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Profiles in Parole Release and Revocation Kentucky

Profiles in Parole Release and Revocation Kentucky

2018-02-01

Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice;

Sentences imposed in Kentucky are for a specific number of years (i.e. "three years"); referred to as a "fixed" sentence in state statute. Kentucky does not have sentencing guide-lines or a sentencing commission. Parole was first authorized in Kentucky in 1888. In 1900, the Board of Prison Commissioners was granted releasing authority. A full-time parole board was established in 1962 and, most recently, was expanded to nine members in 2010. In 2011, HB 463 (the Offender Accountability Act) passed; as a result, parole release now requires risk and needs assessment, parolees can complete some correctional programming in the community, and many other changes have been made. In 2012, some provisions were modified by HB 54, a bill that allowed the Department of Corrections to set special conditions of parole based on risk assessment. Finally, in 2015, SB 192 modified parole release for some serious heroin offenses and now requires cost calculations for reentry services for those with opiate or other drug addictions.

Black Homicide Victimization in the United States: An Analysis of 2017 Homicide Data

Black Homicide Victimization in the United States: An Analysis of 2017 Homicide Data

2020-06-01

Violence Policy Center;

This study examines the problem of black homicide victimization at the state level by analyzing unpublished Supplementary Homicide Report (SHR) data for black homicide victimization submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The information used for this report is for the year 2017. This is the first analysis of the 2017 data on black homicide victims to offer breakdowns of cases in the 10 states with the highest black homicide victimization rates and the first to rank the states by the rate of black homicide victims.It is important to note that the SHR data used in this report comes from law enforcement reporting at the local level. While there are coding guidelines followed by the law enforcement agencies, the amount of information submitted to the SHR system, and the interpretation that results in the information submitted (for example, gang involvement) will vary from agency to agency. This study is limited by the quantity and degree of detail in the information submitted.

Implementing a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program in Rural Kentucky

Implementing a Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program in Rural Kentucky

2017-05-24

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation;

Little research has been done on adolescent pregnancy programming designed to meet the needs of rural youth. To address this research gap, the Administration for Children and Families funded Mathematica Policy Research to conduct a rigorous evaluation of an adapted version of the comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention curriculum Reducing the Risk in collaboration with the Kentucky Department of Public Health. The study focuses on the implementation of Reducing the Risk by two local health departments that delivered the curriculum in high schools in a relatively low-income, mostly rural region in central and southwestern Kentucky. Programming was funded through the state's Personal Responsibility Education Program (PREP) grant, which provides federal funding for teen pregnancy prevention services. Reducing the Risk identifies abstinence as the most effective way to avoid STDs and unintended pregnancy, but also provides information on contraceptive methods. The two local health departments that participated in the study successfully delivered the curriculum to hundreds of youth in their service regions during the study period. These results suggest that delivering an abstinence and contraceptive education curriculum in rural high schools is feasible and can fill a pressing need.

Toward a Healthier Kentucky: IJC on Health, Welfare & Family Services

Toward a Healthier Kentucky: IJC on Health, Welfare & Family Services

2017-08-16

Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky;

This slide show accompanied Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky President and CEO Ben Chandler's testimony to the Interim Joint Committee on Health, Welfare, and Family Services. The data includes the state's health rankings, risks and deaths for diabetes, obesity, heart disease, cancer and other diseases.

Strengthening State Systems and Policies to Foster Two-Generation Strategies and Practices

Strengthening State Systems and Policies to Foster Two-Generation Strategies and Practices

2019-09-01

Working Poor Families Project;

This policy brief reports on the first three years of an initiative to work directly with five WPFP state partners in AR, CO, GA, KY, and NC to enhance their state's commitment and ability to serve and support adults and children collectively as well as drive local programs to do so by reviewing the efforts of the five state partners. After first providing more background on Two-Generation efforts across the U.S. in recent years, this brief discusses: 1) the WPFP concept and approach to the initiative; 2) the work of the five state partners, including the state systems identified for this work and specific items identified for improvement within those systems as well as progress to date; and 3) lessons learned and observations of this work with a clear recognition of the challenges and complexities inherent in undertaking systems change work.

