Community Collaboration for Children Bluegrass Rural Regional Network, serving Boyle, Clark, Estill, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer and Powell Counties |
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Protecting children from child abuse and neglect while promoting healthy and happy families!
Who Attends the Regional Network Meetings?
Any person who lives in the Bluegrass Rural Region, and anyone who is a parent, grandparent, foster parent, adoptive parent, or in a care-giving role with children; or community partners who are interested in the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
The Regional Network has its goal to build and strengthen better working relationships between parents, DCBS, service providers, citizens, and faith-based organizations.
How does the Regional Network make a difference in the community?
Community partners and parents who come together and network to help children in the community by developing ideas and ways to reduce the number of child abuse and neglect reports in the Bluegrass Rural Region. Activites are planned that focus on prevention.
What is my role as a Regional Network member?
As a parent or community partner, your role as a member of this group is to help make decisions on how to allocate regional network and faith-based/fatherhood initiative funds during the fiscal year. These funds are used for child abuse prevention activities throughout the Bluegras Rural communities and have been accessed through mini-grants to the network. To find out when and where you can atend a meeting, contact Families First at 859.936.8564 or call the regional network coordinator, Suzanne Polis at 859-624-2046 Ext. 223. Anyone can be involved and help make a difference.
