Bill > HB686

This bill establishes the Kentucky Positive Youth Development Commission to promote youth well-being and prevent self-harm through community-based programs, defining "positive youth development programming" as structured activities outside of school hours that enhance mental well-being, reduce risk factors for adverse outcomes, and involve mentorship and family engagement for youth up to age twenty-five. It also creates a "positive youth development fund" to support these programs, drawing from settlements with social media companies and other sources, with funds not expended at the end of a fiscal year carrying over. The bill amends existing laws to require the State Interagency Council for Services and Supports to Children and Transition-Age Youth to direct regional interagency councils to collaborate with the new commission to conduct needs assessments, research programming opportunities, and apply for grants, while also adding the state suicide prevention coordinator and the Attorney General to the State Interagency Council.

https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26RS/hb686.html