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The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Kinship Diversion Policies Survey by State: Key Takeaways

By  Kathleen Baldwin, Intern at Kentucky Youth Advocates The timing of the recent Annie E. Casey Foundation’s Family Ties series of reports on kinship care state policies is well aligned with the ongoing conversations around access to supports for kinship families in Kentucky. The latest report was released on July 15, 2024 and includes questions for consideration by local, state, and federal leaders in collaboration with kinship families.  In 2022, The Annie E. Casey Foundation [...]

By |2024-07-25T13:35:35-04:00July 24th, 2024|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Race Equity|
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The Parenting Roadmap They Never Gave You

By: Brandi W., KY SEAT Member Sunday, July 28th is National Parents’ Day. It’s a day to recognize parents are important. And who better to tell us why than…parents! Read on to hear from one KY SEAT member on what parenting means to her and her advice to others who embark on this wonderful impactful experience: Parenting is a lifelong journey of love and learning. It’s the most important job there is. Yet, for some [...]

By |2024-07-24T14:39:18-04:00July 24th, 2024|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety|
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2024 KIDS COUNT Data Book: Conversation with State Legislators

Terry Brooks is joined by state Senator Max Wise and Representative James Tipton to continue Kentucky Youth Advocates' look at the 2024 national KIDS COUNT® Data Book and Kentucky students' educational outcomes. Thank you to Aetna Better Health of Kentucky for supporting the Making Kids Count podcast. Visit AetnaMedicaidKY.com/choose to learn more about their health care benefits and programs designed with your family’s wellbeing in mind. [...]

By |2024-07-23T09:34:10-04:00July 24th, 2024|Podcast|
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The Kentucky KIDS COUNT Project Needs YOU!

For more than 30 years, Kentucky KIDS COUNT has provided the latest child well-being data. Because it is seen and used by everyone from groups of youth in Eastern Kentucky to Cabinet secretaries in Frankfort, KIDS COUNT data is a catalyst for change. Much of the data is available disaggregated by race, making it an important tool to advance racial equity in Kentucky. We at Kentucky Youth Advocates use that data as the foundation for [...]

By |2024-07-18T14:10:15-04:00July 18th, 2024|Blog, Kids Count|
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OP-ED: We must coalesce around improving Kentucky’s student outcomes

This originally appeared as an op-ed in the Kentucky Lantern on July 5, 2024. By Terry Brooks The annual national KIDS COUNT Data Book includes more data into which to dive than column inches allow.  But an overview of the report reminds us that Kentucky is not the best place in America to be young.  Or the second-best place.  Or the 10th or the 20th or even 30th.  Instead, the 2024 report card on the [...]

By |2024-07-08T11:36:32-04:00July 3rd, 2024|Blog, Economic Security, Education, Kids Count, News Room, Race Equity|
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OP-ED: If we all agree Kentucky children need more help, why is ‘kinship bill’ stalled?

This originally appeared as an op-ed in the Herald Leader on June 27, 2024. By Norma Hatfield Norma Hatfield with her granddaughters I am shocked and saddened as I reflect upon recent events regarding Senate Bill (SB) 151 for kinship caregivers. There are many questions, beginning with, how is nothing better than something for children, when we know we can do better? The story requires some background; I begin with the term, ‘kinship care.’ It’s [...]

By |2024-07-03T11:37:11-04:00June 27th, 2024|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety|
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OP-ED: Parent Voice Can and Will Transform the Child Welfare System

This originally appeared as an op-ed in the Herald Leader on June 27, 2024. By Valerie Frost and members of KY SEAT  In 2010, the American Bar Association (ABA) Center on Children and the Law and other national partners began recognizing June as National Reunification Month. This month in particular, but also year-round, the mother and father members of KY SEAT – Kentucky’s statewide birth parent advisory council – want people to know that parents [...]

By |2024-06-27T15:13:32-04:00June 27th, 2024|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, News Room|
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KOHC: New Oral Health Educational Materials Available for Community

During June as National Oral Health Month, the Kentucky Oral Health Coalition has launched a new series of oral health resources. KOHC’s Oral Health Resource Hub now includes several flyers for oral health providers and community-based organizations to display and distribute in dental offices, schools, libraries, and other locations. “The flyers are very user friendly – the pictures, colorful text boxes, and plain language make challenging concepts more easily understood. It is so helpful to [...]

By |2024-06-27T14:11:29-04:00June 26th, 2024|Blog, Health, Race Equity|
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Face It: Medication Safety in the Home is an Adult Responsibility

Every nine minutes a young child goes to the emergency department because of an accidental medicine-related poisoning, according to Safe Kids Worldwide. In Kentucky, the latest Child Fatality and Near Fatality  External Review Panel report shows that overdose/ingestion continues to be one of the most common types of cases reviewed by the Panel, especially impacting children four years or younger. The good news: the Panel found that the majority of these cases were unintentional ingestions [...]

By |2024-06-21T11:44:44-04:00June 20th, 2024|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety|
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A Conversation on the Bounce Coalition and Youth Mental Health

As part of Kentucky Youth Advocates' segment with WEKU's Eastern Standard Radio, Terry Brooks was recently joined by Dr. Tony Zipple, Bounce co-chair, and Kelly Pullen, executive director of Aetna Better Health of Kentucky's SKY Program, to discuss youth mental health and highlight the partnership between CVS Health and the Bounce Coalition. They break down findings from a recent CVS Health-Morning Consult mental health survey, discuss the state of youth mental health in Kentucky, [...]

By |2024-06-20T13:23:22-04:00June 20th, 2024|Podcast|
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