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Jasmine Demers

Jasmine Demers

Jasmine Demers is a corps member with Report For America, a national service program that places journalists into local newsrooms. She covers youth and social services. Demers worked previously for the Arizona Daily Star. She holds a master’s degree from the University of Arizona School of Journalism, where she was editor-in-chief of the student-run Daily Wildcat.

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Meet the Florida think tank pushing for welfare restrictions in Kentucky

By Jasmine Demers | May 6, 2022

A conservative dark money group is influencing public welfare laws in Kentucky, and advocates say it could have a detrimental impact on access to benefits for the state’s most vulnerable residents.

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Advocates say family drug courts could save Kentucky children, but state support is still limited

By Jasmine Demers | April 1, 2022

Despite years of urging by child welfare experts, and even though Kentucky has some of the highest rates of child maltreatment and opioid abuse in the nation, family recovery courts are still not widely available throughout the state

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Stimulus aid for former foster youth isn’t reaching most eligible Kentuckians

By Jasmine Demers | February 15, 2022

With no system in place to track youth who age out of foster care and a slew of obstacles exacerbated by the pandemic, local advocates are concerned that many vulnerable youth will continue to be left without crucial relief.

Here’s the state legislation that could impact Kentucky youth

By Jasmine Demers | February 1, 2022

The proposed bills cover a range of youth-related issues, including abortion, mental health for LGBTQ minors, corporal punishment and child abuse.

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Ky. suspicious child deaths rising as state investigation backlog grows

By Jasmine Demers | January 18, 2022

Most Ky. children who die or nearly die from abuse or neglect are under 3. They’re disproportionately Black. And more than 70% were part of a family that had been assessed or investigated by the state.

Here’s how to apply for FEMA disaster relief, and what to avoid

By Jasmine Demers | December 16, 2021

Western Kentucky residents impacted by the tornadoes can apply now for federal disaster assistance. But the process for obtaining relief from FEMA isn’t automatic — or available to everyone for every loss. 

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In urban Kentucky, more than two in five Black children live in poverty

By Jasmine Demers | November 12, 2021

More than 20% of Kentucky children are growing up in poverty, but Black and Latinx children are worse off in the state’s most urban counties.

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Youth suicides, self-harm on the rise in Louisville

By Jasmine Demers | October 29, 2021

More Louisville youths died by suicide this year than any year since 2014. And people of color are over-represented among these deaths.

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Ky. has fourth-highest rate of kids hospitalized with COVID-19

By Jasmine Demers | September 24, 2021

So far this month, the state has recorded over 26,000 cases in kids 18 and under and an average of 59 children hospitalized each day, making it the most dangerous month for children since the pandemic began.

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‘Who Would Miss Me?’ Drugs Increasingly Killing Young Kentuckians In Pandemic

By Jasmine Demers | August 23, 2021

In a record year for overdoses, young Kentuckians experienced the highest increase in deaths.

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