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State officials tell Florence council foster system is strained; many children placed with kin
Summary
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services briefed Florence leaders on foster-care needs: 8,605 children in state custody, 170 in Boone County; speakers urged respite, donations and local outreach to prevent nontraditional placements.
Florence Mayor Julia Abishon invited representatives from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services to brief the council on foster care and adoption resources.
Clyde Jamieson, a social service clinician with the cabinet, told the council that "Currently, the state of Kentucky has 8,605 children that are in foster care." He said the Northern Bluegrass Service region accounts for 1,224 of those children and Boone County has 170. Jamieson described three typical placement groups for Boone County: newborns to 5 (57 children), ages 6 to 11 (33) and ages 12 to 21…
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