The commission’s goals are to:
(1) maximize federal funds through the efficient use of available state and local resources;
(2) provide a system that delivers prompt, comprehensive, effective services to the people of this state by:
(A) improving access to health and human services at the local level; and
(B) eliminating architectural, communications, programmatic, and transportation barriers;
(3) promote the health of the people of this state by:
(A) reducing the incidence of disease and disabling conditions;
(B) increasing the availability of health care services;
(C) improving the quality of health care services;
(D) addressing the high incidence of certain illnesses and conditions of minority populations;
(E) increasing the availability of trained health care professionals;
(F) improving knowledge of health care needs;
(G) reducing infant death and disease;
(H) reducing the impact of mental disorders in adults;
(I) reducing the impact of emotional disturbances in children;
(J) increasing participation in nutrition programs;
(K) increasing nutritional education; and
(L) reducing substance abuse;
(4) foster the development of responsible, productive, and self-sufficient citizens by:
(A) improving workforce skills;
(B) increasing employment, earnings, and benefits;
(C) increasing housing opportunities;
(D) increasing child-care and other dependent-care services;
(E) improving education and vocational training to meet specific career goals;
(F) reducing school dropouts;
(G) reducing teen pregnancy;
(H) improving parental effectiveness;
(I) increasing support services for people with disabilities;
(J) increasing services to help people with disabilities maintain or increase their independence;
(K) improving access to work sites, accommodations, transportation, and other public places and activities covered by the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.); and
(L) improving services to juvenile offenders;
(5) provide needed resources and services to the people of this state when they cannot provide or care for themselves by:
(A) increasing support services for adults and their families during periods of unemployment, financial need, or homelessness;
(B) reducing extended dependency on basic support services; and
(C) increasing the availability and diversity of long-term care provided to support people with chronic conditions in settings that focus on community-based services with options ranging from their own homes to total-care facilities;
(6) protect the physical and emotional safety of all the people of this state by:
(A) reducing abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly people and adults with disabilities;
(B) reducing child abuse and neglect;
(C) reducing family violence;
(D) increasing services to truants and runaways, children at risk of truancy or running away, and their families;
(E) reducing crime and juvenile delinquency;
(F) reducing community health risks; and
(G) improving regulation of human services providers; and
(7) improve the coordination and delivery of children’s services.

Text of section effective until April 01, 2025