foster youth

Ja’Ceon Terry’s death was ruled a homicide. But no one has yet to face criminal charges.

The rate of children in Kentucky’s foster care system who are reunited with their families has been steadily declining for years — and now it’s the lowest it’s been in over a decade.

KyCIR spent months examining how the state investigates abuse and neglect in residential foster care facilities. Here’s how we did it.

Never before revealed records show children report instances of abuse, neglect and danger in residential care facilities that go unheard and unchecked by state officials.

A report from a local child advocacy group shows one out of three kids that leave foster care in Kentucky will experience homelessness or housing insecurity as an adult.

Just over half of Kentucky’s 120 counties, including Jefferson, need people to join the state’s Citizen Foster Care Review Boards.

A report obtained by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting from the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services offers new details into what happened at Brooklawn, a foster care facility in Louisville, the day that 7-year-old Ja’Ceon Terry died last July.

Uspiritus-Brooklawn and the estate of 7-year-old Ja’Ceon Terry reached a private settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit, just days after the judge ruled that a former employee could override her confidentiality agreement and testify about mistreatment she said she witnessed while working there.

The state hasn’t placed foster children with the child welfare organization since the death of Ja’Ceon Terry in July 2022.

The CEO of Seven Counties Services and Bellewood and Brooklawn Abby Drane plans to retire at the end of the year.