AN ACT relating to homelessness prevention, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to create the homelessness prevention fund to be administered by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services for continuum of care funds; specify eligible uses and eligible entities; amend KRS 198A.027 to allow appropriations to be used for homeless initiatives; appropriate $2,000,000 from the budget reserve trust fund to the homelessness prevention fund; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.

Introduced: January 13, 2026

Last action: January 21, 2026

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This bill would create a new Homelessness Prevention Fund, giving the Cabinet for Health and Family Services $2,000,000 to distribute to organizations that provide services helping people avoid or exit homelessness. It sets rules for how the money can be used and which organizations are eligible to receive it. The emergency designation means it would take effect immediately if signed into law. Who it may affect: Kentuckians experiencing or at risk of homelessness, and nonprofit or community organizations that provide housing and support services.

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