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FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Citizen Foster Care Review Boards for Breckinridge, Butler and Muhlenberg counties are seeking volunteers to make a difference in the lives of local children in foster care. Volunteers are needed to review cases of children placed in foster care because of abuse, dependency and neglect to ensure these children are placed in safe, permanent homes as quickly as possible.

Volunteers are not required to reside in the county where a board meets.

The Kentucky General Assembly created the Citizen Foster Care Review Board, or CFCRB, in 1982 as a way to decrease the time children spend in foster care. CFCRB volunteers review Cabinet for Health and Family Services files on children placed in out-of-home care and work with the cabinet and courts on behalf of the state’s foster children. The volunteer reviewers help ensure that children receive the necessary services while in foster care and are ultimately placed in permanent homes.

All volunteers must complete a six-hour initial training session and consent to a criminal record and central registry check. A recommendation is then made to the chief judge of the District Court or Family Court for appointment.

The Breckinridge and Butler CFCRBs meet in odd months (January, March, May, July, September and November) in their respective counties. The Breckinridge County CFCRB meets at 9 a.m. local time on the first Tuesday of each odd month. The Butler County CFCRB meets at 3 p.m. local time on the third Thursday of each odd month.

The Muhlenberg County CFCRB meets on the second Tuesday in even months (February, April, June, August, October and December) at the Muhlenberg County Judicial Building at 136 S. Main St. in Greenville. Meetings take place at 9 a.m. local time in the building’s multipurpose room.

For more information, contact:

Skye Lindsey
Administrative Office of the Courts
270-298-9055 or [email protected]

Individuals who would like to volunteer but are not available for the meetings detailed above may contact Lindsey to get information on other CFCRBs.  

Approximately 800 volunteers across the state serve as members of the Kentucky Citizen Foster Care Review Board. The boards operate within the Division of Dependent Children’s Services of the Administrative Office of the Courts in Frankfort. As the operations arm for the state court system, the AOC supports the activities of nearly 3,300 court system employees and 403 elected justices, judges and circuit court clerks, and executes the Judicial Branch budget.