Consumer Resources

Resources

• Aging & Disability Services
  View links that aid in accessible living for seniors and those with disabilities, along with Medicare assistance.
• Aging Adults Services
  Links to programs available through the Office of Aging Services such as Aging Network, Adult Day Care and Alzheimer's Disease support
• Assistive Technology Loan Assistance
  The Kentucky Assistive Technology Loan Corporation offers low interest loans for qualified applicants who need equipment or home modification that will increase a person's mobility or enable them to become more independent.
• Centers for Accessible Living
  The Center for Accessible Living provides information, advocacy and services that create opportunities for people with disabilities to live independently.
• Consumer Protection for Seniors
  Protecting Kentucky's seniors through crime prevention education
• Homecare Program
  The Homecare Program helps adults who are unable to perform some activities of daily living and are at risk of institutional care to remain in their own homes by providing support services and coordinating the help of family, friends and provider agencies. Services include such things as Case Management, Personal Care, Homemaker, and Environmental Accessibility Adaptations.    
• Kentucky Insurance Program for Seniors (KIPS)
  The Kentucky Office of Insurance has addressed the challenge of a steadily increasing aging population by creating this special unit.
• Medicaid Covered Services and Information
  Medicaid covered services and service information.
• Medicaid Eligibility Guidelines
  Medicaid is a program for families and individuals who have income and resources within the established guidelines. The guidelines and income standards are not the same in every state and this website explains the Kentucky medicaid requirements.
• Medicare Prescription Drug Assistance
  Medicare is now offering a prescription drug discount card as the first step toward a drug benefit that will begin in 2006. The discount card provides Medicare beneficiaries price reduction of 10 - 20 percent on their pharmaceutical medications. Visit this website to learn more.
• Patient and Elder Abuse
  In 1979, the Attorney General established the Medicaid Fraud and Abuse Control Division to battle the growing abuses within the vast Kentucky Medicaid system.
• Personal Care Attendant Program
  Attendant services for persons 18+ with a functional loss of two or more limbs and who have the ability to hire and supervise an attendant. To learn more about this program visit this website.
• Report Medicaid Fraud
  Any person who knows or has reasonable cause to believe that Medicaid fraud has occurred must report that information to the Division or to the Medicaid Fraud hotline.
• See World Store
  The See World Store, offered by the Kentucky Department for the Blind, is a convenient place to try out and purchase various devices to aid you at work and home.
• Senior Community Services Employment Program
  Serves persons 55+ who are at or below 125% of poverty level, and who need training, subsidized employment, and help with job placement.
• State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP)
  This program provides information, counseling and assistance to seniors and disabled individuals, their family members and caregivers at no charge by local, well-trained counselors.Information and assistance services available through a large counselor network, providing health insurance information on benefits to persons eligible for Medicare.
• Supported Living Application
  The Kentucky Supported Living program is for Kentuckians with disabilities to request grants for supports so they can live, contribute, and participate in their communities. Complete this form to apply.
• Supports for Community Living Program
  Supports for Community Living (SCL) is a home and community based program funded by the Kentucky Department for Medicaid Services and administered by the Division of Mental Retardation. The SCL program was developed for Kentucky citizens as an alternative to institutionalization. Visit this website to learn more.
• USA.Gov for Seniors
  USA.Gov for Seniors will empower citizens to obtain valuable health and security information and services at one location via the Internet.
• Consumer Protection
  Protect your rights and be on the alert for business scams. Put your name on the "No Call" List and free yourself from telemarketers.
• Charities and Donations
  Active Charitable Campaigns, Questions for Solicitors, Deceptive Practices, Donors Rights, Other Consumer Resources
• Child Support Enforcement
  Information and support for parents regarding child support obligations
• Consumer Protection Division
  Protecting Kentucky's consumers and businesses
• Federal Citizen Information Center
  Information about federal benefits, Finding government services, and Consumer information center
• File a Consumer Complaint
  Learn how to file a customer complaint against a business or service.
• Get Smart About Insurance Quiz
  Test your insurance knowledge by taking this fun and informative insurance quiz.
• Identity Theft
  Identity theft occurs when someone steals your identity by using personal data about you such as your name, social security number, date of birth and financial information.
• Kentucky Department of Insurance Free Publications
  These publications were produced by the Kentucky Office of Insurance (unless otherwise noted) and are available in limited quantities.
• Scams - Business Opportunities
  Information to help protect yourself from business opportunity scams
• Scams - Home Improvement
  A guide when choosing a contractor and information on what should and should not be included in contracts.
• Scams - Home Solicitations
  Information regarding home solicitations, subscription sales, and your rights as a consumer
• Scams - Phone
  Information regarding fraudulent telemarketers and what you can do to avoid being a victim
• Scams - Sweepstakes
  Information regarding sweepstakes and junk mail scams (PDF)
• Telemarketing "No Call" List
  Sign up online for the Attorney General's Telemarketing "No Call" List or file a complaint
• Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement
  What you need to know about the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement
• Vehicle Lemon Laws and Protection
  Lemon Law, Used Cars, Odometer Roll Back, Other Consumer Resources
• Homeownership Opportunities
  The Kentucky Housing Corporation provides the information you need to purchase your first home.
• Substance Abuse Forms Library
  Here you will find applications and forms for the Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation regarding substance abuse.
• Victim's Rights & Advocacy
  These links provide necessary information for victims of violence and abuse.
• Domestic Violence
  Pursuing justice and offering healing to victims of crime
• Human Rights Commission
  To eradicate discrimination in the Commonwealth through enforcement of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act.
• Victim Identification and Notification Everyday (VINE)
  Through this automated, statewide victims notification system , critical information is available about inmates housed in local jails and adult correctional facilities as well as certain juvenile offenders.
• Victim's Rights
  Pursuing justice and offering healing to victims of crime; the Victim's Bill of Rights Handbook (PDF)