Foster Youth
A child who has been committed to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services as dependent, neglected, or abused.
“There is no such thing as a bad kid. Don’t give up.”
– Lived Experience Focus Group Participant
Support
Kentucky RISE app can help youth gain independence through events, resources, and young adult benefits.
Learn more about Kentucky RISE.
Aetna SKY (Supporting Kentucky Youth) is insurance for foster youth, adopted youth, or former foster youth. It provides healthcare coverage, training, case management services, and other benefits.
Advocate
Voices of the Commonwealth is a group consisting of 16 to 22-year-old foster youth and alumni who come together to advocate for positive change for youth who are in the state’s care.
True Up Peer Network is a family-styled team of foster care alumni who have a passion for advocating for positive change within the child welfare system as it relates to foster care.
Resources for all Kentucky Families to Access:
- Kentucky211
- MyKY.info Statewide Resource Search Tool
- kynect – Kentucky Community Resources
- kynect – Family Support Benefits
- Kentucky Resources for Youth & Families Brochure
- Department for Community Based Services – Full Directory
- Department for Community Based Services – Standard of Practice Manual
- Division of Family Resource and Youth Service Centers
- The University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service
- Civil Legal Aid Programs
- Language Access Supports:
- Office of Language Access promotes, enhances, and supports justice by assisting the Kentucky Court of Justice in communicating with the deaf and hard of hearing and those with limited English proficiency (LEP). Allows an individual to request an interpreter in advance.
- Kentucky Commission for Deaf and Hard of Hearing provides information, referral and advocacy services, and an interpreter referral service for state agencies.
- LACES (Language, Access, Communication, Empowerment, Support) Program Aetna Better Health of Kentucky offers a Value-Added Benefit to Aetna SKY members who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
- Kentucky Court of Justice – Find an Interpreter
- Interpretation and Translation Services — International Center of Kentucky
- Global Lex has access to telephone interpreter assistance in over 240 languages. Contact Global Lex by calling (859) 246-4333.