Jeffersontown, KY - Eleven schools across Kentucky will join over 2,500 schools across the nation tocelebrate International Walk to School Day, this week, by teaching safe walking and biking skills, encouraging kids to walk or bike to school and promoting walking and biking throughout the year. Schools in Bowling Green, Fort Knox, Lexington, Louisville, Murray and Southgate will be among those participating. “What was once a typical way for a student to get to school [...]

Jeffersontown, KY – The nation will turn its attention to Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, on October 11, 2012, for this election’s only Vice Presidential debate. Kentucky Youth Advocates, Bellarmine University, Every Child Matters, and Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes are coming together to spotlight the needs of Kentucky children and bring the issues to classrooms across the Commonwealth with the "2012 Election: Debate Curriculum Daily Lesson Guide." "The future prosperity of Kentucky depends [...]

On August 5, children’s advocates in Kentucky and across the country will celebrate the 15th anniversary of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) which was signed into law on August 5, 1997. SCHIP was designed to provide health insurance to children who fell in the gap between public and private coverage. Before this safety net program was created, an estimated 11 million children in the United States and 162,000 in Kentucky were without health insurance. [...]

Jeffersontown, KY - The American Heart Association, Kentucky Cancer Consortium, Kentucky Youth Advocates and the YMCA Youth Association presented the 2012 Community Fitness Champion award today to Senator Katie Stine of Northern Kentucky. Her sponsorship and leadership in the passage of Senate Bill 110 during the 2012 Kentucky General Assembly was celebrated by many across the state, and this award recognizes the important role she played in making Kentucky a healthier place to live, work [...]

Jeffersontown, KY – Kentucky stands as one of the bottom fifteen states in the nation for overall child well-being with a rank of 35, according to the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2012 KIDS COUNT Data Book. Kentucky children have experienced setbacks due to financial instability, but have made gains in the education and health areas. The Data Book shows that kids and families in the Commonwealth continue to struggle in the wake of the recession. [...]

A New Day for Accountability, Transparency and Effectiveness in Child Protection Jeffersontown, KY - Others will no doubt see the big story of today as the state’s appeal to the Supreme Court around the release of child fatalities and near fatalities records. That is important, but let’s face it – that is an old battle being waged to its bitter end. The critical element of today’s news is the Governor’s Executive Order that establishes a [...]

 Jeffersontown, KY - Kentucky Youth Advocates is seeking new photographs of Kentucky children and youth to use in the 2012 Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book. The annual KIDS COUNT book documents the condition of children in Kentucky over time, and photos of children – from infants to teenagers – are used to help illustrate the publication. Photos that showcase Kentucky children and youth in settings representative of Kentucky, including diversity in terms of age, [...]