The Kentucky Family Resource and Youth Services Centers initiative was established with the passage of the Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) of 1990, as amended.  The mission of these school based Centers is to enhance students’ abilities to succeed in school by developing and sustaining partnerships that promote: early learning, successful transition into school, academic achievement, well-being, graduation and transition into adult life.

Each Center has a unique blend of program components depending on location, available resources, local need and community input.  The goal of the FRYSCs is to meet the needs of all children and their families who reside in the community or neighborhood served by the school in which the center is located.

Schools with at least 20% of the student population eligible for free or reduced school meals are eligible to compete for new grants.  Kentucky has 774 FRYSCs serving 1,145 schools encompassing approximately 98% of Kentucky’s eligible schools.   Woodford County has 1 center serving 2 schools, serving a student population of 874.