First Lady Glenna Bevin Makes the Adoption Process Easier to
Navigate
Company Website:
http://www.Kentucky.gov
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- (Business Wire)
Kentucky’s First Lady Glenna Bevin and the Kentucky Cabinet for Health
and Family Services (CHFS) Secretary Vickie Yates Brown Glisson launched
a new website
aimed at helping families more easily navigate the foster care and
adoption process.
Adopt.ky.gov
was built using responsive design, enabling instant access to foster
care and adoption resources from multiple devices. The First Lady’s
office worked closely with the CHFS Department for Community Based
Services to create a website that clearly shows each step to becoming a
foster or adoptive parent.
“We want to make the foster care and adoption process as easy as
possible for families,” First Lady Bevin said. “The website is much more
user-friendly, with better organized information, making it easier for
families to navigate the foster care system.”
According to DCBS Commissioner Adria Johnson, there are about 8,100
children in Kentucky foster care, and many of them are awaiting
adoption. “This new website has revitalized the entry point for families
to learn about opening their hearts and homes to a vulnerable child.”
The site also includes regional contact information for families in
every county and a link to the Special Needs Adoption Program photo
search database, where families can use criteria like gender, age, and
siblings to search the listings of children awaiting adoption.
Adopt.ky.gov
was built at no cost for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services
through a public-private partnership with Frankfort-based Kentucky
Interactive, LLC.
About the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services
The Cabinet for Health and Family Services is home to most of the
state’s human services and healthcare programs, including the Department
for Medicaid Services, the Department for Community Based Services, the
Department for Public Health, and the Department for Behavioral Health,
Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities. CHFS is one of the largest
agencies in state government, with nearly 8,000 full- and part-time
employees located across the Commonwealth focused on improving the lives
and health of Kentuckians.
About Kentucky.gov
Kentucky.gov
is the official government Web portal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky (www.kentucky.gov).
Kentucky.gov is a collaborative effort between the Commonwealth of
Kentucky and Kentucky Interactive, LLC. Frankfort-based Kentucky
Interactive provides a secure, mobile-friendly platform that allows
government agencies of any size to conduct business online and improve
public access to information. Kentucky Interactive is part of firm NIC’s
(NASDAQ: EGOV) family of companies.
About NIC
Founded in 1992, NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV) is the nation's leading provider of
innovative digital government solutions and secure payment processing,
which help make government more accessible to everyone through
technology. The family of NIC companies provides digital government
solutions for more than 4,500 federal, state, and local agencies in the
United States. Forbes has named NIC as one of the “100 Best Small
Companies in America” six times and the company has been included four
times on the Barron’s 400 Index. Additional information is available at http://www.egov.com.
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Contacts:
Kentucky.gov
Sherri Eden, 502-875-3733
Marketing
Manager
sherri.eden@kentucky.gov
or
Office
of First Lady Glenna R. Bevin
Sarah Durand, 502-564-2611
Chief
of Staff
or
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family
Services
Doug Hogan, 502-330-9323
Interim Executive
Director
Source: Kentucky.gov
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