State agencies are partnering to gift 2,000 teddy bears to foster children in need. The Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services’ Department for Community Based Services has 2,000 handmade teddy bears that social services staff can use to help comfort children during crisis situations. The bears were sewn by male inmates at the Luther Luckett Correctional Complex in LaGrange and were offered to DCBS through a partnership with the Kentucky Department of Corrections. Kentucky Justice Secretary John Tilley commended the DOC and DCBS for the innovative partnership and said the program serves the dual purpose of helping children in need while teaching inmates about empathy, kindness, and the importance of community.