. 4111
      Fax: (859) 292-0222
    • LegalAid of the Blue Grass
      104 E. 7th Street Covington, KY 41011
      Brandie M. Ingalls, Special Populations Unit Manager
      Phone Numbers: 1.800.888.8189 and (859) 431-8200 bingalls@lablaw.org
      Free legal services (income qualifications apply). Services include: public funds assistance, housing issues, family law
    • Andrew Barde:
      5 E. 6th ST. Newport, KY 41071
      Phone Number: (859) 206-2744 abarde@barde-law.com
      Practices: Immigration law, criminal law, and family law. Licensed in Kentucky and Indiana. Willing to work with client’s as far as payments. Speaks basic Spanish.