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Social Work Intern Building a Better Future for Kids
SOCIAL WORK INTERN BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE FOR KIDS
By Stuart Esrock, Ph.D.
Internships and co-ops can certainly help students advance their career ambitions. But in many instances, these work experiences also provide important benefits to our community. Kayce Dallas is continuing an internship that does just that.
The Henderson, Kentucky graduate student is working toward an M.S. degree in Social Work and will graduate in May. Dallas has been interning with Kentucky Youth Advocates (KYA) for more than a year now. KYA advocates for policies in the state that benefit and protect children. Dallas has worked on initiatives that address problems with child abuse, neglect, and other “adverse childhood experiences.” Her internship has included research, focus groups, website, and blog work, drafting grant applications, and helping to plan “Child Advocacy Week.”
FRANKFORT, Ky. Community advocates say home-based family child care could play a major role in closing gaps in access across Kentucky during the pandemic and beyond, but current zoning creates obstacles for individuals interested in opening licensed and regulated home child-care centers. In a recent survey conducted by Kentucky Youth Advocates, one in four current family child-care providers said local zoning protocols were a major barrier. .
More than one in three Kentucky young people in a recent survey said electronic cigarette use had increased among youth during the pandemic, and 14 percent said e-cigarettes are safer