The Face It® Movement, founded and led by Kosair Charities, knows that child abuse is a community-wide issue and that ending it will take community-wide support. Face It has been working with several community sectors since its launch in April 2013. Each sector – educators, medical professionals, youth, child care providers, and youth-serving agencies – is working to prevent, address, and end child abuse in ways that are appropriate for the sector. Educators and schools [...]

This coming Sunday, September 7th is National Grandparents Day, a time to show appreciation for our grandparents and all they do for us. This day gives everyone an opportunity to celebrate Kentucky’s grandparents, including those who stepped up to raise over 60,000 grandchildren in 2012.  In Kentucky, six percent of children are in the care of their grandparents, one of the highest rates in the nation. These grandparents were called on to step up and be [...]

At Kentucky Youth Advocates, we have the opportunity to work with many amazing partners and on several initiatives that are changing the lives for children in the Commonwealth. One such initiative we hope you are aware of is the Kosair Charities Face It® Movement to end child abuse. Face It is a 10- year initiative with the vision that all children in Jefferson County will be free from abuse and neglect by 2023. Led by Kosair Charities, the Face It® Movement began in 2012 in response to the public outcry [...]