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Join Kentucky Educational Television on April 18 for a Screening of “Well Fed: Nourishing Our Children for a Lifetime”

Learn how parents, schools and communities across Kentucky are coming together to help children discover the benefits of fresh, whole foods, especially fruits and vegetables. Join us for a free public screening of Well Fed: Nourishing Our Children for a Lifetime, A KET Special Report, at the Kentucky Science Center on April 18.  Register now! In a society filled with super-sized fast food meals and a wealth of fatty, sugary, and salty prepackaged foods, it can [...]

By |2013-04-11T08:38:41-04:00April 11th, 2013|Blog, Health|
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General Assembly Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children Wrap-Up Part II: The Unleashed Version

To view Part I of this post, click here. My birthday is December 25.  That makes birthday traditions and Christmas customs mingle together a bit.  But one birthday tradition leaps out.  It arrives every December in a large Styrofoam box packed with lots of dry ice.  And at the bottom of that crate sit – like precious jewels – artisan made bratwursts!  When my wife and one of our good friends were on a trip [...]

By |2013-04-04T11:03:06-04:00April 4th, 2013|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education, Health, Youth Justice|
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General Assembly Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children Wrap-Up Part I: The Objective Version

Tomorrow Terry Brooks, our executive director, will talk on our blog about how kids fared in Kentucky’s General Assembly this year. While I assume everyone will want to read that version, I wanted to provide a slightly more boring, but objective version of what happened in 2013 for kids in our legislature. Kentucky Youth Advocates is part of the Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children which is a collaborative of multiple child serving partners from across Kentucky [...]

By |2013-04-03T17:13:58-04:00April 3rd, 2013|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education, Health, Youth Justice|
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Medicaid Expansion in Kentucky: Kids Have Much to Gain

At Kentucky Youth Advocates, we ask ourselves the same question over and over when we examine issues. It’s a short and simple question: “Is it good for kids?” We strive to be the independent voice for children and that means we want the policies created and implemented by our decision makers to benefit children. Right now, our state leaders have a big decision to make on whether to expand Medicaid to low-income adults and parents [...]

By |2013-03-28T10:04:39-04:00March 28th, 2013|Blog, Health|
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We Can do Better When it Comes to Children’s Health in Kentucky

In the middle of the day Monday, I received an email from my husband. The subject line was “say waaa?” with a link to this story:  “Survey: Ky. kids healthier than US average.” First, it is sad that someone’s first reaction to hearing that Kentucky kids are healthier than the average American kid is disbelief. Certainly we can do better as a state to both improve children’s health and improve the perceptions of children’s health. [...]

By |2013-03-27T13:46:29-04:00March 27th, 2013|Blog, Health|
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The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences Doesn’t End in Childhood

What happens when the kids we label as ‘at-risk’ for maltreatment grow up? They become at-risk adults and the research on these adults paints an unfortunate picture of what happens when you grow up in an environment exposed to those risks. It’s becoming increasingly apparent that the negative impact of child maltreatment doesn’t end in childhood. An infographic was released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Veto Violence initiative this past year. The [...]

By |2013-03-21T11:14:37-04:00March 21st, 2013|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education, Health, Youth Justice|
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Annual Rankings Show Where Kentucky Counties do well and Opportunities for Improvement

Health does not exist in a vacuum. Health is impacted by more than having health insurance and going to the doctor. The County Health Rankings and Roadmaps project, a partnership between the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, understands this. They work to understand what’s making people sick or healthy and then figure out what communities can do to impact that. According to the newest annual rankings released today, Oldham County has [...]

By |2013-03-20T11:04:36-04:00March 20th, 2013|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education, Health, Youth Justice|
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Early-childhood Reports Show the Good, Bad and Ironic

This post originally appeared as an op-ed on March 14 in the Herald Leader. Find it online here. The Governor's Office of Early Childhood released for the first time early childhood profiles on a county-by-county basis. It was a report filled with good news, bad news and irony. First of all, this is a tool that can help communities and schools assess progress and make plans to help youngsters entering kindergarten. We were happy to [...]

By |2013-03-18T13:07:17-04:00March 18th, 2013|Blog, Education, Health|
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Join the Kentucky Teen Institute and Advocate for Your Community’s Health

The following post comes directly from an announcement made by the Kentucky Teen Institute.  Announcing an exciting opportunity to improve teen health, youth leadership and civic engagement in your school and community! Applications and information available here. The Kentucky Teen Institute, a program of the KY YMCA Youth Association in partnership with the University of Louisville, is now accepting applications for its leadership program for high school age youth and adult advisors. Applications are due [...]

By |2013-03-13T13:02:17-04:00March 13th, 2013|Blog, Health|
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Demystifying the Health Care Law

The Affordable Care Act passed in March 2010 resulted in many changes to the health care system and there are more changes coming soon. Health care reform will impact populations, both young and old. Given that the health care reform bill was 2000 pages long, it can be confusing for people to figure out how the new law affects them. If you have questions about what the health care law means for you, join an [...]

By |2013-03-11T12:00:15-04:00March 11th, 2013|Blog, Health|
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