Kentucky Youth Advocates released the 2025 Kentucky KIDS COUNT Data Dashboard today, featuring county-level data on child ...

“Rates of poverty for Black kids in Kentucky continue to be at an unacceptable disproportionate rate in every corner of the ...

There's a mix of good and concerning numbers in Kentucky’s Kids Count report, a state-level, county-by-county assessment of ...

Kentucky Youth Advocates release data showing nearly one in every five Kentucky children ages 6 to 17 are obese, highlighting ...

Kentucky continues to have higher rates of children in poverty, teen pregnancies, and child and teen deaths than the national average, according to the KIDS COUNT Data Book released Monday. The state ...

Poverty is down in Kentucky, new federal data shows, though the percent of Kentuckians living in poverty exceeds the national rate and the state is the nation’s 46th poorest. The American Community ...

Twenty-one percent of Kentucky children live in poverty, and the state ranks 40th in the nation for child well-being. Louisville has the fifth highest percentage of residents living in poverty ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The well-being of children in Kentucky is improving across the state, according to the latest Kids Count data book released Wednesday morning. Trends show improvements with students ...

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One of Kentucky’s longest-operating poverty and advocacy law groups, which also has a immigration law clinic, will pause its operations starting Friday, Jan. 31, board and staff confirmed Thursday.

Chronic absenteeism has risen among students in Kentucky's public schools. (Getty Images) The number of Kentucky youth who are chronically absent from school skyrocketed during the 2022-2023 school ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Those making the federal minimum wage in Kentucky fall below the poverty line. That's according to the Kentucky Center for Economic Policy. Dustin Pugel, the center's policy ...