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National Adoption Month shouldn’t be just about celebration—it must be a call to action. Every Kentuckian has a role to play in strengthening pathways to permanency.
CoSW Staff
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This year’s theme, “Honoring Youth: Strengthening Pathways for Lasting Bonds,” places young people in foster care at the center of the conversation—where they’ve always belonged.
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Each year, the panels identify issues in their region, design a project or initiative to help, and make recommendations to the state for system improvement.
September 4, 2025
The KKRC provides a continuum of services to meet the unique needs of kinship providers across the Commonwealth, including one-on-one peer support, support groups, and online webinars and trainings.
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Foster parents and child welfare workers came together to share in camaraderie and education at Conversations on Collaboration.
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Citizen Review Panels (CRP) are groups of volunteers across the nation that are federally mandated to provide support of their state’s child protective services system.
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The two-year professional development program offers comprehensive training in community-engaged research.
December 13, 2024
What drives the fierce passion of sports rivalries? From loyalty and identity, to the thrill of competition, explore the psychology fueling these intense connections and conflicts by listening to this edition of “Behind the Blue.”
November 12, 2024
This November, celebrate the incredible love and commitment that adoption represents while remembering that adoption is just the beginning.
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National Adoption Month: Pathways to Permanency
National Adoption Month shouldn’t be just about celebration—it must be a call to action. Every Kentuckian has a role to play in strengthening pathways to permanency.
November 18, 2025
National Adoption Month: Strengthening Pathways for Lasting Bonds in Kentucky
This year’s theme, “Honoring Youth: Strengthening Pathways for Lasting Bonds,” places young people in foster care at the center of the conversation—where they’ve always belonged.
November 1, 2025
‘I am a UK Innovator’: College of Social Work’s Julie Cerel
This article was originally published on UKNow by Victoria Alleman. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 23, 2025) — Innovation is a new way of thinking that can often lead to transformative breakthroughs.
October 24, 2025
Kentucky Citizen Review Panels Host Annual Retreat
Each year, the panels identify issues in their region, design a project or initiative to help, and make recommendations to the state for system improvement.
September 16, 2025
Celebrating National Kinship Month at the Kentucky Kinship Resource Center
The KKRC provides a continuum of services to meet the unique needs of kinship providers across the Commonwealth, including one-on-one peer support, support groups, and online webinars and trainings.
September 4, 2025
The Crucial Inches in Sport: Sport Social Work and Winning the Mental Game
By: Matt Moore, Ph.D., MSW In elite sports, the difference between greatness and disappointment is often a matter of inches. A fingertip catch in the World Series, a photo-finish at
May 23, 2025
How UK Grad Raven Whitaker-Smith found family, purpose — and herself
This article was originally published by Lindsey Piercy and Steve Shaffer of UKNow. You can view the original article here. Video produced by UK Public Relations and Strategic Communication and
May 8, 2025
Southern Bluegrass Citizen Review Panel Hosts Conversation on Collaboration
Foster parents and child welfare workers came together to share in camaraderie and education at Conversations on Collaboration.
May 6, 2025
Jefferson Citizen Review Panel hosts Valentine’s Day community drive for youth in out-of-home care
Citizen Review Panels (CRP) are groups of volunteers across the nation that are federally mandated to provide support of their state’s child protective services system.
February 26, 2025
Social Work’s Abigail Latimer and Lynden Bond selected as UK ASCEND Scholars
The two-year professional development program offers comprehensive training in community-engaged research.
January 14, 2025
‘Behind the Blue’: The psychology behind sports rivalries, why we love to loathe the other team
What drives the fierce passion of sports rivalries? From loyalty and identity, to the thrill of competition, explore the psychology fueling these intense connections and conflicts by listening to this edition of “Behind the Blue.”
December 13, 2024
Celebrating National Adoption Month by Supporting Families Every Step of the Way
This November, celebrate the incredible love and commitment that adoption represents while remembering that adoption is just the beginning.
November 12, 2024