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Governor Beshear Delivers on Promise to Restore Child Care Assistance

Children in Kentucky saw an amazing win this past April when Governor Beshear and state legislators restored funding for the Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP) in the 2015-2016 state budget which begins on July 1. Since the legislative session ended, parents, providers and advocates have anxiously awaited the details of how the restored funding will roll out. Last Friday we got those details. Governor Beshear announced he will increase the eligibility for child care assistance for Fiscal Year 2015 to 140 percent of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) and open up the program on August [...]

By |2014-06-26T06:25:37-04:00June 26th, 2014|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education|
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Foot Traffic Ahead, New Report Ranks 30 Metros According to Walkability

Across the country, U.S. metros are racing to dominate the walkable urban places (WalkUPs) market. The new report, Foot Traffic Ahead: Ranking Walkable Urbanism in America's Largest Metros, conducted by LOCUS: Responsible Real Estate Developers and Investors, a coalition of Smart Growth America, in conjunction with The George Washington University’s Center for Real Estate & Urban Analysis, identifies each metro’s WalkUPs and ranks the top 30 U.S. metropolitan areas based on their current and future [...]

By |2026-04-16T15:10:37-04:00June 18th, 2014|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Health|
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Ask Governor Beshear to Re-open CCAP Enrollment in July

Recently, Governor Beshear said that he might delay restoring child care assistance until August or even later. The legislature approved funding to restore assistance beginning July 1. That means the freeze on applications was supposed to be lifted and eligibility increased in the upcoming fiscal year, which begins in about two weeks. The governor said state revenues are below expectations, but a cabinet spokesperson said that the shortfall should not impact child care payments. Please contact the [...]

By |2014-06-17T11:24:06-04:00June 17th, 2014|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Education, Health|
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Quick Action Needed for Children’s Health in Kentucky!

Childhood obesity is an issue in Kentucky – we are currently in the top 5 states in obesity rates. You have an exciting opportunity to influence a state level plan to improve this indicator of health. Please take a moment to add your voice in this quick turnaround opportunity in include health issues in the KY Transportation long range plan. The public comment period is open until June 23. 2014. The website is: http://transportation.ky.gov/yourturn/Pages/yourturn.aspx.  Here is a [...]

By |2014-06-05T09:25:31-04:00June 5th, 2014|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Health|
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May is National Foster Care Month!

Picture source: https://www.childwelfare.gov/fostercaremonth/promote/graphics.cfm All children deserve a nurturing and stable home. There are times when parents are unable to provide a safe environment for their children, so children can no longer remain with their parents. Ideally, a family member or foster parent will be capable of providing a safe place, temporarily, or in some cases permanently, for those children. There are some times, when circumstances do not allow for children to be placed in foster care, and they [...]

By |2014-05-22T09:36:44-04:00May 22nd, 2014|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety|
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Reminder – We need your photos by May 31

Reminder - If you'd like to submit pictures of your kids or grandkids to be considered for the 2014 Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book and other Kentucky Youth Advocates' publications, we need your photos by May 31. We know you proudly share pictures of your kids and grandkids by carrying them in your wallet and posting them on Instagram and Facebook. Here’s a great chance to promote those great kids through Kentucky Youth Advocates’ materials. Please submit [...]

By |2014-05-22T08:56:44-04:00May 22nd, 2014|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education, Health, Youth Justice|
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Kentucky Action on Human Trafficking Helping Child Victims

Sometimes the full impact of legislation takes a while to show. With addressing human trafficking, the positive impact for children of the legislation passed in 2013 appeared in the numbers as early as last fall, with the Department of Community Based Services (DCBS) starting to receive reports. Legislation championed by Representatives Sannie Overly, John Tilley, Addia Wuchner and Senator Whitney Westerfield in the 2013 session changed state law to ensure victims of trafficking, especially children exploited in commercial sex, are treated as victims rather than as criminals and are given access to [...]

By |2014-05-13T11:45:01-04:00May 13th, 2014|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Youth Justice|
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Kentucky Families Win with Signing of SB 176

In Kentucky, family values are more than just talk. That’s why more than 59,000 children are being raised by grandparents, aunts, uncles and other extended family members – also known as kinship care. Research shows that when children cannot live safely with their parents, they fare better with relatives than in foster care. Yet, Kentucky’s kinship families face economic, legal and emotional challenges. They need state leaders to remove unnecessary barriers and ensure they have [...]

By |2014-05-07T10:35:34-04:00May 7th, 2014|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety|
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Calling All Photos of Kentucky Kids

Kentucky Youth Advocates is looking for photos of Kentucky kids to include in the 2014 Kentucky KIDS COUNT County Data Book and other Kentucky Youth Advocates publications. We know you all proudly share pictures of your kids and grandkids by carrying them in your wallet, on Instagram and on Facebook. Here’s a great chance to promote those great kids through Kentucky Youth Advocates’ materials. We need your photos by May 31 so please start sending them in. In order to use the photos, we [...]

By |2014-05-06T10:00:40-04:00May 6th, 2014|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education, Health, Youth Justice|
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Kentucky Kids the Winners in Session

This post originally appeared as an Op-Ed in The Courier Journal. You can view it online here.  Spring in Kentucky is animated by certain rituals. As the first Saturday in May approaches each year, we become experts on horses. Students begin to wonder about final report card grades. And the governor and General Assembly are graded as well. I recently was on KET's "Kentucky Tonight" and heard my fellow panelists give tough grades to the [...]

By |2014-05-05T08:50:19-04:00May 5th, 2014|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education, Health, Youth Justice|
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