Kids in kinship care to lose services as funding cuts force Lexington program to close

A program that serves Kentucky children who have been placed in the care of relatives will be forced to close at the end of June because of lack of funding.

Samantha Sheets, program director for Lexington-based Kindred Roots, said the program, which is operated by The Bair Foundation, a Christian nonprofit, was notified May 27 that it had lost its funding.

And, she said, it’s thought to be “the only kinship-focused reunification program in the state of Kentucky.”…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS