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A
Order,
the
tobacco
settlement
agreement
oversight
committee
meeting
for
November
and
glad
to
have
everybody
here
today,
I
asked
the
secretary
to
call
the
roll.
A
We
do
have
a
quorum,
any
members
got
any
guests.
They
want
to
introduce.
I
was
going
to
introduce
Julie
Rocky
Adams
at
a
guest.
I
thought
she
was
a
guest,
but
then
I
looked
and
they
called
her
name
because
she's
been
on
the
committee
for
a
while
and
I.
Don't
think
I've
ever
seen
him
here
before.
So
it's
always
a
pleasure
to
have
a
member
of
my
leadership
here.
C
Thank
you,
Mr
chamber,
she's,
not
she's,
not
a
guest,
but
it's
my
daughter,
she's
a
regular
at
every
community
meeting
with
me
because
she
loves
this
place.
I,
don't
know
why,
but
she
has
come
to
me
with
every
Lisa
doesn't
want
to
come.
So
Kristen
comes
with
me
so,
but
Kristen
I.
Thank
you
for
putting
on
why
you
did
it
either,
but
but
I
just
want
to
recognize
you.
So
thank
you.
A
Okay,
we'll
move
Fort,
Worth,
meeting
and
first
item
on
the
agenda
is
Brian
and
Bill.
If
you
all
would
like
to
come
up
and
give
us
a
report,
I
would
need
to
prove
it.
Man
excuse
me
before
you
all
come
up
the
emotional
minutes.
A
Second,
all
in
favor
say
aye
all
opposed
like
sign
motion
carried
now
Brian
and
Bill.
If
you
all
would
come
forward,
always
enjoy
the
reports
on
how
you
all
are
investing
our
money
from
the
tobacco
settlement.
It's
a
program
that
just
is
done
outstanding
things
for
the
state
of
Kentucky.
So
thank
you
all
Bill,
especially
you
for
your
time
that
you've
been
there
and
everything.
A
Just
it's
amazing
what
this
program
has
done
for
the
state
of
Kentucky.
So
if
you
ought
to
introduce
yourself
for
the
record,
you
may
proceed
all.
D
Right,
thank
you.
Senator
Hornback,
Brian,
Lacefield,
executive
director
of
the
Kentucky
office
of
AG
policy
and
I
appreciate
those
comments.
That
was
a
good
commercial.
That
sounds
often
like
some
of
my.
My
speeches
do
and
I
I
regret
missing
you
all.
Last
month,
I
was
actually
down
in
Trigg
County
for
their
ham,
breakfast
speaking
and
talking
about
the
impact
these
funds
and
in
in
that
county,
and
that
that
county
is
actually
an
interesting
one.
D
Actually
we
see
actually
more
tobaccos
is
raised
in
Trigg
County
than
than
it
was
when
the
master
settlement
was
passed,
that
that
does
not
happen
when
I
give
that
talk
in
other
places,
but
know
you
all
were
in
good
hands
with
with
Deputy
executive
director,
Bill,
McCloskey
and
Senator
appreciate
the
kind
words
on
Bill.
He
truly
is
the
the
heart
of
this
organization
has
been
there
since
day,
one
and
doesn't
ever
a
day
go
by
I'm,
not
asking
him
a
question
about.
D
Have
we
ever
done
it
this
way
or
or
what
about
that
and
probably
is
a
real
men?
A
few
times
with
with
with
things
he's
noticed,
didn't
work
that
we've
been
able
to
and
then
also
know.
Last
month
you
had
the
FSA
team
here
with
director
schmore
and
Angela
Watson
State,
specialist
they're,
talking
about
the
drought,
and
it's
good
to
have
my
my
former
colleagues
there
and
I'm
proud
Angela
was
one
I
brought
to
the
state
office.
D
So
I
was
proud
when
I
went
back
and
re-watched
her
testimony
of
what
he
did
or
what
they
both
shared
with
you.
So
I'll
spare
you
all
the
September
highlights
of
Bill
Bill
plug
those
since
I
didn't
see
and
just
hit
a
few
of
the
things
we've
done
on
the
road
in
October.
D
One
I
want
to
highlight
is
a
great
project
at
my
alma
mater
Western
Kentucky
University.
