Inspired by own family, Kentucky gov. tackles foster system
(AP) — The little girl was 11, living in a foster care group home, when she ended up playing tag in a Louisville park with the daughters of a wealthy investment manager who would one day be Kentucky's governor.
Health and Family Services Cabinet Secretary Vickie Yates Brown Glisson, appointed by Bevin in 2015, said his "firsthand knowledge of the burdensome bureaucracy and unnecessary requirements" of the system is why it's being transformed.
The Bevins and their children split time between their Louisville home and the governor's mansion in Frankfort, where he and his wife sat down with The Associated Press for an interview last month.
Bevin said he wants to "rethink the entire system," a process that — excluding a small raise for state social workers he signed in 2016 — will come without a significant increase in spending.
The judges should not have the latitude to make the decisions that they are making.
Because some of them are making terrible, terrible decisions, Bevin said.
Chief Justice John Minton said he's confident family court judges are qualified and dedicated, and said he and the governor should "provide positive leadership and encouragement."
The convention runs Sunrise Children's Services, Kentucky's largest privately-run childcare provider, which has been embroiled in a federal lawsuit since 2000 about proselytizing children in the state's care.