Address: 301 North Main Street, Harlan, KY 40831

Phone: (606) 573-9853

Website: coapinc.org

Counties Served: Harlan, Bell, and Leslie

Services Provided: Building new homes, buying, remodeling, and reselling homes, home owner rehabilitation, energy efficient repairs and audits

About: COAP was conceived in 1977 as a grass roots inter-denominational relief effort in response to a devastating flood, which caused great destruction of homes in Harlan County.  In 1980, a Mennonite volunteer, Marlin Yoder, helped to form Christian Family Housing Services to help actualize the dream of helping low-income families with their housing needs.  In March of 1983, COAP was formed as an independent non-profit corporation, which further developed and replaced the work of Christian Family Housing Services in January of 1984.