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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
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 individuals of this state by:
(A) improving access to health and human services at the local level; and
(B) eliminating architectural, communication, programmatic, and transportation barriers;
(3) promote the health of individuals of this state by:
(A) reducing the incidence of disease and disabling conditions;
(B) increasing the availability and improving the quality of health care services;
(C) addressing the high incidence of certain illnesses and conditions in minority populations;
(D) increasing the availability of trained health care professionals;
(E) improving knowledge of health care needs;
(F) reducing infant death and disease;
(G) reducing the impacts of mental disorders in adults and emotional disturbances in children;
(H) increasing nutritional education and participation in nutrition programs; and
(I) 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 and teen pregnancy;
(G) improving parental effectiveness;
(H) increasing support services for individuals with disabilities and services to help those individuals maintain or increase their independence;
(I) improving access to work sites, accommodations, transportation, and other public places and activities covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12101 et seq.); and
(J) improving services for juvenile offenders;
(5) provide needed resources and services to individuals 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 individuals 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 individuals of this state by:
(A) reducing abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly individuals and adults with disabilities;
(B) reducing child abuse and neglect;
(C) reducing family violence;
(D) increasing services to children who are truant or who run away, or who are 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. (Gov. Code, Sec. 531.003.)
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 523.0002. Goals - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/government-code/gov-t-sect-523-0002/
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