Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVII. Economic Security and Public Welfare § 205.201.Duties of cabinet as to the aging and the minority elderly

(1) Promote and aid in the establishment of local programs and services for the aging;

(2) Conduct programs to educate the public as to problems of the aging;

(3) Review existing state programs and services for the aging and to make recommendations to the Governor, to the appropriate department and agencies of the state, and to the legislature for improvements in and additions to such programs and services;

(4) Assist and encourage governmental and private agencies to coordinate their efforts on behalf of the aging;

(5) Conduct and encourage other organizations to conduct studies concerning the aging;

(6) Establish, in selected areas and communities of the state, programs of services for the aging to demonstrate the value of such programs, and to encourage local agencies to continue the programs and to create new services where needed. Emphasis shall be given to services designed to foster continued participation of older people in family and community life and to lessen the need for institutional care;

(7) Provide services designed to meet the needs of the minority elderly in programs administered by the cabinet;

(8) The cabinet shall solicit and consider the input of individuals and organizations representing the concerns of the minority elderly population as relates to:

(9) Conduct an outreach program that provides information to minority elderly Kentuckians about health and social problems experienced by minority elderly persons and available programs to address those problems; and

(10) Cooperate with the federal government and with the governments of other states in programs relating to the aging.