Highlights

• We were closely involved in or directly supported work on dozens of policy changes that removed secondhand smoke from indoor workplaces, increased physical activity opportunities in communities, made healthy food options more available to students, provided training in supporting children who have faced repeated trauma, and incorporated nutrition education in public schools.

• Our 15th annual Bost Health Policy Forum drew a record crowd focused on solutions to Kentucky’s opioid crisis.

• The Kentucky legislature recognized the Foundation as a leading health policy voice in asking us to testify on the state of health in Kentucky and priority policy changes.

• We launched the Healthy Kentucky Policy Champion Award to recognize individuals and organizations dedicated to improving Kentucky’s health through policy change.

• Our 10th annual Kentucky Health Issues Poll of adults continued to gain media coverage and inform our own policy initiatives as well as those of myriad advocacy groups.

• The final report of our three-year study of the Impact of the Affordable Care Act in Kentucky chronicled both the gains and the unfulfilled promises of the national health care law in the Commonwealth.

• Our joint report with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Appalachian Regional Commission provided detailed information about health disparities in Kentucky’s Appalachian region, laying the groundwork for policy advocacy efforts in the region facing many of the Commonwealth’s greatest health challenges.