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Kentucky had the highest rate of deaths of children from abuse and neglect in the United States in 2007, according to a report released Wednesday by a national interest group for children.

Every Child Matters Education Fund, a nonprofit organization in Washington, DC, said that 41 children died from abuse and neglect Kentucky in 2007 – a rate of 4.09 deaths for children Kentucky 100,000. to make

To help stem the tide of death, the group state officials to public specific information about the death of each child and whether he or she previously had contact with social workers state.

“If you want to prevent children from dying, it would be in the best interest of Kentucky to open the process,” said Michael Petit, president of the group. “It is not to place blame, it’s about learning.”

Kentucky law allows the disclosure of details about the children who die of abuse or neglect, but appears not to disclose terms of reference.

Every year produces the Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services annual report on deaths and deaths in the vicinity abuse and neglect, but it provides no information about the case of each child.

“Our practice is to respond to confidentiality as dictated by state laws and regulations,” Patricia R. Wilson, commissioner of the state said the Community Services Department. “The opening of these documents is a complex issue that requires careful thought and consideration, to protect the innocent family members.”

The Herald-Leader complaint in Franklin Circuit Court’s refusal of a company, the demand for records in the death of 22 Mai-month-old Kayden Branham, who died in Wayne County, after the consumption of liquid drain cleaner that was used for the manufacture of methamphetamine.
In addition to seeking changes in state law
calls into question the report to Congress on privacy laws change, the Federal Government. These changes allow the politicians, the media and the public to better understand what actions after the death of a child to be improved, “he said.

A picture of 10 years, represented br Michaela Watkins, daughter Clark County, which received 77 wounds in the hands of her father and stepmother before his death in 2007, the Kentucky Report Cover, “We Can Do Better: child abuse and neglect deaths in America.”
Michaela had been social workers, after he made the apartment of his mother removed followed and to live with her father and stepmother, Patrick Watkins and Joy. Both were the murder of Michaela, who had been scalded and sentenced beaten.

Nationally, as much as 50 percent of children who have died the attention of the authorities been brought. State data had similar results in Kentucky.

The report shows that 210 children from abuse and neglect in Kentucky by 2001 to 2007. died

“The reports of this kind to help if disturbing, the importance of investing heavily in strengthening families and protecting children from abuse and neglect “Wilson, Kentucky Cabinet officer said.

Despite the figures, said Little, you should be taken children away from their families in a limited set of cases. Instead, he said, state and federal legislators should strengthen more money for efforts to families, such as increasing the increasing the nutritional support, prevention of teenage pregnancy, health insurance spending for children and providing money for home care nurses who visit for the first time, mothers with low incomes.

Breakfast criticized the voting results of the U.S. Senators from Kentucky, Jim Bunning and Mitch McConnell on the legislation that he says could help prevent deaths in children. According to the National Child-Kids Rating Defense Group has Bunning for any of the laws that the organization useful for the children of Kentucky as a vote. McCone Nell voted two bills.

The representatives of the two senators said the criticism was unfounded.

“It is regrettable that this report has a DC special interest group decided to ignore what Senator McConnell has actually done for the children of Kentucky,” said McConnell spokesman Robert Steurer.

Steurer , said McConnell, a program of the University of Louisville to help to recognize and prevent child abuse support, has written legislation to increase funding for a program that provides health insurance increase for low-income children and defenders of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children .

Bunning spokesman Mike Reinhard noted that Bunning nine children, 35 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

“Senator Bunning is a father who vote their values without consideration of the views of an extremist organization, the less the improvement of living conditions of children in our country concerns and push the Democratic agenda in Washington and the liberal elite of Hollywood, “said Reineke in a statement.

The group says there is non-partisan.

The report shows that in 2004, the latest data available per capita was in Kentucky on the services of the protection of children spent 16 ranking among the states, the it.

child advocates point out that the budget has been repeatedly faced cuts.

“The most disturbing aspect of this alarming report, the number before the last round of budget cuts,” said Terry Brooks, executive director of Kentucky Youth Advocates, the first state committed group of children.

Brooks said the officials of the government, also made in terms of budget, but programs to help save lives and money can will continue to shrink.

“tighten the belt, good for the political career of Frankfurt, he said.” It is a bad idea for children of Kentucky. “