Kentucky Foster Care/Adoption Ban Cost Estimate

Kentucky Foster Care/Adoption Ban Cost Estimate

2009-02-24

Williams Institute;

This memo estimates the impact on children and the cost to the State of Kentucky of Senate Bill 68, "The Child Welfare Adoption Act," which would prohibit unmarried cohabiting couples -- including both different-sex couples and same-sex couples -- from fostering or adopting children. We use past data to estimate the number of children in foster care who were placed with unmarried couples as a way to estimate the number of impacted children in the first year the proposed legislation would take effect. Prohibiting unmarried couples from fostering or adopting would reduce the number of foster and adoptive families available to care for the 7,027 children currently in foster care. We estimate that 630 foster children will be removed from their current homes and placements during the first year that the ban is in effect. In addition, 85 children in foster care will either not be adopted or remain in foster care longer because the ban will prohibit their adoption by unmarried couples. As a result, the ban will cost the State of Kentucky over $5.3 million in the first year. As explained below, this estimate is conservative since some likely additional costs are difficult to quantify.

Hunger in America 2010 Local Report Prepared for America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartland

Hunger in America 2010 Local Report Prepared for America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartland

2010-02-01

Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest);

This report presents information on the clients and agencies served by America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartland. The information is drawn from a national study, Hunger in America 2010, conducted in 2009 for Feeding America (FA) (formerly America's Second Harvest), the nation's largest organization of emergency food providers. The national study is based on completed in-person interviews with more than 62,000 clients served by the FA national network, as well as on completed questionnaires from more than 37,000 FA agencies. The study summarized below focuses on emergency food providers and their clients who are supplied with food by food banks in the FA network. Key Findings: The FA system served by America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartland provides emergency food for an estimated 125,500 different people annually.30% of the members of households served by America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartland are children under 18 years old (Table 5.3.2).21% of households include at least one employed adult (Table 5.7.1).Among households with children, 73% are food insecure and 25% are food insecure with very low food security (Table 6.1.1.1).41% of clients served by America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartland report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities or heating fuel (Table 6.5.1).34% had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care (Table 6.5.1).41% of households served by America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartland report having at least one household member in poor health (Table 8.1.1)America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartland included approximately 182 agencies at the administration of this survey, of which 161 have responded to the agency survey. Of the responding agencies, 128 had at least one food pantry, soup kitchen, or shelter.69% of pantries, 64% of kitchens, and 38% of shelters are run by faith-based agencies affiliated with churches, mosques, synagogues, and other religious organizations (Table 10.6.1).Among programs that existed in 2006, 86% of pantries, 100% of kitchens, and 88% of shelters of America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartland reported that there had been an increase since 2006 in the number of clients who come to their emergency food program sites (Table 10.8.1).Food banks are by far the single most important source of food for agencies with emergency food providers, accounting for 79% of the food distributed by pantries, 47% of the food distributed by kitchens, and 31% of the food distributed by shelters (Table 13.1.1).As many as 97% of pantries, 66% of kitchens, and 62% of shelters in America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartland use volunteers (Table 13.2.1).

Hunger in America 2010 Local Report Prepared for God's Pantry Food Bank, Inc

Hunger in America 2010 Local Report Prepared for God's Pantry Food Bank, Inc

2010-02-01

Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest);

