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Graham Ambrose

Graham Ambrose is reporter for the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting

4/4/2021

Kentucky’s Budget Shrunk. These Informal Foster Parents Were Left with Nothing.

Natasha King, 46, and her two grandchildren. Photo: J. Tyler Franklin/WFPL

Natasha King thought it would be temporary, just a few months. When the state called in 2013 and asked if she could parent her two grandchildren, she didn’t hesitate to take in the kids she loved more than anything in the world.