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2024 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Book: A Look at Child Well-Being Data Trends and Mitigating Adverse Childhood Experiences

Contact: Mara Powell mpowell@kyyouth.org 2024 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Book: A Look at Child Well-Being Data Trends and Mitigating Adverse Childhood Experiences Featuring the latest county-level data for key measures of child health, education, economic security, and family and community Louisville, KY – The 2024 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Book, released today by Kentucky Youth Advocates, features the latest data on 16 measures of child well-being, showing whether outcomes for children across the Commonwealth have improved, worsened, [...]

By |2024-11-20T08:26:32-05:00November 20th, 2024|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education, Health, Kids Count, News Room, Race Equity, Youth Justice|
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Guest Post: Kentucky’s Youth Grieve Too

By Valencia Dickerson and Leila Salisbury “Define your grief?” That is one of the first questions I asked young people who walk through my door looking for a safe place to land their emotions and feelings when experiencing a death.  November is National Children’s Grief Awareness Month and November 21st is Children's Grief Awareness Day, a time during which grief support centers, schools, therapists, and other professionals can advocate and spread the word that [...]

By |2024-11-11T13:53:28-05:00November 11th, 2024|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Health|
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Positive Childhood Experiences: The ability to talk with family about feelings

Did you know that creating positive experiences in childhood can lay the groundwork for lifelong resilience and well-being? These experiences are known as Positive Childhood Experiences (PCEs). Unlike Adverse Childhood Experiences, which focus on negative impacts, PCEs highlight the nurturing moments, relationships, and environments that build a child’s strength and emotional health. By fostering a supportive environment where children feel safe, valued, and heard, we help them develop the resilience they need to navigate [...]

By |2024-11-07T11:32:34-05:00November 7th, 2024|Blog, Bloom Kentucky|
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Community Support for Our Community’s Youth: A Program to Help Students Get Back on Track in School

By Elizabeth Senn-Alvey One in seven teens and young adults (16- to 24-year-olds) in Kentucky were neither in school nor working in 2023 according to a report by Measure of America.    Many of the young people who “disconnect” left before graduating high school, often due to early or consistent exposure to violence or serious trauma, involvement in the child welfare or justice systems, recent immigration to the community, or unrecognized academic challenges. Young people experiencing [...]

By |2024-10-31T13:43:40-04:00October 31st, 2024|Blog, Education, Health, Race Equity, Youth Justice|
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A Conversation on Amendment 2 with Senator Lindsey Tichenor

Terry Brooks is joined by state Senator Lindsey Tichenor to discuss the proponent perspective of Amendment 2, the state ballot initiative to amend the Kentucky constitution to allow the Kentucky General Assembly to create legislation that allows public dollars to be spent to support nonpublic or private K-12 education. Be an informed voter on November 5th -- check out Kentucky Youth Advocates’ Electoral Advocacy Toolkit to ensure Kentucky kids count this election day. Listen [...]

By |2024-10-30T11:00:20-04:00October 29th, 2024|Podcast|
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A Conversation on Amendment 2 with Maddie Shepard, JCTA

Terry Brooks is joined by Maddie Shepard, President of the Jefferson County Teachers Association, to discuss the opponent perspective of Amendment 2, the state ballot initiative to amend the Kentucky constitution to allow the Kentucky General Assembly to create legislation that allows public dollars to be spent to support nonpublic or private K-12 education. Be an informed voter on November 5th -- check out Kentucky Youth Advocates’ Electoral Advocacy Toolkit to ensure Kentucky kids [...]

By |2024-10-30T11:01:24-04:00October 29th, 2024|Podcast|
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Parental Incarceration & the Impact on Kids: “I want the cycle to end with me.”

Updated April 9, 2026 In 2025, the Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children and Bloom Kentucky's 2025 legislative priorities included the Family Preservation and Accountability Act. The proposed legislation would require courts to consider alternative sentences for parents of dependent children who committed low-level and nonviolent offenses. With the hard work of advocates and legislative champions, Senator Julie Raque Adams and Representative Nick Wilson, Senate Bill 122 successfully passed both chambers in 2026 and is expected to be signed into law by [...]

By |2026-04-09T10:25:43-04:00October 9th, 2024|Blog, Bloom Kentucky, Child Welfare & Safety, Justice|
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Child Safety Starts with Parent Safety

By Ashlee, KY SEAT member Content Notice: This blog contains information about physical assault and/or violence which may be upsetting to readers. Half of child welfare cases in Kentucky include domestic violence as a leading risk factor. For several members of KY SEAT, a statewide parent council using their lived experiences with systems impacting families to effect positive change, this subject is close to home.  “I don’t remember a lot of what happened. I was [...]

By |2024-10-08T13:01:27-04:00October 8th, 2024|Blog, Bloom Kentucky, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security|
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Kosair for Kids, Elected Officials, and Community Partners in the Face It Movement Recognize October 4th as TEN-4 Day 2024

Hundreds Attend Child Abuse Recognition and Prevention Trainings and Proclamation Signing Events During Week LOUISVILLE, KY – This October 4th, the Kosair for Kids® Face It® Movement is once again bringing awareness to the critically important TEN-4-FACESp Bruising Rule, the decision tool to recognize concerning bruising on babies and young children, and emphasizing the importance of training adults on recognizing, reporting, and preventing child abuse. “Kosair for Kids is on a mission to ensure that [...]

By |2024-10-04T13:08:26-04:00October 3rd, 2024|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, News Room|
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Services in Short Supply for Rural Kinship Caregivers: How Can Organizations Reach These Families?

By  Kathleen Baldwin, Intern at Kentucky Youth Advocates When children cannot remain safely with their parents, oftentimes grandparents, other relatives, and close family friends step up to help raise them. In Kentucky and other rural states, many of the kinship caregivers are not physically near support services. This can lead to difficulties for the family. The Grandfamilies and Kinship Support Network acknowledged these difficulties and provided a tip sheet on ways to reach kinship families in [...]

By |2024-10-02T16:36:20-04:00October 2nd, 2024|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety|
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