Kentucky Foster & Adoptive Parent Training Support Network
The KY Foster & Adoptive Parent Training Support Network is a statewide organization for foster/adoptive parents. The Network is comprised of 15 regional teams of experienced foster/adoptive parents who work to provide support and training to current foster/adoptive parents and recruit new homes for Kentucky's waiting children.
If you in need of Investigation or Allegation support, please contact the Network for immediate assistance:
Network Investigation Support Brochure
- Jefferson - Louisville - February 19 - 11 am - 1 pm - Calm Voices, Calmer Kids
- Salt River Trail - Elizabethtown - February 24 - 6-8 pm - Foster Care & Early Interventions with First Steps
- Jefferson - Louisville - February 24 - 11 am - 1 pm - Using Praise as a Parenting Tool
- Southern Bluegrass - Richmond - February 29 - 9 am-2 pm - Behavior Management: Social & Emotional Development and Disicipline Strategies Session I & II
- Salt River Trail - Elizabethtown - March 2 - 6-8 pm - Attachment & Bonding with Your Foster /Adoptive Child
- Lakes - Paducah - March 12 - 5:30-7:30 pm - Handling Allegations Against Your Foster/Adoptive Home
- Northern Bluegrass - March 16 - 11 am-2 pm - Lifebooks: Teaching Your Child About Cultures & Celebrations
- Cumberland - London - March 16 - 6-9 pm - Safe Guarding Your Home Against Allegations
- Southern Bluegrass - Danville - March 19 - 6-9 pm - ACE: Adverse Childhood Experiences:
Understanding Impact and Promoting Resilience - Cumberland - London - April 14 - 6-9 pm - Child Sexual Abuse: Session III: The Effects of Sexual Abuse on Children's Needs
- Lakes - Paducah - April 25 - 9 am-12 pm - Teen Focus: Parenting Teens in Foster Care
- Cumberland - London - April 28 - 6-9 pm - Child Sexual Abuse: Session IV: Handling the Double Trauma of Sexual Abuse and Placement
- Cumberland - Pineville- April 30 - 6-9 pm - Safe Guarding Your Home Against Allegations
Select your region to contact your local team
Lakes: Serving the counties of Ballard, Calloway, Carlisle, Fulton, Graves, Hickman, Marshall & McCracken
Wakendra Gourley - Co-leader wakendragourley@gmail.com 270-853-7222
DeAnna Miller - Co-leader deanna_miller@hotmail.com 270-627-2264
Ashley Bazzell ashlee9588@hotmail.com 270-559-8421
Micheala Toews michealatoews26@hotmail.com 270-978-1968
Lakes: Serving the counties of Caldwell, Christian, Crittenden, Hopkins, Livingston, Lyon, Muhlenberg, Todd & Trigg
Theresa Shell Goldsby - Leader tlshellgold@gmail.com 270-704-1953
Amber Loden amleek321@icloud.com 270-498-3869
Andrea Jones andreajones9909@gmail.com 270-604-1718
Leslie Vass vass.leslie@gmail.com 270-475-9388
Debbie Hughes dhughes77@yahoo.com 270-878-0242
Two Rivers: Serving the counties of Daviess, Hancock, Henderson, McLean, Ohio, Union & Webster
Donna Mayhew - Leader lightkeeper20@hotmail.com 270-685-1487
April Dickens aprilsjpc@owens.twcbc.com 270-993-5077
Linda McCollum mccollumcharles@bellsouth.net 270-298-0085
Julie Salisbury julie.run@hotmail.com 270-345-0026
Two Rivers: Serving the counties of Allen, Barren, Butler, Edmonson, Hart, Logan, Metcalfe, Monroe, Simpson & Warren
Lara Mattingly lara.mattingly@gmail.com 812-499-0017
Rosetta Dyer rosie.dyer@me.com 270-590-1911
Tanna Woodward tanna.woodward@gmail.com 270-590-1498
Becky Johnson becky.johnson@wku.edu 270-202-8945
Salt River Trail: Serving the counties of Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson & Washington
