Smart on Crime Coalition Partner, Kentucky Youth Advocates, Shines Light on the Commonwealth’s High Rate of Children Living with Relative Caregivers

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 […]