Community Collaboration for Children

Community Collaboration for Children is a state initiative for Family Preservation and Support Services which provides federal funds to state child welfare agencies for preventive services (family support services) and services to families at risk or in crisis (family preservation services.)

To assist in the development and implementation of the Title IV-B Plan, the Pennyrile Area Development District provides staff support for the District Planning Committee and assists in the preparation and evaluation of the five-year strategic plan.

Funding levels are determined by a formula utilizing the number of families at or below poverty level in each area development district. District allocations consist of 75% federal monies and a 25% local match. The Pennryile Community Collaboration for Children provided allocations to the Pennyrile Family Preservation Program and the Pennyroyal IMPACT Program, and provides funds for preventive therapy through the Family Enrichment Program. Funds are also provided for subsidized child care.

Code Adam

Look for this Code Adam decal in the windows of the stores you and your family frequent.

Code Adam, one of the country's largest child-safety programs, was created and promoted by the Wal-Mart^® retail stores and named in memory of 6-year-old Adam Walsh whose abduction from a Florida shopping mall and murder in 1981 brought the horror of child abduction to national attention.

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Amber Alert

America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response

In the Fall of 2001 the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) launched the AMBER Plan - America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response nationwide.

The goal of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children is to assist cities and towns across the United States with creating their own emergency alert plan.

A Kentucky Success Story: On July 31, 2003, Kentucky's Amber Alert system was utilized for the first time and resulted in the immediate capture of two suspects accused of abducting a Shelbyville, Kentucky teenager. State troopers learned about the Amber Alert on their police radios via the Kentucky Emergency Warning System (KEWS) communications network.