Kentucky’s Juvenile Justice Taskforce, created during this year’s legislative session, met for the first time this week to begin studying the juvenile code and making recommendations for improvement. It is exciting to see the work get underway, after the Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children has called for legislative change to improve how Kentucky deals with behaviors like skipping school or running away. The task force holds great promise for improving how Kentucky handles these children and [...]

The following post by Tara Grieshop-Goodwin, deputy director if KYA, was featured on the Reclaiming Futures blog. To see the original post, visit http://www.reclaimingfutures.org/blog/. Many things make me proud to call Kentucky home – beautiful horses, great college basketball, and friendly people. But behind the rolling hills, the thrilling games, and smiling faces, are several things that raise concern about my great state. Kentucky frequently ranks at the bottom of the pile on health, economic [...]