Health & Wellness 

Find the health information and resources you need for Kentuckians of all ages.

 Resources

  • Family Services: Adults, children and seniors
    Access links to help those with special needs, along with immunization and children's health care resources.
    • Adoption Information
      The Adoption Services Branch is responsible for program oversight and planning in the area of adoption services. Visit this website to learn more about adopting a child in the Commonwealth.
    • Child Support Information and Resources
      DCS provides assistance to any person with minor children who needs financial support from an absent parent. Also included are forms to calculate child support obligations.
    • Children Specialty Care Clinics
      The Commission for Children provides services through a variety of specialty clinics held across the Commonwealth. Find services in your area.
    • Children with Special Needs Transition Resources
      Transition resources and links for children with special health care needs.
    • Children's Health Insurance Program
      Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program (KCHIP) is a federally funded program that provides health coverage at little or no cost to uninsured children who qualify.
    • DUI Programs
      This is a directory of licensed and certified DUI programs by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) to provide alcohol and other drug abuse services to individuals convicted of Driving Under the Influence (DUI).
    • Family and Child Community Base Services Local Offices Locator
      Find local phone numbers for family assistance offices.
    • Food Stamp Information and FAQs
      The Food Stamp Program helps people with little or no money buy food for healthy meals at participating stores. Food stamp benefits increase the household's food buying power when they are added to the household's money. Visit this website to learn more.
    • HANDS Program
      HANDS is a voluntary home visitation program for new and expectant parents. Familes begin by meeting with a HANDS Parent Visitor who will discuss any questions or concerns about pregnancy or a baby's first years. Based on the discussion, all families will receive information and learn about resources available in the community for new parents. Some families will receive further support through home visitation.
    • Heating Assistance Program
      The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is a federally-funded program to help eligible low income households meet their home heating and/or cooling needs.
    • 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.    
    • Immunizations
      Adult, childhood and adolescent immunization information.
    • Kentucky Insurance Program for Seniors (KIPS)
      The Kentucky Department of Insurance has addressed the challenge of a steadily increasing aging population by creating this special unit.
    • Licensed Day Care Training
      Guidelines for Licensed Child Care
    • Medicaid Covered Services and Information
      Medicaid covered services and service information.
    • 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.
    • Newborn Hearing Screening
      The goal of Kentucky’s Newborn Hearing Screening program is to identify congenital hearing loss in children by three months of age and enroll them in appropriate early intervention by six months of age.
    • Office of the Inspector General (Cabinet for Health and Family Serivces)
      Find licensed day care, long-term care, hospital facilities and various other family health facilities listed here.
    • 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.
    • Substance Abuse Services
      The Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse services.
    • Substance Abuse Treatment Directory
      Search for substance abuse treatment resources by city or county.
    • Supported Living in Kentucky
      Supported Living of Kentucky is a program that serves persons covered by the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA).
  • Health Information & Services
    • Diseases and Conditions
      Information regarding AIDS, brain diseases and injury, hemophilia, and sickle cell anemia.
    • DUI Programs
      This is a directory of licensed and certified DUI programs by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) to provide alcohol and other drug abuse services to individuals convicted of Driving Under the Influence (DUI).
    • First Steps: Kentucky's Early Intervention System (KEIS)
      First Steps is Kentucky's Early Intervention System (KEIS) that serves children from birth to age 3 who have a developmental delay or a particular medical condition that is known to cause a developmental delay.
    • Forms and Applications of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services
      Here you will find forms pertaining to vital records, supported living, and long term care licensing among others.
    • Health and Family Services Hotlines
      Cabinet for Health Services toll-free phone numbers
    • Health Facts from the Center of Disease Control
      The National Center for Health Statistics' Kentucky Health Facts
    • Health Information by Program or Service
      Programs and services of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
    • 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.    
    • Immunizations
      Adult, childhood and adolescent immunization information.
    • Medicaid Covered Services and Information
      Medicaid covered services and service information.
    • 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.
    • Mental Health Providers
      Provider listings for the Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
    • Rehab Centers
      Click on a county to find Rehab Centers in that county.
    • Resource Directories
      A list of MHMR Directories which can provide helpful resources for substance abuse treatment, early intervention and DUI.
    • 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.
    • Substance Abuse Services
      The Division of Mental Health and Substance Abuse services.
    • Substance Abuse Treatment Directory
      Search for substance abuse treatment resources by city or county.
    • West Nile Virus Information
      Department for Public Health general information about the West Nile Virus.
  • Mental Wellness
  • State Agencies
    Access links to important health care information.
    • Children with Special Health Care Needs
      The Commission for Children with Special Health Care Needs plans, develops, provides and evaluates the public statewide system of care for children with developmental delays and children with special health care needs.
    • Commission on the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
      The use of information and technology is our anchor, and our reality is anchored by our dreams.
    • Department for Public Health Data Reports
      This Department for Public Health website contains various reports and summaries regarding surveillance and health data.
    • Health and Family Services, Cabinet for
      The Cabinet for Health and Family Services provides human services for the citizens of Kentucky. The Cabinet’s services include protection for vulnerable children and adults, child abuse investigations, foster care, adoptions, child support collections, cash assistance, food stamps, disability determinations, and more.
    • Mental Health and Mental Retardation Department Services
      Helping to promote the well-being of all Kentuckians in the areas of mental health, mental retardation/developmental disabilities, substance abuse, supported living, and traumatic brain injury.
  • DUI Programs
    This is a directory of licensed and certified DUI programs by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) to provide alcohol and other drug abuse services to individuals convicted of Driving Under the Influence (DUI).
  • 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.
  • Substance Abuse Forms Library
    Here you will find applications and forms for the Department for Mental Health and Mental Retardation regarding substance abuse.
  • Substance Abuse Treatment Directory
    Search for substance abuse treatment resources by city or county.
  • West Nile Virus Information
    Department for Public Health general information about the West Nile Virus.