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New Report – Fostering Connections: The Housing Landscape for Foster Care Alumni and Recommendations

LOUISVILLE, KY – Everyone needs a safe, stable place to call home. However, a short supply of housing has made this increasingly difficult for Kentucky’s young people. The Fostering Connections: The Housing Landscape for Foster Care Alumni and Recommendations report, released today by Kentucky Youth Advocates, sheds light on the critical housing needs of young adults ages 18-28 in Louisville, Kentucky, particularly young adults who have spent time in foster care as children.  Foster care [...]

By |2024-08-08T09:16:27-04:00August 8th, 2024|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Health, News Room, Race Equity|
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Kentucky Homeschool Trends and Reflection

By Casey Lane, Intern at Kentucky Youth Advocates What is homeschooling? Homeschooling, loosely defined as when a student has been withdrawn from public school and is educated through a private or home setting, has seen an unprecedented increase in Kentucky. Roughly 38,222 Kentucky children were homeschooled during the 2022-2023 school year, a 56% increase from 2017-2018. In some districts spanning from rural Pulaski County to metro Fayette County, homeschooling grew as much as 75%.  Kentucky's [...]

By |2024-07-31T15:41:56-04:00July 31st, 2024|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Education, Health, Race Equity|
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Who is Thriving Families, Safer Children Kentucky?

It’s been a HOT summer, so the Thriving Families, Safer Children (TSFC) Kentucky team hasn’t been staying cool (or even, always, calm given the gravity of this work). But they have remained collected around a shared purpose—infusing the national guiding principles throughout our statewide initiatives. This mid-year update will be a tribute to the partnership and the hard work they’re doing individually and as a collaborative effort supporting one another’s efforts to keep the movement [...]

By |2024-07-30T11:30:39-04:00July 30th, 2024|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Race Equity|
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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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A Look at the Latest Domestic Violence Report

In June, the second annual Statewide Domestic Violence Data Report was published, detailing a devastating reality for thousands of adults and children across the Commonwealth. Domestic violence (DV) is “a systematic pattern of power and control that’s perpetrated by one intimate partner against another”. It’s the willful use of a range of abusive behaviors that can include being:  isolated from family and friends,  threatened with weapons,  coerced into committing crimes or engaging in other activities [...]

By |2024-07-22T16:58:04-04:00July 22nd, 2024|Blog, Bloom Kentucky, Child Welfare & Safety|
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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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Bloom KY Growing Hope: Spotlight on Scott County’s Opioid Abatement Efforts

In this edition of Bloom Kentucky’s Growing Hope series, we’re highlighting the incredible opioid abatement efforts in Scott County. Recently named a “Recovery Ready Community,” Scott County has shown a commitment to providing resources for treatment, recovery support, and workforce reintegration for residents struggling with substance use disorder. Scott County has used their local opioid dollars to support some key initiatives. Those initiatives include:  Community Paramedicine Program: This initiative aims to partner with local agencies [...]

By |2024-07-18T09:06:35-04:00July 17th, 2024|Blog, Bloom Kentucky, Education, Health|
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Intersection of Vaping and Opioid Use

Despite concerted efforts to address underage tobacco and nicotine use and advocacy to increase funding for prevention and cessation programs, vaping continues to be a major concern throughout Kentucky schools and communities.   Research has long-proven the negative health impacts that tobacco and nicotine use has while using and for years to come – costing both individuals and health care systems millions of dollars over the lifetime of a smoker. Youth who vape also experience negative [...]

By |2024-07-17T12:31:54-04:00July 17th, 2024|Blog, Bloom Kentucky, Health|
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The State of Child Labor in Kentucky

Entering the labor force young has its benefits. Having a job as a teen (ages 16-18) can predict higher quality jobs and higher wages in adulthood. Quality work experience at a young age can improve physical and mental health in the long term, as well as reduce the likelihood that a youth will interact with the criminal justice system.  However, youth only benefit from employment when they are working in safe, age-appropriate environments. In Kentucky [...]

By |2024-07-11T13:42:11-04:00July 11th, 2024|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education, Health, Race Equity|
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