We
had
a
project
that
we
funded
last
year,
the
and
it's
a
national
project.
It's
the
the
smart
Holstein
Dairy
facility.
D
There
that's
going
to
be
a
showcase,
and
it
is,
is
operational
now
in
fact,
they're
having
a
a
field
day
on
Monday
and
bringing
in
I
think
30
different
Dairy
related
businesses
that
will
be
be
participating
in
the
field
day,
but
the
day
I
was
down
there
last
month
was
actually
to
celebrate
the
the
first
in
Kentucky
our
farm,
to
campus
initiative
to
where
we
have
products
coming
from
Western's
farm
that
are
actually
being
served
in
the
in
in
the
the
Food
Services
on
campus
and
what's
unique
here.
D
Is
this
not
just
your
produce
coming
from
from
the
greenhouses
or
their
actual
production?
But
this
includes
products
from
their
Creamery
coming
from
the
dairy
and
then
also
meat
processing.
So
there
will
actually
be
meat.
That's
coming
off
the
farm
that
is
being
served
now
on
campus
and
they're,
utilizing
Hampton,
Meats,
they're
representative
Dawson
there
and
our
hometown
and
is
one
of
the
recipients
of
our
meat
processing
project
that
we've
had
across
the
state.
This
was
a
a
big,
a
big
event.
D
There
had
president
gaboni
and
then
the
department
head,
Dr,
degraves
and
then
director
of
the
western
Farm
Doctor
woosley
Who
was
actually
a
classmate
of
mine
many
many
years
ago
at
at
Western
and
enjoyed
that
opportunity
and
be
a
part
of
it
stayed
on
with
my
University
theme
for
that
day
and
went,
went
down
further
West
Kentucky
for
a
stakeholders
meeting
with
the
University
of
Kentucky,
talking
about
the
the
center
for
grain
and
forage
excellence
and
the
rebuild
and
the
positive
news.
D
We
have
coming
back
there,
that
we
will
have
the
the
proceeds
to
to
do
like
for,
like
with
their
their
insurance,
so
be
a
process
seeing
that
come
back,
but
it'll
be
be
fantastic
when
it
does,
and
that
also
want
to
share
with
you
all
a
k
card
or
the
Kentucky
Center
for
AG
and
rural
development,
one
of
our
recipients,
and
also
one
of
our
biggest
Partners.
D
We
rely
on
the
services
of
that
team
with
so
many
of
our
our
grant
and
Loan
recipients
that
we
work
with
and
their
executive
director
Elita
Bots
is
stepping
away.
So
we've
been
under
search
for
a
new
executive
director,
and
this
was
named
this
past
I
guess
in
October,
with
Brent
Lackey,
who
has
been
a
long
time.
Employee,
with
with
K
card,
is
now
stepping
into
the
leadership
roles
and
and
representative
Dawson.
D
That's
another
Christian
County
native
there
that
come
come
coming
into
a
leadership
role
now
now
over
in
Pulaski
County,
but
excited
to
work
with
Brent
I've
I've
worked
with
him
in
different
roles
through
throughout
my
career.
One
of
the
big
projects
that
we
funded
in
two
different
times
that
I
continue
to
see
significant
impact
in
the
state
is
our
Kentucky
AG
leadership
program.
D
This
historically
been
the
Philip
Morris
leadership
program
moved
under
the
University
of
Kentucky
and
administered
initially
with
a
Grant
Subject
to
matching
funds
with
ag
development
funds
I
12
years
ago
was
a
participant
in
this
program
and
and
continued
to
be
a
big
supporter
during
the
the
years
when
director
Beagler
was
here,
he
and
I
worked
together
for
a
push
to
to
extend
the
funding
on
this
with
ag
development,
because
we
were
turning
away
too
many
quality
applicants.
D
This
program
had
run
on
a
three-year
cycle,
two
years
of
Class
A
year
of
pause
to
to
build
up
funds
and
then
run
again.
We're
now
able
to
run
this
on
a
on
a
two-year
cycle,
so
we're
always
have
a
class
going
and
they
were
in
West
Kentucky
this
past
month
for
their
their
tour
and
I
was
able
to
moderate
a
leadership
panel
down
there
and
was
really
a
great
opportunity.