This report presents information on the clients and agencies served by God's Pantry Food Bank, Inc. The information is drawn from a national study, Hunger in America 2010, conducted in 2009 for Feeding America (FA) (formerly America's Second Harvest), the nation's largest organization of emergency food providers. The national study is based on completed in-person interviews with more than 62,000 clients served by the FA national network, as well as on completed questionnaires from more than 37,000 FA agencies. The study summarized below focuses on emergency food providers and their clients who are supplied with food by food banks in the FA network.Key Findings: The FA system served by God's Pantry Food Bank, Inc provides emergency food for an estimated 186,500 different people annually.39% of the members of households served by God's Pantry Food Bank, Inc are children under 18 years old (Table 5.3.2).26% of households include at least one employed adult (Table 5.7.1).Among households with children, 78% are food insecure and 36% are food insecure with very low food security (Table 6.1.1.1).38% of clients served by God's Pantry Food Bank, Inc report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities or heating fuel (Table 6.5.1).27% had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care (Table 6.5.1).47% of households served by God's Pantry Food Bank, Inc report having at least one household member in poor health (Table 8.1.1)God's Pantry Food Bank, Inc included approximately 209 agencies at the administration of this survey, of which 208 have responded to the agency survey. Of the responding agencies, 152 had at least one food pantry, soup kitchen, or shelter.67% of pantries, 67% of kitchens, and 42% of shelters are run by faith-based agencies affiliated with churches, mosques, synagogues, and other religious organizations (Table 10.6.1).Among programs that existed in 2006, 77% of pantries, 67% of kitchens, and 72% of shelters of God's Pantry Food Bank, Inc reported that there had been an increase since 2006 in the number of clients who come to their emergency food program sites (Table 10.8.1).Food banks are by far the single most important source of food for agencies with emergency food providers, accounting for 76% of the food distributed by pantries, 31% of the food distributed by kitchens, and 21% of the food distributed by shelters (Table 13.1.1).As many as 98% of pantries, 83% of kitchens, and 73% of shelters in God's Pantry Food Bank, Inc use volunteers (Table 13.2.1).

Hunger in America 2010 Kentucky State Report

Hunger in America 2010 Kentucky State Report

2010-02-01

Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest);

This report presents information on the clients and agencies in the state of Kentucky. The information is drawn from a national study, Hunger in America 2010, conducted in 2009 for Feeding America (FA) (formerly America's Second Harvest), the nation's largest organization of emergency food providers. The national study is based on completed in-person interviews with more than 62,000 clients served by the FA national network, as well as on completed questionnaires from more than 37,000 FA agencies. The study summarized below focuses on emergency food providers and their clients who are supplied with food by food banks in the FA network.Key Findings:The FA system in Kentucky provides emergency food for an estimated 593,800 different people annually.35% of the members of client households in Kentucky are children under 18 years old (Table 5.3.2). 23% of households include at least one employed adult (Table 5.7.1).Among client households with children, 76% are food insecure and 34% are food insecure with very low food security (Table 6.1.1.1).34% of clients in Kentucky report having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities or heating fuel (Table 6.5.1).29% had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medical care (Table 6.5.1).37% of client households in Kentucky report having at least one household member in poor health (Table 8.1.1)At the administration of this survey, 6 food banks or FROs affiliated with FA operated in Kentucky. Of the agencies that were served by those organizations, 658 agencies that had their operation within the state responded to the agency survey. Of the responding agencies, 520 had at least one food pantry, soup kitchen, or shelter.67% of pantries, 67% of kitchens, and 46% of shelters are run by faith-based agencies affiliated with churches, mosques, synagogues, and other religious organizations (Table 10.6.1).Food banks are by far the single most important source of food for agencies with emergency food providers, accounting for 79% of the food distributed by pantries, 47% of the food distributed by kitchens, and 34% of the food distributed by shelters (Table 13.1.1).As many as 96% of pantries, 81% of kitchens, and 79% of shelters in Kentucky use volunteers (Table 13.2.1).

Hunger In America 2006 Local Report Prepared for America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartland

Hunger In America 2006 Local Report Prepared for America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartland

2006-02-01

Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest);

