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	Volunteers needed to assist children placed in foster care

Press Release Date:	March 24, 2004
Contact:	Leigh Anne Hiatt, APR public information officer 502-573-2350, x 4064 lhiatt@kycourts.net http://www.kycourts.net

FRANKFORT, Ky., March 24, 2004 -- The Kentucky Citizen Foster Care Review Board (CFCRB) is seeking volunteers to make a difference in the lives of foster children in several Kentucky counties. Volunteers are needed to review cases of children placed in foster care because of abuse, dependency and neglect to ensure these children are placed in safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible. The Kentucky General Assembly created the Citizen Foster Care Review Board in 1982 as a way to decrease the time children spend in foster care. CFCRB volunteers review Cabinet for Health & Family Services files on children placed in out-of-home care, and work with the cabinet and the courts on behalf of the state’s foster children. All volunteers must complete an eight-hour initial training session and consent to a criminal record and central registry check. A recommendation is then made to the chief judge of the District Court or Family Court for appointment. The following boards are seeking volunteers: Bath/Menifee County CFCRB. Meets in Owingsville during January, March, May, July, September and November on the first Thursday of the month at 1 p.m. Contact: Bruce Jones, field coordinator, 1-800-928-2350. Bullitt County CFCRB. Meets bimonthly in Shepherdsville on the third Monday of the month at 4:30 p.m. Contact: Karma Childress, field coordinator, 1-800-260-9850. Campbell County A CFCRB. Meets in Newport on the second Tuesday of each month at 5 p.m. Campbell County B CFCRB. Meets in Newport on the first Wednesday of each month at 1 p.m. Contact: Bruce Jones, field coordinator, 1-800-928-2350. Carroll County CFCRB. Meets in Carrollton in February, April, June, August, October and December on the second Tuesday of the month at 1 p.m. Contact: Bruce Jones, field coordinator, 1-800-928-2350. Hardin County A CFCRB. Meets in Elizabethtown on the second Wednesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. Hardin County B CFCRB. Meets in Elizabethtown on the first Tuesday of each month at 4 p.m. Contact: Billy Stover, field coordinator, 1-800-928-2350. Henry County CFCRB. Meets in New Castle once every three months for approximately two hours, depending on the number of cases to be reviewed. Contact: Amy Smitha, field coordinator, 1-800-928-2350. Jefferson County CFCRB. All boards meet monthly in Louisville. The meeting schedule is at follows: Jefferson County 2, first Monday at 5:30 p.m. Jefferson County 4, second Tuesday at 5 p.m. Jefferson County 6, second Thursday at 4:30 p.m. Jefferson County 7, first Thursday at 9:30 a.m. Jefferson County 8, first or second Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. Jefferson County 9, first or second Monday at 6 p.m. Jefferson County 10, second Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. Contact: Karma Childress, field coordinator, 1-800-260-9850. Kenton County CFCRB. The meeting schedule is as follows: Kenton County A meets in Covington on the first Thursday of each month at 9 a.m. Kenton County B meets in Covington on the third Thursday of each month at 5 p.m. Kenton County C meets in Covington on the third Wednesday of each month at 10 a.m. Kenton County D meets in Newport on the first Friday of each month at 10 a.m. Kenton County E meets in Covington on the last Monday of each month at 5 p.m. Contact: Bruce Jones, field coordinator, 1-800-928-2350. Mason County CFCRB. Meets in Maysville in February, May, August and November on the first Thursday of the month at 11 a.m. Contact: Bruce Jones, field coordinator, 1-800-928-2350. Nearly 750 volunteers across the state serve as members of the Kentucky Citizen Foster Care Review Board. The boards operate within the Dependent Children’s Services Division of the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) in Frankfort. The volunteer reviewers help ensure that children receive the necessary services while in foster care and are ultimately placed in permanent homes. The AOC is the administrative arm of the Kentucky Court of Justice and supports the activities of 3,300 court system employees, including the elected offices of justices, judges and circuit court clerks. The AOC also executes the Judicial Branch budget.