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Resources to Strengthen Kentucky Families

Research suggests that children placed in family settings are more likely to have better health, developmental, and educational outcomes in comparison to those placed in residential facilities. Over the next few weeks we will be sharing various resources for children and families, tailored to the needs of each family setting. This week we’re highlighting resources to help parents and their children remain safe and together. Check out the available resources to strengthen Kentucky families below. [...]

By |2016-01-05T17:41:03-05:00January 5th, 2016|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety|
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Babies, Children, and Teens All Need Protection from Secondhand Smoke

Contact: Andrea Bennett 502-381-1176 abennett@kyyouth.org Jeffersontown, KY – An updated Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children issue brief Clearing the Air for All Kentucky Children was released today by Kentucky Youth Advocates. It affirms that children and babies across the Commonwealth are subject to immense dangers from secondhand smoke, particularly in communities without a strong smoke-free policy. Approximately 69 percent of Kentucky’s children live in a community that does not protect all children and pregnant women from [...]

By |2015-12-10T07:22:15-05:00December 10th, 2015|News Room|
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More Children in Kentucky’s Child Welfare System Could Benefit by Living in Families

Contact: Andrea Bennett 502-381-1176 abennett@kyyouth.org Jeffersontown, KY – Every child needs a family and a safe place to call home. A new issue brief released today by Kentucky Youth Advocates, Every Kentucky Kid Needs a Family, highlights the importance of keeping families together and placing children who cannot stay with their parents in family placements, such as kinship care and foster families. The number of Kentucky children in out-of-home care due to abuse or neglect [...]

By |2015-12-03T07:00:48-05:00December 3rd, 2015|News Room|
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National Adoption Month Guest Blog: A Mom and Daughter Tell Their Stories

November is National Adoption Month. The best way to understand the impact of adoption is to hear the stories of the people who have lived it. The stories below are from the perspectives of an adoptive parent and her daughter. Laura’s Story My husband and I were married nine years. For over five of those years, after finding out we could not have children of our own, we tried places to put our name in [...]

By |2015-11-24T11:04:29-05:00November 24th, 2015|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety|
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25th Edition of the KY KIDS COUNT County Data Book Highlights Progress and Opportunities to Make Kentucky the Best Place in America to be Young

Contact: Andrea Bennett 502-381-1176 abennett@kyyouth.org Jeffersontown, KY – How are children faring in your county? Where does your county rank on overall child well-being? What has happened in the last 25 years in Kentucky to help kids succeed? Answers to these questions can be found in the 2015 Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book released today by Kentucky Youth Advocates. This is the 25th edition of the County Data Book. The 2015 County Data Book ranks [...]

By |2015-11-15T07:28:24-05:00November 15th, 2015|News Room|
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Kentucky Youth Speak Up: It All Starts With You

Kentucky Youth Advocates is sharing a series of blogs from GEAR UP Appalachia, GEAR UP Promise Neighborhood students in Eastern Kentucky. We know that youth in Kentucky are key to creating positive change for kids, and their leadership galvanizes other youth, parents, educators, community leaders, and legislators. In the Kentucky Youth Speak Up series, GEAR UP students advocate for policies, encourage other youth to serve their communities, promote strategies for student success, and motivate all of us to build [...]

By |2015-11-10T15:28:02-05:00November 10th, 2015|Blog|
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“Treat” Yourself and Your Family to a Healthy Mouth on National Brush Day!

National Brush Day is celebrated on November 1st of each year – the day after Halloween - and is a great time to discuss the importance of dental hygiene. The American Dental Association has developed the following “tricks” to help perfect your or your child’s brushing technique: Place your toothbrush at a 45-degree angle to your gums. Gently move the brush back and forth in short (tooth-wide) strokes. Brush the outer surfaces, the inner surfaces, [...]

By |2015-10-30T16:10:02-04:00October 30th, 2015|Blog, Health|
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Bullies Need Help, Too

Kate was my best friend in third grade. We both had wild imaginations and loved to spend recess pretending to be fanciful creatures. Other kids didn’t seem to like to play “our” way or weren’t very good at pretending, so we stuck to ourselves and thought everything was fine—until we were called into the guidance counselor’s office and told we were a clique and making other kids feel bad for excluding them. By definition, we [...]

By |2015-10-28T11:11:09-04:00October 28th, 2015|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Education|
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Kentucky Sees 27% Improvement in Child Health Coverage

The number of Kentucky children without health insurance fell by 27% over a one-year period. A new report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families and Kentucky Youth Advocates commends Kentucky for moving up from 28th to 15th place in state rankings on children’s health care coverage. Children in both urban and rural areas saw improvements in their uninsured rates. “Kentuckians should be proud of this achievement for Kentucky’s children,” said Joan Alker, director [...]

By |2015-10-28T09:12:22-04:00October 28th, 2015|News Room|
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Guest Post: Child Advocacy Centers Serve Children Affected by Abuse

By Pam Darnall Kentucky’s network of 15 child advocacy centers (CACs) is among the state’s best-kept secrets. Not because anyone intentionally seeks to hide or withhold information, but rather because of the too often unspoken nature of its work: helping child victims of sexual abuse. Last year, the state’s 15 CACs served more than 6,000 child victims of abuse – primarily sexual abuse, but some physical abuse cases as well – with multidisciplinary team investigations, forensic interviews, [...]

By |2015-10-13T09:56:26-04:00October 13th, 2015|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety|
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