Summary
The Kentucky Department for Community Based Services (DCBS) is focused on strengthening families by prioritizing prevention initiatives that provide the resources and support necessary for families to stay together and thrive. Despite a nationwide decline in the number of children in foster care, many families still enter the system without accessing vital prevention services that could stabilize them and reduce the risk of initial or repeat foster care involvement. To address this, Kentucky DCBS aims to identify and provide families with the resources they need to raise their children safely without resorting to child welfare system intervention. The approach includes using baseline data to assess the current state in key areas such as permanency, entry into care, re-entry into care, and timeliness of support services. By streamlining data collection and analysis, DCBS can quickly track progress, identify areas for improvement, and discover opportunities for success in supporting families.
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