Kosair Charities, Kentucky Youth Advocates and several other organizations that provide services to victims of abuse will be launching a ten-year campaign to end child abuse and neglect. That announcement was made last Thursday at Family & Children’s Place’s Annual Child Abuse Prevention Month rally at Louisville Slugger Field. In 2013, Kosair Charities will celebrate its 90th anniversary, and they hope to eradicate child abuse throughout the region before celebrating their centennial in 2023. During [...]

Kentucky Youth Advocates celebrates the following as wins for Kentucky kids in the 2012 General Assembly. $21 million to reduce social worker caseloads – In response to the high rates of child deaths due to abuse and neglect in Kentucky, Governor Beshear proposed a $21 million increase over the next two years to hire 300 additional state social workers. The final budget passed by the Kentucky General Assembly retained this funding, so new social workers [...]

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month – a time to pause and remember the effects that child abuse has on our most precious citizens, to recognize the impact it has on all of us, and to commit to doing our part to eliminate it. According to state child protective services, more than 17,000 Kentucky children were victims of abuse or neglect in 2011. But, we know that that number is actually higher. Not all [...]

Like us, you have probably been encouraged to see state leaders begin to take action to address child fatalities due to abuse and neglect. But time is running out, and no bills to address the issue have passed the legislature yet. The following three child welfare related bills have a final shot at passage this session, and legislators need to hear from you. With one three minute phone call TODAY, you can leave a message [...]