Kentucky

Authors describe the reasons for the Doris Duke Foundation's new commitment of $30 million to prevention work in child welfare

Mira Zimet traveled the country interviewing youth who have experienced foster care for the third season of The Storyboard Project.

I saw my siblings and other youth in care continuing to struggle. I wanted to help them, writes Keisha Lyon.

Nearly two months after a Kentucky judge held the state in contempt of court for the “dismal shape” of its child welfare agency, state legislators unanimously passed a bill to help address these poor conditions.

A federal stimulus package that was meant to provide aid to current and former foster youth is not reaching many Kentuckians who may need it.

A child welfare overhaul bill that recently sped through the Kentucky Senate would, in part, explicitly distinguish poverty from neglect.

Throughout 2021, The Imprint continued reporting on how the shadow system of hidden foster care impacts parents, relatives and children.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced earlier this month that thousands of the state's essential social workers would receive a 10% pay bump

By The Imprint staff reports The head of Kentucky’s Juvenile Justice Department was fired last week after a months long personnel investigation into allegations that she had harassed, bullied and intimidated employees, leaving at least one in tears.