About 100,000 Kentucky children are being raised by people other than their parents – a number that puts Kentucky above all other states. A great number of these cases are because of issues stemming from the opioid epidemic: incarceration, abuse or neglect.
And a great number of grandparents are raising these children. WFPL’s Lisa Gillespie reports that this can put a grandparent in a difficult situation in a state where many people live in poverty and have big health issues.
