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Tackling America’s Health Crisis: The Urgent Need for ACEs Prevention

Trust for America’s Health recently released their 2024 report, revealing a 142% increase in deaths from alcohol, drugs, and suicide from 2002 to 2022 in the United States. The report's findings are alarming, with 207,827 deaths in 2022 alone. While there was a small decline in alcohol-induced deaths, rates for drug overdoses and suicides remained steady, underscoring the ongoing crisis. Key Recommendation: Preventing Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) One of the [...]

By |2024-08-21T14:43:25-04:00August 21st, 2024|Blog, Bloom Kentucky, Child Welfare & Safety, Health|
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Save the Date: Children’s Advocacy Week 2025

For more than 20 years, advocates for kids have gathered in Frankfort for Children’s Advocacy Day to fill the halls of the Capitol and ask their elected officials to step up for Kentucky kids. The critical mass of advocates in the Capitol building led to many policy wins and raising awareness of issues facing kids and their families.   During Children’s Advocacy Week, we host a series of virtual events with more opportunities to [...]

By |2024-08-26T09:32:38-04:00August 20th, 2024|Blog, Bloom Kentucky, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education, Health, Justice, Kids Count, Race Equity, Youth Justice|
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Energy Insecurity and the Impact on Families

If your electric bill seems higher than usual this summer, you’re not alone. The National Energy Assistance Directors Association projects that the average U.S electric bill for the 2024 summer months will be 8% higher than last year.  Households in Kentucky along with other Southeastern states are facing some of the highest electric bills in the country with the average household expected to spend around $774 on electricity from June through September.  As temperatures rise [...]

By |2024-08-14T14:44:30-04:00August 14th, 2024|Blog, Bloom Kentucky|
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Bloom KY Growing Hope: Spotlight on Hardin County’s Opioid Abatement Efforts

Shana Norton, Deputy Coroner of Hardin County, is passionate about her community and is committed to making a difference. In this edition of Bloom Kentucky’s Growing Hope series, we’re highlighting the incredible opioid abatement efforts in Hardin County (and the incredible people too!). Norton describes her role as “one piece of the larger puzzle” when talking about coming together to address the opioid epidemic in her community. Norton is part of an Overdose Fatality Review [...]

By |2024-08-08T10:23:31-04:00August 8th, 2024|Blog, Bloom Kentucky, Health|
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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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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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Bloom Kentucky: Youth Engage with Attorney General on Substance Use Prevention Efforts

As Bloom Kentucky continues to look for ways to improve and expand opioid prevention efforts across the state, we recently partnered with the Kentucky Office of the Attorney General (KYOAG) so that Attorney General Russell Coleman and leaders of the Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission could hear from students directly. In the halls of the State Capitol, 15 students from six counties in every corner of the state convened to provide valuable insights and bring [...]

By |2024-06-21T09:04:38-04:00June 20th, 2024|Blog, Bloom Kentucky|
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KYGA24: Addressing the Impact of Evictions on Kids

Evictions have a major impact on the safety and stability of Kentucky kids, often forcing families to move away from systems of support and into housing insecurity. However, a new report from Louisville’s Center for Health Equity shows that the impact of evictions goes much deeper than stability, also impacting the health of children and families. Evictions are both common and impact families of color more than other groups. Over 16,000 evictions were filed just [...]

By |2024-06-12T10:14:20-04:00June 12th, 2024|Blog, Bloom Kentucky, Economic Security, Health, Race Equity|
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Bloom Kentucky Sprout-Out: Girl Scouts

More than a Badge – Girl Scouts as a Positive Childhood Experience Bloom Kentucky’s new series of “sprout-outs” is our take on worthwhile “shout-outs”! This particular sprout-out is in honor of the great work happening with the Girl Scouts in creating positive childhood experiences across the Commonwealth. When you think of the Girl Scouts – a few things might come to mind. Your favorite cookies… badges for leadership and community service… you might even think [...]

By |2024-06-06T13:54:16-04:00June 6th, 2024|Blog, Bloom Kentucky|
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