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Bringing Communities Together at The Kids Table

Across the state Kentucky kids are enjoying fall break, trips to the pumpkin patch, and Halloween excitement. At Kentucky Youth Advocates, we’re reflecting on The Kids Table – a series of four Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children regional convenings focused on how kids are faring in each region, state policy solutions, and opportunities for advocates to get involved.  The Kids Table provided an opportunity for community members to convene, learn from each other, and share [...]

By |2026-10-23T13:33:15-04:00October 23rd, 2026|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education, Health|
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Bloom Kentucky Sprout-Out: Cultivating Shared Stewardship Around Opioid Abatement Funds in Clark County

By Sarah Caton Walters, Director of Communications at Greater Clark Foundation  Communities can spend years preparing for opportunities they never know will come. When opioid settlement funds began making their way to local governments across Kentucky, Clark County had a rare opportunity: not to only distribute new resources, but to decide together how those resources could create lasting change. Public dollars belong to the community, and they offer the most possibility when the [...]

By |2026-11-04T15:26:23-05:00October 1st, 2026|Blog, Bloom Kentucky, Economic Security, Health|
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How States are Using Children’s Cabinets for Positive Child Outcomes

Effective and responsive government programs shape whether families can easily find and access the services their children need – and Kentucky lawmakers are exploring examples of streamlining programming and improving stewardship of funding dedicated to children through the development of a Children’s Cabinet.  Example: Ohio During the August meeting of the Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children, the legislative members listened to a presentation from Ohio on reorganizing [...]

By |2026-09-10T16:10:41-04:00September 10th, 2026|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Education, Health|
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Are Kentucky’s Young Children Healthy and Ready to Learn?

It takes more than knowing letters and numbers for a child to be ready for kindergarten. Kids also need to have practical skills that allow them to thrive in a classroom, like the ability to self-regulate their emotions, as well as be physically healthy enough to learn.  To help advocates, early childhood stakeholders, and families better understand how Kentucky’s youngest kids are faring, Child Trends released a new Healthy and Ready to Learn [...]

By |2026-09-02T11:58:24-04:00September 2nd, 2026|Blog, Education, Health|
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Statement on the Settlement with Meta and the Impact on Kids

Contact: Mara Powell mpowell@kyyouth.org LOUISVILLE, KY – Kentucky kids won big today with the multistate settlement with Meta. Kentucky will receive $358 million in one of the largest state consumer protection settlements in the country’s history.  Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman has been at the forefront of ensuring that social media platforms are held accountable for their role in the youth mental health crisis and deliberate addictive platform design. In the agreement, settlements are to [...]

By |2026-10-09T08:57:06-04:00August 26th, 2026|Blog, Bloom Kentucky, Education, Health, News Room|
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Growing Up Healthy: How to Keep Your Child’s Immunizations on Schedule

As students across the Commonwealth are heading back to school, August is a great time to prioritize kids learning and staying healthy – and an important way to do that is by ensuring kids stay on track with immunizations as they grow.  August is also recognized as National Immunization Month – an optimal time to check on your child’s immunization status to help keep them and their peers healthy and safe [...]

By |2026-08-14T11:15:11-04:00August 14th, 2026|Blog, Health|
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Turn Down the Heat on Youth Substance Use

Kentucky’s opioid settlement funds came at great cost. Too many families lost loved ones when pharmaceutical companies immorally pushed opioids that were known to cause addiction. We as adults have an obligation to Kentucky children, especially those who have been harmed by opioid use in their families. We must support youth so they grow up healthy and strong and create experiences and environments that bolster their development. Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) – like [...]

By |2026-06-30T12:19:32-04:00June 30th, 2026|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Health|
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Kids Count on Good Data

Last week, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released its 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book, offering a snapshot of how children and families across the country are doing. For Kentucky, the message of this year's data is familiar but urgent: progress is happening, but it’s not happening fast enough. Kentucky ranks 36th in the nation for overall child well-being in the 2026 report. The ranking reflects a mix of improvements and setbacks across the [...]

By |2026-06-17T13:22:38-04:00June 17th, 2026|Blog, Economic Security, Education, Health, Kids Count|
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Kentucky Ranks 36th in 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book as Kentucky Youth Advocates Urges Deepened Focus on How Kids and Families Fare

Contact: Mara Powell | mpowell@kyyouth.org | 502-895-8167 X122 Kentucky Ranks 36th in 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book as Kentucky Youth Advocates Urges Deepened Focus on How Kids and Families Fare Annual National Report on Child Well-Being Shows Progress and Gaps for Kentucky LOUISVILLE, KY — Kentucky ranks 36th in child well-being, according to the 2026 KIDS COUNT Data Book, a 50-state report of recent data developed by the Annie E. Casey Foundation analyzing how kids [...]

By |2026-06-10T09:52:38-04:00June 8th, 2026|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education, Health, News Room|
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One Kentucky Teen’s Mission: Disconnect to Connect

By Hannah Edelen & Guest Writer, Aleah Stigall Aleah Stigall is a 17-year-old senior at Boyle County High School and has a passion for connection. She strives to teach the importance of real relationships with real people, as she shared at the 2026 Town Hall on Kids at Children’s Advocacy Day at the Capitol.  Through her personal initiative, “Disconnect To Connect - Let’s Get Real,” Aleah educates her peers [...]

By |2026-10-09T09:00:34-04:00May 13th, 2026|Blog, Bloom Kentucky, Education, Health|
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