FACT SHEET
The Kentucky Family Resource and Youth Services Centers were established as a component of the historic Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) of 1990. These school-based centers is to help academically at-risk students succeed in school by helping to minimize or eliminate noncognitive barriers to learning.
FRYSCs are strengthened by community partnerships in their ability to provide vital programs, services and referrals to students and their families. Schools where at least 20 percent of the student population is eligible for free or reduced school meals may compete for FRYSC funding. Approximately, 51 percent of students enrolled in Kentucky’s public schools are eligible for free school meals.
Number of Centers: 819
Number of schools served: 1,160
Number of students enrolled in schools served by FRYSCs: 619,541
State fiscal year funding allocations for centers:
FRYSCs are strengthened by community partnerships in their ability to provide vital programs, services and referrals to students and their families. Schools where at least 20 percent of the student population is eligible for free or reduced school meals may compete for FRYSC funding. Approximately, 51 percent of students enrolled in Kentucky’s public schools are eligible for free school meals.
Number of Centers: 819
Number of schools served: 1,160
Number of students enrolled in schools served by FRYSCs: 619,541
State fiscal year funding allocations for centers:
- 2002: $49.5 million
- 2003: $50.0 million
- 2004: $48.5 million
- 2005: $48.6 million
- 2006: $50.2 million
- 2007: $52.9 million
- 2008: $55.6 million
- 2009: $57.0 million
- 2010: $55.5 million
- 2011: $52.6 million