The Race, Community and Child Welfare (RCCW) initiative/project is a collaborative agreement between Casey Family Programs, the Kentucky Department for Community Based Services, and Kentucky Youth Advocates (KYA). The purpose…

Despite research showing no difference in rates of actual abuse across races, African-American youth are overrepresented in child protective services nationally throughout the entire process from referral, investigation, substantiation, to…

Christian, Daviess, Fayette, Graves, Hardin, Jefferson, Kenton, and McCracken Counties are the Kentucky counties currently involved in the RCCW initiative. These counties were identified as having especially high rates of…