The commission's goals are to:

1. (1) maximize federal funds through the efficient use of available state and local resources;

2. (2) provide a system that delivers prompt, comprehensive, effective services to individuals of this state by:

   1. (A) improving access to health and human services at the local level; and
   2. (B) eliminating architectural, communication, programmatic, and transportation barriers;

3. (3) promote the health of individuals of this state by:

   1. (A) reducing the incidence of disease and disabling conditions;
   2. (B) increasing the availability and improving the quality of health care services;
   3. (C) addressing the high incidence of certain illnesses and conditions in minority populations;
   4. (D) increasing the availability of trained health care professionals;
   5. (E) improving knowledge of health care needs;
   6. (F) reducing infant death and disease;
   7. (G) reducing the impacts of mental disorders in adults and emotional disturbances in children;
   8. (H) increasing nutritional education and participation in nutrition programs; and
   9. (I) reducing substance abuse;

4. (4) foster the development of responsible, productive, and self-sufficient citizens by:

   1. (A) improving workforce skills;
   2. (B) increasing employment, earnings, and benefits;
   3. (C) increasing housing opportunities;
   4. (D) increasing child-care and other dependent-care services;
   5. (E) improving education and vocational training to meet specific career goals;
   6. (F) reducing school dropouts and teen pregnancy;
   7. (G) improving parental effectiveness;
   8. (H) increasing support services for individuals with disabilities and services to help those individuals maintain or increase their independence;
   9. (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
   10. (J) improving services for juvenile offenders;

5. (5) provide needed resources and services to individuals of this state when they cannot provide or care for themselves by:

   1. (A) increasing support services for adults and their families during periods of unemployment, financial need, or homelessness;
   2. (B) reducing extended dependency on basic support services; and
   3. (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. (6) protect the physical and emotional safety of all individuals of this state by:

   1. (A) reducing abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly individuals and adults with disabilities;
   2. (B) reducing child abuse and neglect;
   3. (C) reducing family violence;
   4. (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;
   5. (E) reducing crime and juvenile delinquency;
   6. (F) reducing community health risks; and
   7. (G) improving regulation of human services providers; and
7. (7) improve the coordination and delivery of children's services.

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 769 (H.B. 4611), Sec. 1.01, eff. April 1, 2025.