Health cabinet says it will revise proposed rule banning tattooing over scars after hearing concerns
After almost two weeks of mystery, speculation and complaints, the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services has explained in…
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Hospital coalition, including St. Elizabeth, and state cabinet launch statewide assault on opioid epidemic
The National Institute on Drug Abuse ranks Kentucky among the top 10 states with the highest opioid-related overdose deaths, and…
Elizabeth Caywood: New service array gives relative caregivers more options; improves outcomes for kids
Across the Commonwealth, relatives and fictive kin are unsung heroes of our Kentucky Department for Community Based Services child welfare…
KY residents affected by national Salmonella outbreak, public advised to discard pre-cut melons
The Department for Public Health (DPH) announced today that 16 Kentuckians have tested positive with a strain of Salmonella Carrau that…
Northern Kentucky Convention Center is the site for the 2019 Kentucky Harm Reduction Summit
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune managing editor A crowd of more than 500 came from throughout the Commonwealth to Covington Tuesday…
A single mom and combat veteran, ‘scared to death’ about losing daughter, is suing CHFS social workers
By Judy Clabes NKyTribune editor Nikkie Holliday is an army brat who followed in the footsteps of two career military…
Online resource helps relative caregivers of children find support; provides users quick links to services
The Kentucky Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) has launched a new online resource to give support information to relative…
Cabinet for Health and Family Services discusses public health response to Hepatitis A outbreak
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services has announced its support for a legislative resolution calling for an examination of…
Cabinet for Health and Family Services releases report on state’s pharmacy benefit program
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services Department for Medicaid Services (DMS) and Office of Health Data and Analytics has…
Budget Director Chilton sends letter to legislators on critical budget items that need attention now
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Kentucky lawmakers are in recess until Feb. 5, but State Budget Director John Chilton sent…
28 new school resource centers granted additional funding, including some in Boone, Walton-Verona
More than 33,000 Kentucky students now have access to supplemental services at school thanks to the recent opening of 28…
Flu activity rises in Kentucky to widespread levels; get a shot, stay away from others, see a doctor
The Department for Public Health (DPH), within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), now reports “widespread” flu activity…
Nearly seven years after Michelle Mockbee was killed, Dooley retrial ready to go forward in February
By Mark Hansel NKyTribune managing editor The retrial of David Dooley in the death of Michelle Mockbee is set to…
State office of vital statistics warns of using unapproved vendors to get copies of documents
Kentucky Today The Cabinet for Health and Family Services is warning people who need copies of documents such as birth,…
State workers, county attorneys collect more than a thousand coats and hoodies for foster kids
Kentucky state employees and county attorneys have collected more than 1,000 coats and hoodies for children as part of a…
More parents claiming religious exemption for children’s vaccinations; rises 59% after new state rule
Kentucky Health News More Kentucky children are not being immunized “for medical and religious reasons,” Ashleigh Mills reports for Spectrum…
Northern Kentucky attorneys Neace, Eviston are CHFS top child support collections partners
The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) has announced the state’s 20 top-performing child support collection partners from the…
Save the date; Jan. 16 Child Welfare Summit sponsored by Cabinet for Health and Family Services
The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) will host the first-ever Child Welfare Summit at the University of…
Cabinet for Health and Family Services updates legislative committee on Kentucky HEALTH
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Cabinet for Health and Family Services officials on Tuesday updated a legislative committee on the…
Cabinet for Health and Family Services asking for coats, hoodies for kids in foster care
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today While doing Christmas shopping this year, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services is asking…
DPH offers tips to stay safe this season from carbon monoxide, hypothermia, food borne illness
The Department for Public Health (DPH), within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), reminds Kentuckians of the dangers…
Agreement will help Kyians with severe mental illness move from institutional care to community homes
Kentucky Health News The state has reached an agreement with an independent agency that advocates for people with disabilities that…