AN ACT relating to relative and fictive kin caregivers.

Amend KRS 605.120 to require the report by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services that tracks and analyzes data on relative and fictive kin caregiver placement be done annually and posted to the cabinet website for public access.

Introduced: February 19, 2025

Last action: February 27, 2025

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This bill would require the state Cabinet for Health and Family Services to publish an annual public report on the placement of children with relative and fictive kin caregivers, meaning family members or close family friends who take in children outside of traditional foster care. Currently the cabinet tracks this data, but the bill would make the report available on the cabinet's website for anyone to access. Who it may affect: relatives and family friends raising children in their care, foster care advocates, and members of the public interested in child welfare outcomes.

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