Home of the Innocents enriches the lives of children and families with hope, health, and happiness.
Our 2025-2027 Policy Agenda focuses on three priorities:
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Child Welfare System Reform Complex Care Center Expansion
3 Strengthening the Nonprofit Sector
We believe in building a strong community where everyone has the support they need to gain stability and fulfillment. Because our mission focuses on the care and support of children and families, we collaborate with local, state, and federal policymakers to strengthen our systems and cultivate a community that provides for the well-being of its most vulnerable members.
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Child Welfare System Reform
Home of the Innocents believes that preventing child abuse and neglect begins with strengthening family systems. However, Kentucky’ s limited infrastructure and stagnant Medicaid rates hinder support for at-risk youth, resulting in inadequate resources and inappropriate placements. These challenges disproportionately impact marginalized groups, often deepening lifelong trauma.
To support meaningful reforms in the child welfare system and build a behavioral health continuum of care that delivers appropriate support at every level for all children and families, Home of the Innocents will:
Advocate with Executive and Legislative branches to create comprehensive child welfare system reform that promotes more appropriate placement options for children in out-of-home care.
182 youth
As of October 2025, 182 youth in out-of-home care were placed outside the state of Kentucky. [ 1 ]
Support a comprehensive rate restructuring that fully funds the cost of Qualified Residential Treatment Program( QRTP) services. Fully fund and develop innovative placement options to meet the needs of youth who are currently difficult to place. Advocate for the expansion of kinship care supports to increase the number of licensed kinship care homes( H. R. 5583)