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KENTUCKY SENATE OK'S BILL CONFRONTING HIGH CHILD ABUSE RATE

The Kentucky Senate has passed a sweeping measure aimed at confronting the
state’s high rates for child abuse and neglect.

By Associated Press
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Feb. 2, 2022
By Associated Press
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Feb. 2, 2022, at 4:42 p.m.
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By BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Senate passed a sweeping measure Wednesday
aimed at confronting the state's chronically high rates for child abuse and
neglect by expanding prevention services.



The measure won bipartisan praise as critically important in a state plagued by
persistently high national standings for its child abuse and neglect rate.



The legislation overwhelmingly cleared the Senate, sending it to the House.

A key portion of the measure would expand the use of family preservation
services to work with families when children are considered at “moderate risk”
of being removed from the home because of abuse or neglect. The goal is that the
early intervention would head off potential abuse or neglect.


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“This is a huge shift in policy and practice, as it relates to working with
families," said Republican Sen. Julie Raque Adams, the bill’s lead sponsor. "And
it is a key provision toward preventing child abuse and neglect. Our goal here
is to prevent bad outcomes and to preserve families.”

The measure would expand the scope of the Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
Prevention Board to include all forms of child abuse and neglect. The board
would be renamed the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board. It would keep the
state “laser focused” on child welfare issues, Adams said.

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The legislation is Senate Bill 8.



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