FRANKFORT, Ky. — The public is invited to virtual town hall meetings in June to discuss improving outcomes for Kentucky children and families involved in the state foster care system. Anyone with an interest in making the foster care system better is encouraged to attend one of the regional meetings that will take place June 6, 8, 14 and 16. Registration is required.
Due to confidentiality, specific cases will not be discussed.
Citizen Foster Care Review Boards statewide are hosting the events. The meetings are among the reforms called for in House Bill 1, which was passed in 2018 to address issues with foster care and adoption processes. The legislation requires CFCRBs to offer regional meeting at least twice a year to get public input on the foster care system.
As June is National Reunification Month, the town hall meetings will focus on efforts to reunify families and changes since the implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act, which was signed into law in 2018 with the aim of keeping children in the child welfare system safely with their families. Town hall participants are asked to come prepared to voice their concerns about the foster care system, talk about how communities can better support families and discuss these questions about changes since the Family First Prevention Services Act:
- Have services to preserve families increased in your area?
- Are more family and youth peer supports available in your area?
- Are more services in place to strengthen families and children once families have been reunified?
Findings from the meetings will be reported to the Kentucky Citizen Foster Care Review Board and included in the CFCRB’s annual recommendations to the Supreme Court of Kentucky, governor and legislature.
For more information, contact the Kentucky CFCRB at cfcrb@kycourts.net.
Town Hall Schedule
JUNE 6, 2022
11 a.m.-noon CT/noon-1 p.m. ET
Registration required. Register here. You will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link a week before the meeting.
For citizens residing in these counties: Allen, Ballard, Barren, Breckinridge, Butler, Caldwell, Calloway, Carlisle, Christian, Crittenden, Daviess, Edmonson, Fulton, Graves, Grayson, Hancock, Hardin, Hart, Henderson, Hickman, Hopkins, LaRue, Livingston, Logan, Lyon, Marshall, McCracken, McLean, Meade, Metcalfe, Muhlenberg, Nelson, Ohio, Simpson, Todd, Trigg, Union, Warren and Webster
JUNE 8, 2022
11 a.m.-noon CT/noon-1 p.m. ET
Registration required. Register here. You will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link a week before the meeting.
For citizens in these counties: Adair, Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Casey, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Elliott, Floyd, Green, Greenup, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Magoffin, Marion, Martin, McCreary, Menifee, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Taylor, Washington, Wayne, Whitley and Wolfe
JUNE 14, 2022
10-11 a.m. CT/11 a.m.-noon ET
Registration required. Register here. You will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link a week before the meeting.
For citizens residing in these counties: Anderson, Boone, Bracken, Bullitt, Campbell, Carroll, Fleming, Gallatin, Grant, Harrison, Henry, Jefferson, Kenton, Mason, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Pendleton, Robertson, Shelby, Spencer and Trimble
JUNE 16, 2022
11 a.m.-noon CT/noon-1 p.m. ET
Registration required. Register here. You will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom link a week before the meeting.
For citizens residing in these counties: Bourbon, Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Franklin, Garrard, Jessamine, Lee, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer, Owsley, Scott and Woodford
Citizen Foster Care Review Boards
CFCRBs are teams of court-appointed volunteers who make a difference in the lives of local children who are in foster care in Kentucky. The children are in care due to dependency, neglect or abuse. The 700-plus volunteers review cases and make recommendations to state courts and the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services on behalf of the children. The volunteers work to ensure that children’s needs are met while in care and that they are placed in safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible. The CHFS administers the state foster care program.
The Kentucky General Assembly created the Kentucky CFCRB in 1982 to decrease the time children spend in out-of-home care. In Fiscal Year 2021, volunteers reviewed 19,140 cases involving 11,278 children in out-of-home care. View the latest CFCRB Annual Report.
Volunteer with a CFCRB
Make a difference for the children in your community by serving as a CFCRB volunteer. CFCRBs throughout Kentucky are in need of volunteers. Get more information and apply here.
Administrative Office of the Courts
The Administrative Office of the Courts provides support services to the CFCRB program. The AOC is the operations arm for the state court system and supports the activities of nearly 3,300 employees and 406 elected justices, judges and circuit court clerks. The AOC also executes the Judicial Branch budget.