This report presents information on the clients and agencies served by America's SecondHarvest of Kentucky's Heartland. The information is drawn from a national study, Hunger inAmerica 2006, conducted for America's Second Harvest (A2H), the nation's largest organization of emergency food providers. The national study is based on completed in-person interviews with more than 52,000 clients served by the A2H food bank network, as well as on completed questionnaires from more than 30,000 A2H agencies. The study summarized below focuses mainly on emergency food providers and their clients who are supplied with food by food banks in the A2H network. Key Findings: The A2H system served by America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartlandprovides food for an estimated 62,400 different people annually.27% of the members of households served by America's Second Harvest ofKentucky's Heartland are children under 18 years old (Table 5.3.2).33% of client households include at least one employed adult (Table 5.7.1).Among client households with children, 64% are food insecure and 19% areexperiencing hunger (Table 6.1.1).34% of clients served by America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartlandreport having to choose between paying for food and paying for utilities or heatingfuel (Table 6.5.1).27% of clients had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medicalcare (Table 6.5.1).46% of households served by America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartlandreport having at least one household member in poor health (Table 8.1.1)America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartland included approximately 137agencies at the administration of this survey, of which 127 have responded to theagency survey. Of the responding agencies, 97 had at least one food pantry, soupkitchen, or shelter.72% of pantries, 78% of kitchens, and 37% of shelters are run by faith-basedagencies affiliated with churches, mosques, synagogues, and other religiousorganizations (Table 10.6.1).56% of pantries, 83% of kitchens, and 66% of shelters of America's SecondHarvest of Kentucky's Heartland reported that there had been an increase since2001 in the number of clients who come to their emergency food program sites(Table 10.8.1).Food banks are by far the single most important source of food for the agencies,accounting for 81% of the food used by pantries, 46% of kitchens' food, and 33%of shelters' food (Table 13.1.1)For America's Second Harvest of Kentucky's Heartland, 94% of pantries, 100% ofkitchens, and 55% of shelters use volunteers (Table 13.2.1).

Hunger In America 2006 Local Report Prepared for God's Pantry Food Bank

Hunger In America 2006 Local Report Prepared for God's Pantry Food Bank

2006-02-01

Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest);

This report presents information on the clients and agencies served by God's Pantry FoodBank. The information is drawn from a national study, Hunger in America 2006, conducted forAmerica's Second Harvest (A2H), the nation's largest organization of emergency foodproviders. The national study is based on completed in-person interviews with more than 52,000 clients served by the A2H food bank network, as well as on completed questionnaires from more than 30,000 A2H agencies. The study summarized below focuses mainly on emergency food providers and their clients who are supplied with food by food banks in the A2H network. Key Findings: The A2H system served by God's Pantry Food Bank provides food for anestimated 122,100 different people annually.28% of the members of households served by God's Pantry Food Bank arechildren under 18 years old (Table 5.3.2).20% of client households include at least one employed adult (Table 5.7.1).Among client households with children, 76% are food insecure and 25% areexperiencing hunger (Table 6.1.1).41% of clients served by God's Pantry Food Bank report having to choose betweenpaying for food and paying for utilities or heating fuel (Table 6.5.1).32% of clients had to choose between paying for food and paying for medicine or medicalcare (Table 6.5.1).57% of households served by God's Pantry Food Bank report having at least onehousehold member in poor health (Table 8.1.1)God's Pantry Food Bank included approximately 256 agencies at theadministration of this survey, of which 213 have responded to the agency survey.Of the responding agencies, 125 had at least one food pantry, soup kitchen, orshelter.74% of pantries, 70% of kitchens, and 50% of shelters are run by faith-basedagencies affiliated with churches, mosques, synagogues, and other religiousorganizations (Table 10.6.1).65% of pantries, 76% of kitchens, and 59% of shelters of God's Pantry Food Bankreported that there had been an increase since 2001 in the number of clients whocome to their emergency food program sites (Table 10.8.1).Food banks are by far the single most important source of food for the agencies,accounting for 65% of the food used by pantries, 35% of kitchens' food, and 25%of shelters' food (Table 13.1.1).For God's Pantry Food Bank, 91% of pantries, 91% of kitchens, and 83% ofshelters use volunteers (Table 13.2.1).

The Almanac of Hunger and Poverty in America 2010: Kentucky

The Almanac of Hunger and Poverty in America 2010: Kentucky

2010-07-01

Feeding America (formerly America's Second Harvest);

Operational data for Feeding America member food banks in Kentucky and maps illustrating the congressional districts and counties served by those food banks.

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