Jasmine Demers

Report for America corps member Lily Burris has joined KyCIR’s reporting team. She’ll cover issues related to wealth and poverty in Kentucky.

Advocates say some legislative decisions are undermining youth mental health efforts.

The department lacks clear guidelines for serving arrest warrants in public settings, according to a KyCIR review.

A conservative dark money group is influencing public welfare laws in Kentucky, and advocates say it could have a detrimental impact on access to benefits for the state’s most vulnerable residents.

Advocates have said for years that family drug courts could save Kentucky children, but state funding for them is still limited.

The proposed bills cover a range of youth-related issues, including abortion, mental health for LGBTQ minors, corporal punishment and child abuse.

Western Kentucky residents impacted by the tornadoes can apply now for federal disaster assistance. But the process for obtaining relief from FEMA isn’t automatic — or available to everyone for every loss.

More than 20% of Kentucky children are growing up in poverty, but Black and Latinx children are worse off in the state’s most urban counties.

In a record year for overdoses, young Kentuckians experienced the highest increase in deaths.

In-person visits at state prisons will be non-contact, scheduled ahead of time and all guests must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. They also have to be vaccinated -- and over 18, even though children 12 and older are eligible for vaccination.