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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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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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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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