Child Welfare & Safety

We’re Hot in Washington

We picked a hot time to visit with Kentucky’s Congressional delegation in Washington, D.C, both literally and figuratively.… We spent a lot of time trying not to melt in the heat on our walks between offices, while sensing the intense heat Congress faces to address the current budget crisis. As we waited for each of our meetings to begin, staffers were frantically answering phones trying to keep up with call after call about the debt [...]

More grandparents in Kentucky dusting off parenting skills to rear next generation

Today’s Daily Journal ran a great AP story by Bruce Schreiner on the Census’ findings that more Kentucky grandparents are raising their grandchildren. The percent of children living in households headed by their grandparents jumped from 5.8 percent to 8.5 percent between 2000 and 2010. That dramatic kind of shift raises many potential policy implications. As Amy Swann, Policy Analyst for Kentucky Youth Advocates, says in the story, it is preferable to have grandparents or [...]