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LOUISVILLE, KY – Kentucky now ranks 14th in the nation in child victims of maltreatment according to the latest Child Maltreatment report from the Children’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. While there has been a 48% reduction in child victims of maltreatment from 2018 to 2022, Kentucky is around...

Content Notice: This article and pages it links to, contains information about sexual assault, human trafficking, and/or violence which may be upsetting to survivors. Blog by Kathleen, a survivor of childhood familial sex trafficking  January is Human Trafficking Prevention and Awareness Month. Human trafficking is the exploitation of any human for profit....

October is National Substance Use Prevention Month, and the unfortunate reality of today is most people know someone struggling with addiction. Whether it’s your friend, colleague, cousin, sibling, mother or child, many of us have been affected by substance abuse.  This year, the Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy released a...

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 FACESp bruising rule is a technique to recognize...

This October, the Kosair for Kids Face It Movement is once again hosting a series of Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma Prevention & Recognition Trainings (October 4th - 6th, 2023) and bringing awareness to the critically important TEN-4 Bruising Rule.   Pediatric abusive head trauma (AHT), or shaken baby syndrome, is a severe...