Family Nurturing Center of Kentucky

Direct Services to Individuals:Family Nurturing Center provides trauma-responsive services to children, adults, and families impacted by abuse. Core programs include parenting education and coaching, individual, family, and group counseling, and therapeutic visitation for families involved in the child welfare system. All services are delivered within a trauma-responsive framework by staff trained in multiple evidence-based practices.More than 3,000 individuals received over 80,000 hours of direct service last year. Outcomes demonstrate strong and consistent impact:95% of children completing individual counseling experienced a reduction in trauma symptoms.91% of children completing services showed improved resiliency.84% of caregivers reported an improved ability to support their child's healing.86% of adults completing counseling reported decreased trauma symptoms, and 82% reported improved resiliency.These results demonstrate the meaningful and lasting change created by Family Nurturing Center's trauma-responsive, evidence-based interventions for children and families.

Community Education:Educating children and adults about child abuse and personal safety is a core strategy in ending the cycle of abuse. Family Nurturing Center reached more than 7,000 children and adults through school-based prevention programs, bullying and safety education, teen safety curriculum, and Stewards of Children trainings for adults.Across programs, outcomes remained consistently strong. 90% of children increased or maintained their knowledge about child abuse prevention, bullying, or school safety. Teachers overwhelmingly reported high satisfaction and affirmed that programs helped students better recognize unsafe situations. Adult trainees also demonstrated significant learning, with large majorities reporting increased understanding of how to prevent, recognize, and respond to child sexual abuse, and 93% indicating they planned to share prevention strategies with others.These education and prevention efforts strengthen community-wide capacity to keep children safe and reduce risk across homes, schools, and youth-serving environments.