Healthy meals to continue to be provided to 450,000 Kentucky children while school is out this summer
Gov. Andy Beshear has announced that, thanks to approval by the federal government, healthy meals will continue to be provided…
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Opinion – Norma Hatfield: How is nothing better than something for children in need?
I am shocked and saddened as I reflect upon recent events regarding Senate Bill 151 for kinship caregivers. There are…
Kentucky to provide around 450,000 meals to kids as part of federally-funded summer food program
By Tom Latek Kentucky Today Now that the school year is done, Gov. Andy Beshear has announced Kentucky has been…
Advocates renew crusade to gain more assistance from lawmakers for Kentucky’s ‘kinship care’ families
By Deborah Yetter Kentucky Lantern For Barry Shrout, raising four granddaughters is a role he willingly took on — and…
Norma Hatfield: My heart aches for the children as kinship families wait for a champion in Kentucky
I recently spoke to a legislative committee about Kinship Care. As I sat at the table during the hearing, my…
Most new laws (total: 198) passed during last legislative session go into effect June 27
Most new laws approved during the Kentucky General Assembly’s 2019 session will go into effect on June 27. That means…
Rep. Meade: Legislature keeps momentum in commitment to overhaul foster, kinship care
Recently, I read an article in the Frankfort State-Journal about a young man, Cameron Galloway. Cameron has lived most of…
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…
Casey Foundation 10-year data snapshot shows KY making progress but still lags on foster care
Though the data show stagnant progress from 2007 to 2017, Kentucky has recently demonstrated its commitment to prioritizing family-based placements…
Kentucky has highest rate in nation of children in care of relatives, says new Census Bureau data
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows that Kentucky continues to have the highest rate in the nation of…
Kinship care: Grandmother got kids out of foster care, grateful to be able to raise them
By Norma Hatfield Kentucky Youth Advocates This hand written letter and drawing was completed at the beginning of a school…