[1] It is the Kentucky affiliate of America's Promise,[2] an organization started by Colin Powell in 1997 for child welfare.
[3] The organization operates around the fundamental principle that youth need access to five resources for success: "1) caring adults; 2) safe places; 3) a healthy start; 4) marketable skills; and 5) opportunities to serve".
[2] In 2000, KCN in conjunction with the Kentucky 4-H Program, initiated the "Positive Youth Development State and Local Collaboration Demonstration Project", with the purpose of encouraging collaboration between state and local youth service providers.
[6] As part of its concern with pediatric mental health, KCN developed a flow-chart which the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs dispenses to pediatricians and physicians to give information to parents concerned with locating proper mental health treatment for their children.
[8] In October 2007, KCN was provided a substantial grant by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation to "develop the Kentucky statewide afterschool network".