the Fresh Start story
What began as the Franklin County Women & Family Shelter is now a bold, healing-centered program serving women and families across the region.
We rebranded as Fresh Start Frankfort to better reflect who we are today: a trauma-informed, recovery-focused community for those rebuilding after addiction, homelessness, incarceration, or personal crisis.
Since our founding, we’ve supported hundreds of women and families through individualized case planning, life skills support, and a structured, four-phase program designed to foster stability and long-term success.
We are proud to serve single women in recovery or reentry, families navigating housing insecurity, and fathers with children seeking a new beginning. No matter the story, we offer dignity, accountability, and hope.
Find your place.
Whether you need a fresh start or want to be part of someone else’s, there’s a place for you here.