Smart on Crime Coalition Partner, Kentucky Youth Advocates, Shines Light on the Commonwealth’s High Rate of Children Living with Relative Caregivers
Kentucky Youth Advocates, a partner in the Kentucky Smart on Crime Coalition, analyzed the newest U.S. Census Bureau data from 2016-2018 and found that the Bluegrass State continues to have the highest-in-the-nation rate of children raised by a relative. Compared to the previous period from 2013-2015, the numbers have nearly doubled from 53,000 to 96,000 […]