The public is invited to virtual town hall meetings this month to discuss how to improve outcomes for Kentucky families and children in the foster care system. The meetings are hosted by Citizen Foster Care Review Boards.

The first regional meeting was Aug. 1. Others will be held Aug, 6, 13 and 16. Registration is required.

Findings from the meetings will be reported to the Kentucky Citizen Foster Care Review Board and will be included in its annual recommendations to the Supreme Court, governor and legislature, according to a news release from the Administrative Office of the Courts, which administers the program.

The Citizen Foster Care Review Boards, created in 1982, also are seeking members. Get more information and apply at bit.ly/CFCRBvolunteer.

Regional meetings are among the reforms called for in House Bill 1, the adoption and foster care legislation enacted in 2018 to improve outcomes for children in out-of-home care.

Here is the meeting schedule:
Aug. 6
11 a.m.-noon CT/noon- 1 p.m. ET
Registration required at https://kcoj.info/Aug6CFCRB.
For residents in these counties: Adair, Bath, Bell, Boyd, Breathitt, Carter, Casey, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland, Elliott, Floyd, Green, Greenup, Harlan, Jackson, Johnson, Knott, Knox, Laurel, Lawrence, Leslie, Letcher, Lewis, Magoffin, Marion, Martin, McCreary, Menifee, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pike, Powell, Pulaski, Rockcastle, Rowan, Russell, Taylor, Washington, Wayne, Whitley and Wolfe

Aug. 13
11 a.m.-noon CT/noon – 1 p.m. ET
Registration required at https://kcoj.info/Aug13CFCRB.
For residents in these counties: Bullitt, Fayette and Jefferson

Aug. 16
11 a.m. -noon CT/noon -1 p.m. ET
Registration required at https://kcoj.info/Aug16CFCRB.
For residents in these counties: Anderson, Boone, Bourbon, Boyle, Bracken, Campbell, Carroll, Clark, Estill, Fleming, Franklin, Gallatin, Garrard, Grant, Harrison, Henry, Jessamine, Kenton, Lee, Lincoln, Madison, Mason, Mercer, Nicholas, Oldham, Owen, Owsley, Pendleton, Robertson, Scott, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble and Woodford