Bench & Bar March/April 2025

PUBLIC SERVICE PROJECT support, advocacy, medical evaluations, and mental health services at a single child-friendly location. Children’s Advocacy Centers cur rently serve approximately 7,500 children per year. These children come from all corners of the Commonwealth, from our major cities to our most rural communities. Each year, the Kentucky Bar Association’s (KBA) Annual Convention Planning Committee identifies a public service project aimed at improving the lives of Kentuckians, with an emphasis often placed on those living within the host city. This year, the committee has selected the Children’s Advocacy Centers of Kentucky.

As a membership organization, Children's Advocacy Centers of Kentucky employs a staff of experienced professionals dedicated to serving the needs of its member centers. Services include advo cacy, collaboration, funding, networking, evaluation and assessment, training, technical assistance, and more. Please join us for an interactive session on the professional role of counsel for children in Kentucky during the in-person portion of the annual convention. “Kids in Court: Role of Counsel When Rep resenting Young People in Delinquency Court” will be presented on Friday, June 6, 2025, from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m., by Alana Meyer. Don’t miss this session!

Serving every geographic area in the Commonwealth, Kentucky's 15 Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) provide direct forensic and supportive services to children and non-offending caregivers impacted by child abuse. CACs provide forensic interviews, victim

For more information about Children’s Advocacy Centers of Ken tucky, visit their website at https://cackentucky.org/.

Also, don’t forget to donate on your KBA Annual Convention registration for this year’s public service project, as KBA President Rhonda Jennings Blackburn has pledged to match up to $2,000 of your donations!

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