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Bill that would limit release of child-abuse information appears dead
April 2, 2012

"A bill that could increase secrecy of child-abuse records at the Cabinet for Health and Family Services failed to win passage on the next-to-last day of the legislative session and appears to be dead. "Senate Majority Leader Robert Stivers, a Manchester Republican, said some senators had questions about the bill and it appears unlikely to pass," Deborah Yetter of The Courier-Journal reports."

Finding a Home for Abused Children

In honor of April being Child Abuse Prevention Month, Lexington Family Magazine ran an article about Sunrise's efforts to protect and care for Kentucky's hurting children. Read More

 

Few penalties for keeping child abuse secret
March 15, 2012

Here's a visual for the amount of people that go unpunished for not reporting abuse. It's astounding how many people just look away... Read Read More

 

A family nightmare: After slaying, information on troubled family came pouring out
March 9, 2012

Louisville Courier-Journal After a dozen investigations by state child welfare officials and multiple moves through homes of relatives and foster care, Joshua, 15, was in Read More

 

Our at-risk kids are not high enough on the priority list as illustrated by the Governor’s budget

Nelson Mandela, former president of South Africa said, "There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its Read More

 

Autism Speaks iPad 2 Technology Grant
March 2, 2012

Through the generosity of Wyndham Worldwide, the Pickle Foundation, and Heather Nix of Washington, Autism Speaks will select 160 individuals with autism to receive an Apple Read More

 

Kentucky House Panel Approves Bill To Require Degrees, Licenses …

Kentucky House Panel Approves Bill To Require Degrees, Licenses For... and supervisors who deal with child abuse and neglect and other types of cases, said...Read More. Read More

 

Kentucky House panel passes bill ratcheting up scrutiny on child …

Kentucky House panel passes bill ratcheting up scrutiny on child abuse deaths ... abuse and could help officials uncover cases of death from abuse or neglect ... Read More. Read More

 

Supporters rally for child welfare in Frankfort
February 28, 2012

The Courier Journal Read the full story here. Read More

 

Editorial | Open family courts
February 24, 2012

Louisville Courier-Journal Shocking reports of fatal child abuse cases in Kentucky and the ongoing resistance of the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services to Read More