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Children will suffer if state walks away from Sunrise

The Commonwealth of Kentucky had existed only 77 years when Sunrise Children’s Services was organized. A group of ladies at Walnut Street Baptist Church in Louisville recognized a need to care for orphaned children living on the streets. Their focus was on providing care for children in crisis and Sunrise Children’s Services was born. Since 1869, Sunrise’s mission has remained the same. For more than 150 years, this agency of the Kentucky Baptist Convention has cared for Kentucky’s children and families through foster care, orphan care, and residential and therapeutic services. In the late 1970s, Sunrise was approached by the state of Kentucky and asked to help with the increasing number of children in the state’s custody. The request aligned with Sunrise’s mission and they were eager to help. Since then, the number of children in the state’s custody has steadily risen and Sunrise has been a steady partner. According to the Kentucky Cabinet for He

These mass vaccinations sites will close in Lexington

SHARE LEXINGTON, Ky. Demand for COVID-19 vaccines is plummeting in Kentucky. Now, two large vaccination sites in Lexington will close soon: Kentucky Horse Park and the University of Kentucky’s Kroger Field location. What You Need To Know University of Kentucky s Kroger Field vaccine will soon close, turning the facility back into a football stadium Kentucky Horse Park will administer its last dose on May 8 UK Healthcare will continue vaccinating students and patients at other locations Officials announced they’re planning to close the Kroger Field mass vaccination site and are in the process of demobilizing. “We ve gone from more than 4,000 a day on a full day to 1,000 or even under 1,000 frankly this week,” said Jay Blanton, a spokesperson for the University of Kentucky. “So it s just reaching a point where we don t need that level of infrastructure, that level of staff and number of staff to support that kind of operation.”

Child abuse, neglect cases very prevalent in local communities

By Jarrod Mills Staff Writer Apr 29, 2021 8 hrs ago As a whole, the Commonwealth of Kentucky has led the entire nation with the highest rate of child abuse cases for the third straight year in 2020. According to data from Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Department for Community Based Services, in 2018, Laurel, Knox, and Whitley counties were in the state’s top-20 counties when it comes to the number of children in reports to DCBS for suspected abuse and neglect. Knox County and Whitley County ranked 19th and 20th respectively, while Laurel County ranked fifth. “We deal with these things several times a week,” Lt. Chris Edwards of the Laurel County Sheriff’s Office responded when asked about child abuse and neglect cases. “It’s very prevalent in our society and our local communities right now.”

Kentucky must rebid Medicaid contracts again, judge rules

Fotolia A Kentucky judge ruled Wednesday that the state must again rebid its lucrative Medicaid contracts previously awarded to some of the nation s largest health insurers. Franklin Circuit Court Judge Phillip Shepherd blamed irregularities in the state s procurement process and said taken together they severely undermine public confidence in the bidding process. This ruling puts six insurers at risk of losing their contracts with the state. However, to prevent any disruption for the more than 1 million patients covered by Kentucky Medicaid, the current awards will remain in place for now. It s unclear when the state will begin the rebidding process.

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