Public is invited to give input on foster care system at virtual town hall meetings in October The public is invited to attend virtual town hall meetings Oct. 13-21 on improving outcomes for Kentucky children and families involved in the foster care system.
Local Citizen Foster Care Review Boards statewide are hosting the regional meetings and will lead discussions on family preservation, family reunification services, foster parent rights, and racial and ethnic disparities in the foster care system.
The event will also cover support for relatives and family friends who serve as caregivers for children in care. The meeting will include time for open discussion with participants. Due to confidentiality, specific cases will not be discussed.
Participants should attend the meeting for their county and must register. Findings from the meetings will be reported to the Kentucky Citizen Foster Care Review Board and will be included in the CFCRB’s annual recommendations to the Supreme Court, governor and legislature. Regional meetings are among the reforms called for in House Bill 1, the adoption and foster care legislation passed in 2018 to improve outcomes for children in out-of-home care.
For more information, contact the CFCRB at [email protected].
Town Hall Schedule:
Oct. 13, 2020 10:30 a.m.-noon CT/11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. ET Registration required. Click here to register. You will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom meeting information. For citizens residing in these counties: Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Edmonson, Fulton, Graves, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Hart, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, LaRue, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Meade, Metcalfe, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Ohio, Simpson, Todd, Trigg, Union, Warren and Webster
Oct. 15, 2020 10:30 a.m.-noon CT/11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. ET Registration required. Click here to register. You will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom meeting information. For citizens residing in these counties: Adair, Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Casey, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Elliott, Floyd, Green, Greenup, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Magoffin, Marion, Martin, McCreary, Menifee, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Taylor, Washington, Wayne, Whitley and Wolfe
Oct. 19, 2020 10:30 a.m.-noon CT/11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. ET Registration required. Click here to register. You will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom meeting information. For citizens residing in these counties: Bullitt, Fayette and Jefferson
Oct. 21, 2020 10:30 a.m.-noon CT/11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. ET Registration required. Click here to register. You will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom meeting information. 3 For citizens residing in these counties: Anderson, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Clark, Estill, Fleming, Franklin, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Harrison, Henry, Jessamine, Kenton, Lee, Lincoln, Madison, Mason, Mercer, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Pendleton, Robertson, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble and Woodford