Helping Kentucky’s most vulnerable families so students can succeed
Across the state last school year, almost 21,000 of our public school students experienced some type of homelessness or housing instability.
Local Family Resource and Youth Services Centers receive 150 GEER II grants totaling $15 million
Gov. Andy Beshear and Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman awarded $15 million in grants to 150 local Family Resource and Youth Services Centers (FRYSCs) from the second round of the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund 2 (GEER II).
Fayette FRYSC coordinator wins local Rotary award
Monica Hall Monica Hall, the family resource and youth services center coordinator (FRYSC) at Booker T. Washington Elementary School (Fayette County), has been awarded the Humanitarian Cup by the Rotary Club of Lexington. The annual award goes to an individual who exemplifies Rotary’s primary tenant of “service above self.” The club presented Hall with an engraved silver cup [...]
Centers celebrate 25 years of removing barriers to learning
Family Resource and Youth Service Centers now serve more than 600,000 public school students and their families across the state.
Ashland Family Resource Center wins Cowherd award
The Ashland Family Resource and Youth Services Center (Ashland Independent) has been named the winner of the Harry J. Cowherd Award for Center Excellence by the Family Resource and Youth Services Centers (FRYSC) network. The award, presented last week at the network’s annual Fall Institute in Lexington, recognizes a center that demonstrates excellence beyond regular center operations. It is named [...]
Collaboration between middle, elementary students the ‘write’ project
Jefferson County Traditional Middle School and Cochran Elementary have formed a partnership to give young authors a real audience, and young readers real role models.
FRYSCs: Supporting students, families and schools to promote learning
FRYSC connects schools to those it serves.