D
But
we
also
the
the
big
part
of
this
is
is
not
just
the
the
class
and
the
what
you
learn
in
the
that
class
period.
But
it's
also
interacting
with
the
alumni
within
our
state
who
participate
in
this
and
being
plugged
in
really
can
can
expand
somebody's
Rolodex
and
and
getting
involved
in
other
things.
D
But
beyond
that
is
is
with
other
states,
and
we
had
a
group
of
alumni
from
Idaho
that
were
in
town
and
they
they
spent
a
week
touring
Kentucky
literally
going
across
the
state
and
was
able
to
to
speak
with
them
and
they
shattered
my
stereotype
Senator
Barrett.
We
only
had
one
potato
farmer
out
of
the
the
whole
group
of
30.,
so
now
I
told
them
they
would
have
as
much
trouble
finding
a
tobacco
farmer
now,
as
we
have
less
than
a
thousand
in
Kentucky.
D
Last.
Meeting
of
significance
for
for
October
was
down
with
the
brethrit
Veterinary
Center
for
The
Advisory
Board,
and
your
colleague
representative
Thomas
was
there
for
the
evening
with
us
to
look
at
what
what
we're
seeing
there
and
one
of
the
takeaways
they're
actually
doing
some
more
testing
on
our
meat
processing.
Several
of
our
slaughterhouses
that
we're
financing
or
or
have
AG
development
funds
in
are
utilizing
for
actually
getting
getting
their
testing
done
there
for.
B
D
Customer
request-
and
this
is
offsetting
some
of
the
decline
that
we've
seen
from
what
they've
done
with
hemp
testing
in
in
Prior
years
so
busy.
Those
were
just
some
other
events
on
top
of
what
we
normally
do
with
the
county
councils,
our
site
visits,
compliance
and
regular
board
meetings
and,
and
speaking
of
the
board
meetings
we
put
in
your
packet,
the
agenda
and
I
think
Bill
talked
about
it
last
month
when
he
was
here
of
our
next
joint
board
meeting,
which
will
be
next
week
twice
a
year.
D
D
We
have
one
one
member
that
serves
on
both
AGS
development
and
AG
Finance,
as
the
the
link
between
the
two
and
and
getting
in
a
room
with
with
that
group
is
always
a
learning
experience,
but
just
real
quick
want
to
to
step
through
the
the
visits
that
we're
doing
and
highlight
for
your
benefit
kind
of
a
a
look
back
at
a
couple
of
the
the
projects
that
we've
done.
D
Our
first
stop
is
going
to
be
the
Continental
refining
company,
which
this
is
a
a
new
soybean
extruder
for
for
biodiesel,
that
is
coming
online.
We're
planning,
they're
taking
soybeans.
There
will
be
some
of
the
I
guess.
Folks
have
contracts
to
deliver
this
year,
so
there
will
be
some
of
the
2022
crop
process
there.
Adding
another
Terminal
Market
to
Kentucky,
which
I
think
is,
is
a
benefit
to
every
bushel
of
soybean.
That's
grown
is
if
it's.
D
If
it's
last
stop
is
here
in
Kentucky
and
the
the
buy-in
from
this
one,
there
was
16
counties,
put
counting
money
into
this
for
195
000,
and
then
this
was
matched
by
state
funds,
but
I
really
like
when
I
see
multiple
counties
coming
together.
For
these
Regional
projects,
our
next
stop
is
going
to
be
the
Pulaski
County
High
School
for
their
Greenhouse.
This
was
one
of
those
questions.
I
was
pulling
out
a
bill
today.
How
many
greenhouses
have
we
done?
We
feel
confident
between
middle
school
and
and
high
school
greenhouses
across
the
state.
D
There
have
been
over
60.
without
development
funds,
and
that's
when
you're
you're,
looking
at
for
sure,
barriers
to
entry
to
to
Agriculture
and
the
capital
intensive
nature
of
this
business
Horticulture
is,
is
one
where
we're
able
to
to
see
folks
get
in
at
a
smaller
scale,
and
this
is
a
fantastic
opportunity
for
getting
our
middle
and
high
school
students
involved
in
their
through
their
FFA
projects
going
on
down
the
road
to
Summit
meets
processing.
