LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, March 14 -- Kentucky Youth Advocates issued the following statement on March 13, 2024, by Executive Director Terry Brooks: * * * With passage of the biennial state budget proposal by both the Kentucky House and Senate, House Bill 6 (https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/24rs/hb6.html) as amended will now head into conference committee for negotiations on a final proposal to send to the Governor's desk. As is often said about budgets - they are more than dollars and cents  more

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky, March 13 -- Kentucky Youth Advocates issued the following statement on March 12, 2024, by Executive Director Terry Brooks: * * * Representative Samara Heavrin continues to champion strengthening Kentucky's child care infrastructure alongside Senator Danny Carroll - and that was evident today with the unanimous passage of House Bill 561 by the Senate Families & Children Committee. HB 561 permanently establishes the Employee Child Care Assistance Partnership (ECCAP) and cr  more