Kentucky Officials Ask Community To Help Address Soaring Child Abuse Rate

Kentucky now has the highest rate of child abuse and neglect in the country, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Children's Bureau. Panelists talked about what has driven Kentucky's child abuse, state workers' struggles to address it and how the community can help. Our guests were Courier-Journal Reporter Deborah Yetter, Kentucky Child Fatality Review Panel Member Dr. Melissa Currie and Kentucky Department of Community Based Services Commissioner Eric Clark.