10 Sep Educators Equipped to Recognize and Prevent Child Abuse by Kentucky Youth Advocates

Posted at 13:59h in News

Kentucky’s children will have newly trained allies in the effort to erase child abuse thanks to the Kentucky General Assembly: their teachers. In March 2015, our legislature passed Senate Bill 119 which ensures that educators receive information on the prevention and recognition of all forms of abuse and neglect. Previously, educators were...

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05 Aug Kentucky Child Care Professionals Find Value, Savings in Free Resource Site

Posted at 21:28h in News

Innovative website gears up for back-to-school August 6, Louisville, Ky – Since re-launching in February, approximately 1,632 local educators and child care directors have received access to KYSharedServices.org, a website by CCA For Social Good and Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C) and sponsored by the Kosair Charities® Face It ®Movement, delivers...

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17 Jun Our Lady of Peace’s Peace Promises Program

Posted at 14:16h in Events, News, Parenting

Our Face It® partner, Our Lady of Peace is offering a Peace Promises Program for adolescents. You and your family deserve a better life.  One without drugs and alcohol. The Peace Promises Program is a school-based Intensive Outpatient Program and uses The Seven Challenges to provide your teen with the tools they need to make healthy,...

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09 Jun Face It® adds Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell as partner

Posted at 10:35h in News

The effort to prevent child abuse in Louisville gets a strategic new ally June 9, 2015. Louisville, KY – The Face It® Movement is proud to announce the Office of Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell as its latest partner in the effort against child abuse and neglect. “I am thrilled to...

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30 Apr Child Abuse Prevention Doesn’t End When April Ends

Posted at 12:45h in In The Community, News

Posted on April 28, 2015, by Shannon Moody via Kentucky Youth Advocates. As April comes to a close, the prevention efforts that we discussed throughout the 2015 Child Abuse Prevention Month don’t have to end. There are many things we can do beyond the month of April—as caregivers and community members—to ensure...

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15 Mar Statement – SB 119 to Ensure Child Abuse Education for School Personnel Headed to Governor’s Desk

Posted at 16:03h in News

by Dr. Terry Brooks Today was a great day for kids in Frankfort as SB 119, which will ensure educators receive important information on how to recognize signs of child abuse, passed the Kentucky House. The Senate then concurred with the House changes which means this bill is on to the Governor...

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10 Mar Free seminar to examine anxiety in children and teens

Posted at 14:09h in Events, News, Parenting

The Kosair Charities Children’s Peace Center at Our Lady of Peace, part of KentuckyOne Health, will host a free seminar, “Anxiety in Children and Teens,” at 6:30 p.m. on March 16, at the Madison County Extension Office in Richmond, KY. This workshop will explain anxiety, examining the signs and symptoms of...

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09 Mar Face It® Partner News: For Years, KY’s most Vunerable Children were sent to other states for care be a state initiative is focused on bringing them home

Posted at 12:48h in News, Parenting

She arrived at the Maryhurst home for girls in a police cruiser at only 12 years old. She fought the staff; she refused to talk; she grunted and flailed and sniffed people. Her uncle had molested her for years, beginning when she was 4, said Lou Smith, Maryhurst’s program manager, who has...

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06 Mar SAVE THE DATE: Family & Children’s Place & Face It® Movement will RALLY TO END CHILD ABUSE April 1, 2015, at 11 a.m.

Posted at 11:57h in News

Agencies to come together for Kentuckiana children at the Big Four Bridge WHAT:   Family & Children’s Place, The Face It® Movement, Kosair Charities® and other area children’s service agencies will kick off Child Abuse Prevention Month with a rally Wednesday, April 1, to talk about child abuse, violence and neglect,...

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25 Feb Senate and House Bills pass, move to full house for vote

Posted at 14:41h in News, Parenting

Bills to ensure that school personnel are better educated to recognize child abuse are moving forward in both Chambers. SB 119 passed the full Senate on Monday, February 23rd and HB 301 passed the Education Committee February 24th and will move to the full House for a vote. Thank you to the elected...

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