Kentucky DCBS Launches New Program For Young People Transitioning From Foster Care

The Kentucky Department for Community Based Services (DCBS), an agency of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS), is launching a new program to help young people who reach adulthood in foster care. Youth Villages, a national non-profit organization, is offering the LifeSet program to young people between ages of 17 and 21 who are transitioning from foster care in Lexington, Louisville, and their surrounding counties.

Governor Andy Beshear said his administration wants to ensure that youth exiting foster care have a stable transition to adulthood. The evidence-informed LifeSet program model gives young people a bridge to . . .