The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services provides administrative support, technical assistance and training to local school-based Family Resource and Youth Services Centers (FRYSC). The primary goal of these centers is to remove noncognitive barriers to learning as a means to enhance student academic success. Each center offers a unique blend of programs and services determined by the needs of the population being served, available resources, location and other local characteristics.

REACH of Louisville conducted a in-depth evaluation of this program, utilizing a number methods, including: (1) an evaluation workgroup; (2) a management information system for quantitative evaluation; (3) a qualitative implementation assessment; and, (4) training and support functions for program coordinators.