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…
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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…
Partial government shutdown prompts early release of Kentucky assistance food benefits
The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) is giving an update to food benefits recipients because of the…
Registration now open for Jan. 16 Child Welfare Summit at Cardinal Stadium, sponsored by CHFS
Registration is now open for the first-ever Child Welfare Summit, which will be held at the University of Louisville Cardinal…
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…
CHFS, Kentucky Protection and Advocacy reach agreement regarding personal care homes
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) and Kentucky Protection and Advocacy (P&A), an independent state agency that advocates…
New resources available to support Medicaid recipients transitioning to Kentucky HEALTH
Kentucky HEALTH, the Commonwealth’s new program for certain non-disabled adults receiving Medicaid, begins on July 1, and several state agencies…
CHFS names Howard Commissioner of Dept. for Public Health; announces additional changes
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) has made the following announcement regarding key leadership positions in various departments….
April is Minority Health Month in Kentucky; health status report reveals alarming statistics
Governor Matt Bevin has proclaimed April as Minority Health Month in Kentucky. The Department of Public Health (DPH), within the…
State providing financial assistance to family foster caregivers; relatives, fictive kin could get payments
NKyTribune staff The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) has begun financial assistance payments to eligible relative and…
Bevin appoints Brinkman interim secretary of CHFS after Glisson steps down to run for Congress
NKyTribune staff Gov. Matt Bevin has appointed Scott Brinkman interim secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Brinkman…
Widespread flu activity in Northern Kentucky; DPH says virus has reached epidemic levels statewide
NKytribune staff It’s been an active flu season thus far in Northern Kentucky, with 2,729 cases reported to the Dr. Jeffrey…
Open Enrollment for 2018 Marketplace health insurance plan runs Nov. 1 through Dec. 15
Open Enrollment for 2018 Marketplace health insurance plans at healthcare.gov is quickly approaching. The Health Benefit Exchange (HBE), within the Cabinet for Health and Family…
Cabinet for Health and Family Services touts results in first year of Red Tape Reduction Initiative
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) is working to eliminate numerous regulations reviewed as part of the state…
CHFS unveils quality measures designed to better align reporting and improve outcomes
The Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services is collaborating with healthcare associations, advocates, and employers to align quality improvement measures and…
Acting CDC director Suchat meets with KY public health officials to discuss opioids, other issues
In one of her first official site visits since taking the helm of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…
Kentucky DPH 52 Weeks of Public Health Campaign Spotlight: Reducing the Burden of COPD
As part of the 52 Weeks of Public Health campaign, the Kentucky Department for Public Health (DPH) within the Cabinet…
State agencies partner to give 2,000 teddy bears handmade by inmates to foster children
A gift of teddy bears is helping to make winter a bit warmer for some children in need. The Kentucky…
Holiday stress increases risk of abuse or neglect for some children; CHFS offers advice to keep kids safe
Stress can increase during the holidays, even in the most loving of families. And that can put some children at…
Staying safe from carbon monoxide poisoning as temperatures drop, and you use alternative heat
By Barbara J. Fox Ky.gov As temperatures drop and the risk for carbon monoxide poisoning increases, Kentuckians are urged to…
St. E among first in state to receive certification to address backlog of untested sexual assault kits
St. Elizabeth Hospitals in Northern Kentucky are among the first in the state to obtain certification as Sexual Assault Nurse…
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