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A baby born today to parents in Wolfe County can expect to live eight years less than a baby born in Fayette County. The reason is that while Campton and Lexington are just an hour apart, they differ significantly in ways that have an impact on he...

AppalReD Legal Aid's Board of Directors will be meeting on Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. at Natural Bridge State Resort Park, Slade, KY.

Published: May 20, 2016   HAZARD, Ky. (May 20, 2016) — For many University of Kentucky researchers who study health in Appalachia, the UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH) is an indispensible partner in conducting comm...

More Low-Income Kids Now Have Health Coverage NPR The expansion of Medicaid and continued enrollment in the Children's Health Insurance Program have boosted the proportion of eligible kids with health coverage to 91 percent, a study finds. Read ...

136 lawyers from 25 states volunteer to represent ex-disability clients of Eric Conn, who is under indictment for fraud   Check out this story on courier-journal.com.  Read more 

Percentage of kids with a jailed parent is double national average Report: 135,000 of state’s children have had a parent incarcerated Kids Count report released Monday by Annie E. Casey Foundation Read more here

AppalReD's Richmond Office Staff attended a self-defense seminar at Elite Martial Arts & Fitness.   Elite offers free self-defense clinics to the community.

Michael A. Taylor of Middlesboro, KY will be receiving the 2016 Kentucky Bar Association Outstanding Award for Donated Legal Services at this year's convention.   Michael A. Taylor serves as a board member with AppalReD Legal Aid.  He was n...