Statewide Family & Youth Movement

Welcome to Kentucky’s Family & Youth Movement!

In creating a “Family-Driven and Youth-Driven” system of care, KPFC along with many partners are working to create an infrastructure that invites youth and parents across the state to “Join the Movement.” The Kentucky Family and Youth Movement is working to increasingly empower as many youth with behavioral health challenges and their families through leadership development and advocacy skills.

Furthermore, the principle of this movement focuses on the benefits of family peer-to-peer and youth peer-to-peer involvement. Peer-to-peer involvement gives hope, fosters support and allows for increased opportunities for our youth and families. As the movement grows and strengthens, Kentucky’s youth and parent voices will be a tipping-point for positive, long-term change.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” ~Margaret Mead

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Parent and Caregiver Positions in Kentucky

To download the chart, click here: Family Positions

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What is Peer Support?

Peer Support Specialists provide non-clinical, strengths-based support and are “experientially credentialed” by their own recovery journey from living with or parenting a child with an emotional, social, behavioral, and/or substance use disorder. This experience is referred to as “lived experience” or “lived expertise.

What are Kentucky Family & Youth Peer Support Specialist?

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Code of Ethics of the Kentucky Family & Youth Peer Support Specialists

The Code of Ethics will provide the foundation for Kentucky to establish a Family Driven and Youth Driven System of Care. The purpose of this code is to define acceptable behaviors, promote high standards of practice and accountability, establish clear expectations and to recognize the dual role Kentucky Family & Youth Peer Support Specialists.

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Kentucky Youth Peer Support Documents: