Author: Shannon Smith
Major Program: Grandparents and Grandchildren Together
Over 70,000 or 7% of Kentucky children live in households and are raised by their grandparent or close senior relative according to the AARP Foundation. This is one of the highest rates in the nation. No to mention, this figure does not include those situations that are unreported. A major reason why so many grandparents are raising young children is due to the child’s biological parent using drugs and/or alcohol resulting in their inability to parent a child. Other reaso
Author: David Weisenhorn
According to the 2010 census data, 5.8 million children in America live with their grandparents, and another 2 million live with “other relative”. In Kentucky, roughly one in ten children are being raised by their grandparents, and 11 % (112,364) of children live in kinship care. As the number of grandchildren who rely on grandparents for security increases, the demands for financial and emotional security seem to be taking a toll on everyone involved. Using data from the 2016
Author: Rebecca Miller
According to the Kentucky Youth Advocates, 70% of Bell County children live in low income families. In 2018, 23.8, per 1,000 Bell County children lives in a foster home and only 125 were reunited with their families. Grandparents and other relatives attempt to hold their families together by raising children when their parents cannot.In efforts to support and educate them, the Bell County Family and Consumer Science Agent is partnering with Youth Service Centers and other community members to cr
Author: Sherri Broderick
According to Childrens, Inc, Kentucky has over 100,000 children under the age of eighteen (18) living with their grandparents or other relatives. As one of the highest rates of children in care of grandparents and other relatives over 85,000 live with their grandparents, while 21,000 live with other relatives. Kentucky continually ranks as one of the highest states of children living with grandparents or loved ones. The number of grandparents in Gallatin County raising grandchildren
