Minimizing trauma, encouraging collaboration among agencies and holding offenders accountable are all part of a new framework for how Kentucky works with children who have been abused.
Nearly 7,800 Kentucky children reported sexual abuse last year alone, a 29% jump from the year before.
In Frankfort on Wednesday, Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman unveiled a mandatory blueprint for how the state responds when a child is abused.
The Kentucky Model Protocol for Local Multidisciplinary Teams is the first update since 2021, covering all 15 Children’s Advocacy Centers across all 120 counties.
It requires law enforcement, child protection workers, medical professionals, and prosecutors to work together so a child never has to tell their story alone.
But Coleman says it only works if people use it.
The updated protocol is available through the Attorney General’s office.
State leaders say trainings will roll out across all 120 Kentucky counties in the coming months.
Source: WAVE
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