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State social services tell Florence council Boone County needs more foster homes, respite providers
Summary
Representatives from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services updated Florence City Council on foster care statistics in Northern Kentucky and urged local residents to consider fostering, respite care, donations or volunteering to prevent children from sleeping in offices or other nontraditional placements.
Representatives from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services told the Florence City Council caucus on Wednesday that Boone County and the Northern Bluegrass region face a shortage of foster homes and need more respite providers and donations to prevent children from remaining in nontraditional placements.
The presenters said the state currently has 8,605 children in foster care and that the Northern Bluegrass Service Region — which serves Boone, Kenton, Campbell and several other counties — has 1,224 children in care. Boone County was reported to have 170 children in foster care, Campbell County 162 and Kenton…
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