Jasmine Demers
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“Without these funds, we would have definitely had to cut programming, but most likely we would have been closing our doors,” said Krista Hughes, the director of a child care program in Kenton County.
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Less than a third of children exiting foster care were reunified with their parent or primary caretaker between 2020 and 2022, according to data from Kentucky Youth Advocates. That’s a nearly 10-point decline since 2011 to 2013, making it the fourth lowest rate in the nation.
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Esha Bajwa was just a middle schooler when she started struggling with depression. She likens the condition to a bad knee ache that comes and goes. She doesn’t always know what triggers the pain or how bad it will get.
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During a legislative committee meeting in March, members of the Kentucky House of Representatives gathered to debate a controversial welfare reform bill that, just a couple of weeks later, would be signed into law.