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Kinship Caregivers, State Leaders, and Advocates Attend Kinship Coalition Virtual Summit

Kinship Caregivers, State Leaders, and Advocates Attend Kinship Coalition Virtual Summit

Kinship Caregivers, State Leaders, and Advocates Attend Kinship Coalition Virtual Summit Governor Proclaims September as Kinship Care Awareness Month LOUISVILLE, KY – Dozens of kinship caregivers, child welfare stakeholders, policy makers, and advocates from across Kentucky virtually gathered today for the Kinship Coalition Virtual Summit. Two years after the federal Family First Act implementation, over a year out from a global pandemic, a lawsuit that rose to the level of the Supreme Court, and several [...]

By Kentucky Youth Advocates|2021-09-02T11:32:05-04:00September 2nd, 2021|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, News Room|

Kinship Families Coalition of Kentucky: Virtual Summit

Kinship Families Coalition of Kentucky: Virtual Summit

Join Kentucky Youth Advocates and the Kinship Families Coalition of Kentucky for the Kinship Coalition Virtual Summit on Thursday, September 2nd. The summit will be a two part series to learn about the current landscape of kinship care at the state and national level, and then prioritize an action agenda with kinship and fictive kin caregivers across the commonwealth. Part 1: The Kinship Summit will be on Thursday, September 2, 2021 for kinship and fictive [...]

By Kentucky Youth Advocates|2021-08-23T10:13:43-04:00July 26th, 2021|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety|

New Tool Available to Help Kentucky Kinship Caregivers Access Health Care and Education for Children

New Tool Available to Help Kentucky Kinship Caregivers Access Health Care and Education for Children

More than 59,000 children in Kentucky are being raised by grandparents and other relatives – known as kinship care. The majority of these kinship family arrangements are informal, and oftentimes relatives do not have legal custody or guardianship of the children. This can make it difficult when it comes time for kinship caregivers to enroll children in school or access educational services or health care for them. Often, relatives step in to help stabilize the situation [...]

By Shannon Moody|2014-10-28T12:15:07-04:00October 28th, 2014|Blog, Economic Security, Education, Health|

Statement by Terry Brooks, executive director, on Passage of SB 176 by Senate Judiciary (Kinship Care Authorization Law)

Statement by Terry Brooks, executive director, on Passage of SB 176 by Senate Judiciary (Kinship Care Authorization Law)

Today’s passage of SB 176 by the Senate Judiciary Committee is a true affirmation of the importance Kentuckians place on family values. The bill helps family members who are stepping up to raise kin children when the children’s parents are unable to do so. SB 176 makes sure kinship caregivers can access health care and educational services for children in their care when legal guardianship is not feasible. We know that grandparents, aunts and uncles, and other relatives often [...]

By Terry Brooks|2014-03-13T11:24:25-04:00March 13th, 2014|News Room|

Enacting a Kinship Caregiver Authorization Law in Kentucky

Enacting a Kinship Caregiver Authorization Law in Kentucky

Yesterday, Senator Harper Angel filed SB 176 to allow a relative caregiver to access key services for the children in their care when legal custody or guardianship is not feasible. We applaud her for her leadership on this important issue for kids and look forward to the bill moving forward through the Senate and House this session. Children across Kentucky are being denied access to education and health care solely because they are being raised [...]

By Patricia Tennen|2014-03-05T17:46:29-05:00March 5th, 2014|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Education, Health|

Thanks Governor Beshear for stepping up for kids in your budget

Thanks Governor Beshear for stepping up for kids in your budget

Budgets always require tough choices, and on Tuesday, Governor Beshear built on his previous commitment to kids around health and high school graduation and became “the Children’s Governor” because of the choices he made, the priorities he established, and the values he exemplified. In what is arguably the most historic budget address for kids in the Commonwealth in decades, Governor Beshear laid out an agenda that is as smart as it is bold. He tackled [...]

By Terry Brooks|2014-01-23T09:42:14-05:00January 23rd, 2014|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education, Health, Youth Justice|

Fund Kids First Rally reminds us that the state budget is about priorities

Fund Kids First Rally reminds us that the state budget is about priorities

Kids’ champions and kids themselves gathered on Monday morning and rocked the Rotunda. Folks who had been impacted by child care cuts and kinship care cuts and folks who had received a “hand up” for a better life because of those supports stood and eloquently shared their stories. There were more than a few moist eyes as those gathered heard stories about a grandmother worried about what would happen if the five grandchildren she was [...]

By Terry Brooks|2013-08-22T15:12:04-04:00August 22nd, 2013|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education|

Fund Kids First Rally Draws Hundreds to Frankfort on First Day of Special Session

Fund Kids First Rally Draws Hundreds to Frankfort on First Day of Special Session

Jeffersontown, KY –Hundreds of child advocates from across Kentucky are in Frankfort today on the opening day of the special legislative session for the Fund Kids First Rally. Those present are speaking out for restored funding to the Child Care Assistance and Kinship Care Programs and asking state leaders to “Fund Kids First” when they return to Frankfort in January to work on the next two-year budget. The rally comes after the state ended its [...]

By Andrea Bennett|2013-08-19T12:00:11-04:00August 19th, 2013|News Room|

If you didn’t make it to the Fund Kids First Rally on August 19, you can still help!

If you didn’t make it to the Fund Kids First Rally on August 19, you can still help!

Hundreds of child advocates from across Kentucky were in Frankfort on the opening day of the special legislative session on August 19 for the Fund Kids First Rally. The rally came after the state ended its fiscal year with a $70.6 million surplus and put some of the surplus into the rainy day fund. This occurred after the Governor implemented deep cuts to the Child Care Assistance Program and the Kinship Care Program. Child advocates [...]

By Andrea Bennett|2013-08-19T06:00:30-04:00August 19th, 2013|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education|

Final details for the “Fund Kids First” Rally on Monday

Final details for the “Fund Kids First” Rally on Monday

The Fund Kids First Rally is four days away! We are excited to join you in Frankfort as the Kentucky General Assembly begins a special legislative session for a rally at 11 am EDT on Monday. Find final details about the rally including logistics, what to bring, and RSVP information below. Final Details for the Rally Bring with you… An umbrella and wear a poncho to use as a visual – “Budget cuts = Rainy [...]

By Andrea Bennett|2013-08-15T13:01:40-04:00August 15th, 2013|Blog, Child Welfare & Safety, Economic Security, Education|

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