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Kentucky kids live with relatives, not parents
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of Kentucky children have had an incarcerated parent
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Kentucky ranks third highest in the nation for kids affected by incarceration
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Kentucky Youth Advocates
The 2020 Kentucky KIDS COUNT examines the impacts of the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and systemic racial injustice on children and families with data disaggregated by race/ethnicity. Read more…
Oprah Winfrey Network
Lisa Ling meets the single wife and children of an inmate to find out how prison effects the family as a whole. View the video…
Kentucky Youth Advocates
The Blueprint for Kentucky’s Children is a coalition of non- profit, public, and private organizations that speaks with a common voice to create brighter futures for Kentucky kids. Read more…
Child Trends
This report uses the National Survey of Children’s Health to examine both the prevalence of parental incarceration and child outcomes associated with it. Read more…
The Annie Casey Foundation
More than 5 million U.S. children have had a parent in jail or prison at some point in their lives. The incarceration of a parent can have as much impact on a child’s well-being as abuse or domestic violence. Read more…
University of Louisville
Resources from the Kent School of Social Work. Read more…
The Herald Leader
Kentucky’s high levels of drug abuse and incarceration have helped push the state to No. 1 in the nation in the rate of children living with a relative or close family friend instead of a biological parent. Read more…
Herald Leader
The female incarceration rate is more than two times the national average and now stands as the second-highest in America. Read more…
Education Week
The evidence is clear that states must improve education opportunities for youths who are in their care or under their supervision, whether those youths are in the remaining incarceration facilities or in community-based programs. Read more…
HuffPost
One in 14 children in the U.S. has one or both parents in prison — and those children are four times more likely to end up in jail themselves. Read more…
Huff Post
Having an incarcerated parent can be devastating for a child’s well-being. But now there are clear steps states can take to ensure these children are able to thrive. Read more…
89.3 WFPL
Kentucky leads the nation in the number of children in the state who lived with relatives other than their parents between 2016 and 2018. Read more…
In Franklin County, mental health counseling is available to meet with child at their school.
Family Caregiver Program: This program is through Community Action and provides stipends to grandparents/caregivers raising children. Caregiver does not have to provide proof of custody, rather prove that child resides with them.
Apply for state assistance online including food stamps, medical card, kinship care and childcare assistance.
Children with Incarcerated Parents
Sesame Street Incarceration Tool Kit
Minimizing the Impact of Parental Incarceration on Kentucky Kids
Parental Incarceration in the United States
Report: 135K Ky kids have had parent in jail
Hidden Consequences: The Impact of Incarceration
Mass Incarceration: A Major Cause of Hunger