On Track

Kentucky Officials Ask Community To Help Address Soaring Child Abuse Rate


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Kentucky now has the highest rate of child abuse and neglect in the country, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Children's Bureau. Panelists talked about what has driven Kentucky's child abuse, state workers' struggles to address it and how the community can help. Our guests were Courier-Journal Reporter Deborah Yetter, Kentucky Child Fatality Review Panel Member Dr. Melissa Currie and Kentucky Department of Community Based Services Commissioner Eric Clark.
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