Kentucky’s safe at home program sees 460 percent participation increase in first year

Secretary of State Michael Adams announced that participation in Kentucky’s Safe at Home Program has increased by 460 percent in the first year since the General Assembly expanded the program at his request.

“I am grateful to our state legislators for coming together across party lines to join us in protecting our most vulnerable Kentuckians,” Adams said. “Our Office is working to end the scourge of domestic violence.”

Michael Adams (NKyTribune file)

Senate Bill 79 (2023), sponsored by Sen. Julie Raque Adams, R-Louisville [no relation to Sec. Adams], expanded the Commonwealth’s address confidentiality program, allowing participants to have their addresses masked on all state and local public records, including voter rolls. The program removed the requirement of a protective order and expanded interstate reciprocity, opening the program to more participants.

“I am grateful to Secretary Adams for his diligence in successfully...