Mission Statement

Thank you for visiting the Kentucky Department for Behavioral Health, Developmental and Intellectual Disabilities home page. We hope that we can accommodate your needs.

Our mission is to provide leadership, in partnership with others, to prevent disability, build resilience in individuals and their communities, and facilitate recovery for people whose lives have been affected by mental illness, intellectual disability or other developmental disability, or substance abuse.

Through our continued efforts we hope to help you in any way we can. Thank you for visiting, and feel free to explore our many services.