Samantha Butler - Leader samsthirtyone@hotmail.com 270-219-9177
Michele Jones mtmce@gmail.com 270-300-8202
Jennifer Hall jandjhall@gmail.com 757-725-3027
Brandy Givan givan_9@msn.com 270-307-1522
Jessica Southards jessicarenee87@gmail.com 636-577-1204
Salt River Trail: Serving the counties of Anderson, Bullitt, Franklin, Henry, Oldham, Shelby, Spencer, Trimble & Woodford
April Pieper - Leader aprilpieper@gmail.com 270-535-9526
Nancy Jenkins bojenki@aol.com 859-552-3460
Angela Bischoff sbis20@aol.com 502-299-2397
Adam Johnson aejohnson2007@yahoo.com 502-492-3941
Cumberlands: Serving the counties of Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, McCreary, Pulaski, Russell, Taylor & Wayne
Sherry Kelsay - Leader sherrykelso@live.com 606-340-7564
Greg Burdine greg_burdine@yahoo.com 606-354-1399
Sheila Minton sheilaminton@ymail.com 606-303-3241
Barbara Melton bjmelton@windstream.net 606-305-0680
Tom Ogston thomasogston272@gmail.com 606-310-5051
Cumberlands: Serving the counties of Bell, Clay, Harlan, Jackson, Laurel, Knox, Rockcastle & Whitley
Melinda McGuire - Leader mlyndaka@aol.com 859-779-0337
Joyce Steele llec@windstream.net 606-224-6922
Georgie Petro georgiepetro@gmail.com 606-657-1949
Rebecca Blackburn rlkb63@yahoo.com 304-550-7655
Jefferson
Linda Thompson - Leader thompsonlinda@bellsouth.net 502-930-0254
Eder Crenshaw ecrens4416@aol.com 502-592-5578
Jeannette Jackson-Martin jeannette.jackson@insightbb.com 502-419-7412
Cestau Childs-Clark cchildsclark@murraystate.edu 502-500-9214
Jeanne Smith shelbylynn569@yahoo.com 502-639-1338
Southern Bluegrass: Serving the counties of Boyle, Clark, Estill, Fayette, Garrard, Jessamine, Lincoln, Madison, Mercer & Powell
Phyllis Hurley - Leader pjhurley@windstream.net 270-841-6655
Linda McNiel andymom@att.net 859-595-4155
Kelli Gowan kelligsmail@gmail.com 502-839-9490
Stephen Warner stepj19@aol.com 859-319-1620
Tiffany Weddington tiffanyb_weddington@yahoo.com 606-253-0352
Northern Bluegrass: Serving the counties of Scott, Bourbon, Harrison & Nicholas
Julie Gray - Leader nbsnta@gmail.com 859-351-5200
Mary Beth Flynn busterflynn@yahoo.com 502-867-0924
Gwen Thomas gthomas807@aol.com 859-351-2246
Miriam Dunham mfdunham@yahoo.com 502-570-9315
Sarah Bishop sarah.bishop@scott.kyschools.us 502-867-2167
Northern Bluegrass: Serving the counties of Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen & Pendleton
Christina Brown -Leader christinabrown8@live.com 859-512-2087
Debrah Smith deb1jer@yahoo.com 859-760-8942
Amy Jones ajones2469@yahoo.com 513-212-0125
Kate Morgan katemorgan39@gmail.com 859-814-6722
Laura Beard laura@kypartnership.org 859-750-6247
Northeastern: Serving the counties of Bath, Bracken, Boyd, Carter, Elliott, Fleming, Greenup, Lawrence, Lewis, Lewis, Mason, Menifee, Montgomery, Morgan, Robertson & Rowan
Jennifer Jones - Leader jsjones80@live.com 606-776-2261
DeAnna Helton heltondea@yahoo.com 606-356-1360
Christina Sandoval christina.sandoval@kctcs.edu 859-907-4764
Eastern Mountain: Serving the counties of Breathitt, Lee, Knott, Leslie, Letcher, Owsley, Perry & Wolfe
Becky Mullins - Leader bmullins1965@gmail.com 606-567-5134
Brenda Gibson bgibson@middleforkfinancialgroup.com 606-438-6221
Eastern Mountain: Serving the counties of Floyd, Johnson, Magoffin, Martin & Pike
Dedra Slone - Leader dedra.slone@cebridge.net 606-422-7927
Sandy Reed sandyreed621@yahoo.com 606-794-4324
Liz Smith smith955@bellsouth.net 606-417-0385
Denise Tackett lesaliedenisetackett@yahoo.com 606-437-0153