By Nick Tabor, New Era Senior Staff Writer
Compared
to other states, Kentucky
has a poor record of helping the mentally disabled find regular jobs and build
stable romantic relationships. The University
of Kentucky established
this in a survey.
The
state wants improvement. But it has people concerned that disabled members of
their families will get pushed into jobs they’re not ready for or will be left
with no options.
On
Monday night, two representatives of the state came to speak at the Pennyroyal Mental Health
Center. They wanted to
allay the concerns of any locals whose relatives work at Trace Industries, a sheltered
jobs program the Pennyroyal
Center runs.
