AN ACT relating to children in foster care.

Create new sections of KRS Chapter 199 to define terms; require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services shall establish and operate a Tutoring and Academic Assistance Grant Program for children in foster care; establish the directives of the program; establish the foster child tutoring and academic assistance trust fund.

Introduced: March 4, 2026

Last action: March 11, 2026

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This bill would create a tutoring and academic assistance program run by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services specifically for children in foster care. It would also set up a dedicated trust fund to support that program. The goal is to provide structured academic help to foster children in Kentucky. Who it may affect: children currently in foster care and those who work with or support them through the state's child welfare system.

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