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Attorney General Cameron Joins Partners in the Kosair Charities Face It Movement for Press Conference on Child Abuse Prevention and Prosecution

Contact: Mara Powell 502-895-8167 *122 mpowell@kyyouth.org LOUISVILLE, KY (January 7, 2020) – Kentucky has the highest rate of child victims of abuse and more than double the national rate. Today, with partners in the Kosair Charities® Face It® Movement, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron shared his office’s commitment to helping end child abuse in the Commonwealth. “Child abuse exploits the innocence of youth and robs our children of the security and safety they desperately need [...]

By |2020-01-07T11:23:10-05:00January 7th, 2020|Child Welfare & Safety, News Room|
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Statement on Leader McConnell Securing Tobacco-Free Youth Act in Federal Fiscal Year 2020 Agreement

Contact: Mara Powell 502-895-8167 *122 mpowell@kyyouth.org Statement by Dr. Terry Brooks, executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates We applaud U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for securing the Tobacco-Free Youth Act in the federal Fiscal Year 2020 Agreement to raise the minimum legal sale age of tobacco products across the country, including e-cigarettes, from 18 to 21. This bipartisan legislation, known as Tobacco 21 and sponsored by Leader McConnell and Senator Tim Kaine, would have a [...]

By |2019-12-17T10:27:43-05:00December 17th, 2019|Health, News Room|
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Statement on Governor Beshear’s Announcement to Rescind Kentucky’s 1115 Medicaid Waiver

Contact: Mara Powell 502-895-8167 *122 mpowell@kyyouth.org Statement by Dr. Terry Brooks, executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates Louisville, KY – Today Governor Andy Beshear signed an executive order to rescind the 1115 Medicaid Waiver, known as Kentucky HEALTH. This rescission further protects families from the potential negative impacts of premiums, work requirements, lockout periods, and classified dental and vision benefits as earned benefits. Parents’ health – and access to health insurance – affects the health and [...]

By |2019-12-16T16:44:19-05:00December 16th, 2019|Health, News Room|
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Statement on Governor-Elect Beshear Announcement on CHFS and Justice Cabinet Secretaries

Today’s announcement of new leadership for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services and the Justice Cabinet is no small matter for kids in Kentucky. There are perhaps no two positions more vital when it comes to child well-being. We applaud Governor-elect Beshear for naming two outstanding leaders today. We look forward to working with Secretary Mary Noble to enact family-focused reform of the criminal justice system. Thirteen percent of Kentucky kids have had a [...]

By |2019-12-10T09:49:39-05:00December 9th, 2019|Child Welfare & Safety, Health, Justice, News Room, Youth Justice|
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2019 Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book: A Holistic Look at Child Well-Being

Contact: Mara Powell mpowell@kyyouth.org 502-895-8167 *122 Louisville, KY – The 2019 Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book offers the latest data on 17 measures of child well-being, showing whether outcomes for children across the commonwealth have improved, worsened, or stayed the same over a five-year period. Detailed data is available for every Kentucky county at www.kyyouth.org/kentucky-kids-count/. “More than 1 million children in Kentucky are relying on all of us—from the statehouse to your house—to put [...]

By |2019-11-18T19:43:54-05:00November 19th, 2019|Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education, Health, Kids Count, Medicaid, News Room, Youth Justice|
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Statement from Terry Brooks on CHFS Announcement on Funding to Expand of School-Based Health Services

Contact: Mara Powell 502-895-8167 *122 mpowell@kyyouth.org Statement by Dr. Terry Brooks, executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates Louisville, KY – There can be no question that the Kentucky General Assembly – through the leadership of Senator Wise and Representative Carney, along with a bipartisan cadre of legislative champions – gave Kentucky kids a historic win when it passed Senate Bill 1, the School Safety and Resiliency Act. Ensuring that every Kentucky student is safe and connected [...]

By |2019-11-08T10:32:02-05:00November 8th, 2019|Education, Health, News Room|
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Kentucky’s Child Poverty Rate Remains Unchanged, and Too Many Children Continue to Live in High-Poverty Neighborhoods

Contact: Mara Powell mpowell@kyyouth.org 502-895-8167 *122 Louisville, KY – New data released today by the U.S Census Bureau reveals that 23.0 percent of Kentucky children lived in poverty in 2018, which is not statistically different than the 2017 rate of 22.4 percent. Only six states have higher child poverty rates than Kentucky. “While the child poverty rate has improved since the end of the Great Recession, we must keep making progress until the families of [...]

By |2019-09-26T14:17:58-04:00September 26th, 2019|Economic Security, News Room|
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Health Insurance Coverage for Kentucky Children Has Stagnated but Remains High

Contact: Mara Powell mpowell@kyyouth.org 502-895-8167 *122 Louisville, KY – New health insurance data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau revealed the percent of Kentucky children under 19 with health coverage remained unchanged from 2017 to 2018, at 96.2 percent. This compares with 93.6 percent in 2013 – the year prior to full implementation of the expansion of Kentucky’s Medicaid program. “We’re in the midst of a gubernatorial campaign in which the divisive healthcare policy [...]

By |2019-09-26T14:00:17-04:00September 26th, 2019|Health, News Room|
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Statement by Dr. Terry Brooks on the Justice Cabinet’s Announcement on the Future of Youth Justice in Louisville

Contact: Mara Powell 502-895-8167 *122 mpowell@kyyouth.org Statement by Dr. Terry Brooks, executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates Louisville, KY – The axiom that “necessity is the mother of invention” rings true in the case of youth detention in Louisville. Given the Mayor and Metro Council’s decision to close the locally operated detention center, the Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet working with local nonprofit leaders is moving ahead on what is an imaginative and kid-centric approach to [...]

By |2019-09-19T16:35:08-04:00September 19th, 2019|News Room, Youth Justice|
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The Kia Store Local Spotlight: Kentucky Youth Advocates

This article was originally posted by the Kia Store on August 27, 2019. By Brad Paschal Each one of us has fond memories of the place we grew up. That setting even has its own name that brings a wave of nostalgia and smiles to our faces when we hear the word “hometown.” What the Kentucky Youth Advocates continue to work hard at doing is giving kids in the state the opportunity to build those [...]

By |2019-09-11T17:00:01-04:00September 11th, 2019|News Room|
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