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The State Opioid Response grant will increase access to FDA-approved medicines to treat addiction, among other things.

Leaders say more people may be using Medicaid than people realize. 1 in 3 Kentuckians are utilizing this program.

In Kentucky, childcare costs can range from $6,300 to $11,300 a year.

Child care costs in the commonwealth are on the rise. Leaders with the Kentucky Chamber of Commerce say parents can expect to pay up $11,000 a year.

The exhibit “How Are You? No, Really … How Are You?” opens April 16 and continues through July 3 at the South Bend Museum of Art.

FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – Gov. Andy Beshear has announced a public health grant of $4,193,100 to expand the AmeriCorps presence in Kentucky, due to a partnership between AmeriCorps and the

Through the Department for Community Based Services, students can enroll in the SNAP Employment and Training Program.

Backers of the bill say it will encourage people to move from welfare to work; others say it puts additional, unnecessary restrictions on the poor.

Kentucky Republicans passed a bill out of a committee Monday that would put tighter rules on public assistance despite strong concerns from various advocacy groups and organizations that it would strip many low-income Kentuckians of needed assistance with food and healthcare.

House Republican leaders support the plan they say would tighten controls over help programs and encourage more people to move from welfare to work.