D
This
is
another
Regional,
USDA
and
custom
meat
processing
plant
that
has
had
input
from
AG
development
funds
with
our
meat
processing
program
and
then
we're
going
back
to
the
farmers
market
in
downtown
Somerset,
and
this
one
is
over
75
farmers
markets
that
we've
had
investment
in
across
the
state.
I
know
there's
at
least
75
and
those
have
largely
been
funded
by
State
dollars.
D
The
shared
use,
equipment,
program
and
Pulaski
county
is
a
very
large
and
diverse
County,
Senator
Hornback,
I
I
would
probably
think
if
I
was
going
back
to
my
my
nap
USDA
days
and
looking
at
differing
products,
your
your
county,
Shelby
and
Pulaski
may
be
our
two
most
diverse
counties
in
Kentucky.
D
Somebody
might
can
fact
check
me
on
that,
but
I'm
going
to
go
with
that
until
I
get
something
else,
it's
anecdotal,
but
I
believe
I
believe
Pulaski
and
Shelby
would
be,
but
they
they
administered
that,
but
also
it
just
a
stop
to
tie
in
with
our
conservation
districts
outside
of
our
our
University
of
Kentucky
and
Kentucky
State
University
extension
programs.
Our
conservation
districts
are
our
biggest
partner
in
delivering
our
programs,
especially
the
county
programs
across
the
state.
Next
stop
will
be
to
k
s
Incorporated.
D
This
is
a
custom,
mineral
and
vitamin
livestock
feed
business.
It's
actually
owned
by
one
of
our
board
members
Michael
Peterson,
and
they
were
a
recipient
of
the
AG
Kentucky
AG
Finance
through
our
Loan
program
when
they
move
the
location
there
to
Pulaski
County.
Our
last
tour
stop
is
Haney's
appledale
farm
and,
while
the
any
family,
not
recipients
of
the
any
AG
development
dollars
from
for
any
projects,
they
are
a
Showcase
of
agritourism
and
their
fried
apple.
D
Pies
are
unrivaled,
so
that
will
be
where
our
afternoon
stack
is
and
to
be
there
with
the
haneys
I
know.
This
was
gone
over
last
time,
but
I
wanted
to
go
over
those
stops
with
you
to
Showcase
what
we've
done,
but
also
extend
an
invitation
to
each
member
of
this
committee
and
or
the
the
staff
to
join
for
any
part
of
this.
If
you're
in
the
area
and
can't
make
schedules
work,
just
let
us
know
we
would
be
honored
to
have
have
any
any
of
you
join
us
with
that
all
right.
D
The
last
thing
I
want
to
talk
about
is
we've
been
putting
in
our
AG
Finance
Loans.
That's
been
a
an
update.
We've
we've
started
included,
so
you
have
the
list
of
the
counties
and
then
the
differing
loan
programs
that
we
funded
point
out.
We
did
AG
infrastructure,
which
I've
shared
with
a
couple
of
months
ago.
We
have
increased
the
the
total
matching
dollars
that
we're
doing
up
to
250
000.
D
This
had
been
a
hundred
thousand
for
a
number
of
years,
but
we'll
again
go
up
to
50
of
the
project
or
250
000.
We
are
being
our
limits
several
of
our
beginning
farmer,
loan
that
we
we
had
and
those
again
to
point
out
those
can
be
for
purchasing
of
a
farm
operation
or
a
going
concern
or
buying
buying
a
first
farm
and,
and
then
our
diversification
Loan
program
is,
is
one
with
an
AG
business.
D
A
tilt
and
I
always
look
at
the
total
amount
we
approved,
and
that
goes
out
in
the
press
release
over
a
million
dollars,
but
I
always
like
looking
at
that
total
project
cost,
because
this
is
what
we
were
a
part
of
and
oftentimes.
These
loans
wouldn't
have
been
made
without
our
subordinate
security
position
and
our
our
lower
interest
impacting
cash
flow.
D
So
so
over
a
million
dollars
invested
in
from
from
AG
development
in
loans
that
will
be
coming
back
into
to
the
portfolio
to
be
loaned
back
out
again
for
a
total
capital,
investment
in
Kentucky
of
almost
four
and
a
half
million
dollars
for
the
month
and
and
Bill
and
I
were
just
visiting
this
morning,
as
we
were
looking
over
our
notes
before
this
and
I
I
live
and
died
by
the
10-year
treasury.
