This blog post was a collaborative effort from KY SEAT, Kentucky's statewide birth parent council. It’s almost half past noon after a lazy Saturday morning of Paw Patrol and pillow forts. You’re feeling up in the ranks with Zookeeper Melanie after managing to get your nonstop fun-loving kiddos down for an...
Partners, parents, and caregivers, we need you to ask elected officials to prioritize kids in the 2023 legislative session! Join the Face It Policy Team in advocating for the following policy priorities that keep kids safe and healthy during the 2023 state legislative session. Kentucky Youth Advocates Blueprint for Kentucky’s...
By Rennay Marshall, Director of Communications at Family and Children's Place January is National Human Trafficking Prevention month, and it is important to recognize it can and does happen in many different ways in our community and to the people we care about. According to the US Department of State, “Every...
As 2022 comes to a close, it’s important to look back personally, professionally, organizationally, and as a community to reflect on goals that were accomplished, challenges that were overcome, and areas to continue working towards in the new year. Over the past year, we have seen many wins for the...
By: Marissa Ghavami, Founding Executive + Artistic Director of Healing TREE The holidays are upon us and for so many of us, that means being around family members who have brought us great pain. It’s key to our mental, emotional and physical health to have resources in place so that...
by Ashley Allen, MA, BCBA, LBA and Elizabeth Coriano, MA, ABA from Carriage House The Holidays are among us. We are making shopping lists, putting up decorations and filling our schedules with family activities. Excitement is in the air! However, if you are the parent of child with special needs you...
by Jason Schepers, Foster Alumni and True Up Peer Network Member When I went into foster care at age 14, I always thought I'd get to go back and live with my grandma again. It took a lot of time to accept that I may have to spend my life with...
Leading up to TEN-4 week, a week to bring awareness to the TEN-4 Bruising Rule and emphasize the importance of adults knowing the signs and symptoms of child abuse and how to report it, The Kosair Charities® Face It® Movement partnered with  the KY HANDS Program and Bounce Coalition trainer...
By Rennay Marshall, Director of Communications at Family & Children’s Place October is anti-bullying month, and it is important to recognize bullying can happen in many different ways to the children we care about. According to StopBullying.gov, “Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real...
I want to believe that some good that came out of the pandemic was a collective humbling. Among other lessons learned during the global lockdown (like, don’t let your toilet paper stash low-fuel light come on before you refill), one of them should be that “this would never happen to me”...