New programs are launching in four jurisdictions across the country to provide comprehensive support to young people turning 18 in foster care – one of the groups hit hardest by the impact of the COVID-19 crisis.
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How Kentucky Is Helping Youth Transition Out of Foster Care
The nonprofit organization Youth Villages is partnering with the state of Kentucky to start offering a new program called LifeSet. The goal is to work with young people between the ages of 17 and 22 who are transitioning out of foster care in Kentucky.
Kentucky launches new program for young people transitioning from foster care
The Kentucky Department for Community Based Services (DCBS), an agency of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), is launching a new program this month to help young people who reach adulthood in foster care, one of the groups the most impacted by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis.