As one of the largest human service providers in Eastern Kentucky, Buckhorn Children and Family Services (BCFS), delivers vital services to over 5,000 children, teens, and families each year. We recognize that children grow, develop, and thrive in the context of family. We therefore believe that the key to our success is our holistic approach and focus on strengthening the family.
BCFS is unique as an organization in that it offers a wide-range of services that enable us to support families in a comprehensive way. From preventative early education and care programs to support for children at risk of abuse and neglect and their families, to therapeutic foster care, to residential behavioral health/psychiatric/developmental-intellectual challenged programs, BCFS provides a wealth of resources to families.
For over 100 years, our organization has been and continues to be an extension of the communities we serve. With a staff of over 200, our agency impact not only affects those who enter our doors for services but also impacts the economy of the counties our offices reside. Most of our staff resides in the communities we serve and many have overcome struggles similar to the families that seek our help. They bring a deep passion and commitment to helping families prevail in a crisis and find a path to a stable future. Our staff brings their passion, deep understanding and love of their community to the work of helping others, and in turn, the agency provides them with solid training in best practice approaches to ensure their work with children and families is effective.
We meet people where they are—not just where they are in there circumstances, but where they have been and where they seek to go. The bulk of our work is through residential services and in community settings. Our staff is often working evenings, weekends and holidays, and we always have staff on call, 24 hours/day. We understand that accessibility is key to engaging families and sustaining their engagement. In all that we do, we seek to be recognized as an organization that respects the humanity and dignity of every individual. We strive to create an environment where every person who works or receives resources from BCFS will feel cared for, safe, empowered, respected and accepted. Our work is focused on strengthening families and individuals through a culturally sensitive, strength-based and trauma-informed approach that achieves recovery, healing and that result in a community that is hopeful and resilient.
