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All Kentuckians are mandated reporters. If you believe a child is being abused or neglected, call the Child Protection Hotline.

1-877-KYSAFE1 or 1-877-597-2331

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Child help: National Abuse Hotline:
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28 Dec Thank you for a great year!

Posted at 14:49h in Child Abuse Prevention, Events, In The Community, Parenting, Positive Parenting, TEN-4

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...

13 Dec Domestic Violence Awareness During the Holidays

Posted at 17:35h in Child Abuse Prevention, Events, In The Community

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...

16 Nov Navigating the Holidays as a parent with special needs children

Posted at 11:21h in Child Abuse Prevention, Face It Friday, In The Community, Parenting, Positive Parenting

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...

11 Nov Adoption should mean a forever family

Posted at 15:52h in Child Abuse Prevention, In The Community, Parenting

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...

04 Nov 2022 TEN-4 Positive Parenting Events Recap

Posted at 17:35h in Child Abuse Prevention, Events, In The Community, Parenting, Positive Parenting, TEN-4

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...

20 Oct October is Bullying Prevention Month

Posted at 14:43h in Child Abuse Prevention, In The Community, Parenting

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...

17 Oct Parent Perspective: What I Say (And Don’t Say) About Violence Speaks to My Kids

Posted at 13:07h in Child Abuse Prevention, In The Community, Parenting

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”...

11 Oct TEN-4 Week Wrap Up!

Posted at 14:54h in Child Abuse Prevention, Events, TEN-4

We know that kids are kids, and sometimes they get minor cuts, scrapes, and bruises on the bony areas of the body, like their knees, elbows, and foreheads. However, there are some injuries that may indicate that something is wrong. The TEN-4 bruising rule is an easy-to-remember acronym to help...

31 Aug 5 Ways to Participate in TEN-4

Posted at 13:18h in Child Abuse Prevention, Events, In The Community, TEN-4

This October 4th, the Kosair Charities® Face It® Movement is once again bringing awareness to the critically important TEN-4 Bruising Rule, the technique to recognize concerning bruising on young children, and emphasizing the importance of training adults on recognizing, reporting, and preventing child abuse. We invite you to join with...

11 Aug The Power of the Bystander

Posted at 17:40h in Child Abuse Prevention, Events, In The Community

By Dawn Runyon, Green Dot Education Program Specialist at Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government TRIGGER WARNING This article or section, or pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault and/or violence which may be triggering to survivors. “My earliest memory is being sexually abused when I was three-years old. Throughout my childhood I...