D
All
my
banking
days,
that's
tied
largely
to
the
cost
of
funds,
and
just
looking
just
from
this
year,
January,
our
10-year
treasury
was
1.6
percent.
Today
it
was
4.1
with
a
high
of
four
and
a
quarter.
So
far,
we've
seen
in
22.,
you
have
to
go
back
to
08
before
we've
seen
a
10-year
treasury
at
that
level,
and
so
you
you
look
at
what
we
have
looked
at
for
this
cost
of
capital.
D
We
talk
about
these
costs
going
up,
but
this
cost
of
capital
on
a
farmer's
Enterprise
budget
is,
is
one
of
the
biggest
costs
and
to
see
this
more
than
more
than
double
in
our
long-term
rates.
A
lot
of
our
long-term
rates
were
coming
in
from
the
participating
lender
side
between
four
about
four
and
a
half
on
average
about
a
year
ago,
and
now
we're
starting
to
see
some
in
the
nines.
So
we've
seen
this.
This
is
true.
This
cost
of
capital
going
up
so
just
want
to
make
you
aware
of
that.
D
I
know
you
all
are
hearing
it
from
your
constituents,
but
we're
seeing
it
every
month
in
these
loans
that
are
coming
in
and
we
do
continue
to
see
See
increased
interest
in
in
multiple
of
our
programs,
and
we
think
we
will
continue
from
both
the
standpoint
of
saving
the
the
borrower
money
with
their
combined
cost
of
funds,
but
also
improving
that
cash
flow
that
may
be
necessary
to
actually
get
the
the
deal
approved.
D
So
that's
that's
my
update,
I'll
conclude
and
let
and
let
bill
go
through
some
of
the
the
projects
that
that
we
funded
last
month.
E
Okay,
we'll
move
on
to
page
three
and
report
to
you:
the
board
action
at
the
October
21st
AG
development
board
meeting
so
again,
page
three
update
on
the
programs
that
were
funded,
starting
with
the
cape
program,
County
Agriculture
investment
program.
You
can
see
four
out
of
the
five
entities
our
conservation
districts
and
Brian
mentioned
earlier-
are
the
entities
that
are
most
likely
to
be
administering
managing
the
cape
program
in
the
in
the
counties
across
the
state.
So
I
was
a
little
over
a
million
dollars
to
decease
farm
animal
removal
program.
E
That's
Scott,
County
and
Spencer
County
approved
for
twenty
one
thousand
dollars
the
next
generation
of
farmer,
the
next
gen
program,
this
targets
18
to
40
year
old,
beginning
farmers
for
fifty
five
thousand
dollars
and
Scott
in
Hardin,
County,
Senator,
Parrott
and
then
under
shared
use
equipment.
Clark
County
was
approved
for
four
thousand
four
hundred
twenty
five
dollars
in
County
money
to
purchase
a
sprayer
and
they
rent
that
out
to
the
farmers
in
Clark
County
Washington
County
was
approved
for
nine
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
for
a
no-till
drill.
E
E
Going
on
to
page
four,
we
have
one
amendment
in
Jessamine
County
to
add
ninety
thousand
dollars
to
the
hundred
thousand
dollars
currently
being
administered
as
a
cost
share
program
under
the
cape
program,
County
Agriculture
investment
program
and
then
page
five
update
on
the
on
Farm
incentives.
Incentives,
programs
of
farmers
that
are
making
investment
in
equipment
or
technology
are
eligible
for
State
funds
up
to
ten
thousand
one
hundred
and
fifty
dollars
to
be
eligible.
Obviously
the
application
process.
E
They
have
to
show
that
there's
going
to
be
Energy
Efficiency
as
a
result
of
the
investment,
and
that
has
to
be
evaluated
by
a
professional
engineer
or
certified
energy
manager.
As
part
of
our
technical
scoring
committee,
we
utilize
the
University
of
Kentucky
Dr
Mike
Montross
at
the
bioengineering
Department
he's
on
the
committee.
Allen
Goble
with
the
national
USDA
natural
resource
conservation
service,
Scott
Moss,
with
USDA
Rural
Development,
are
are
part
of
the
technical
group
that
helps
us
evaluate
these
applications.
E
So
you
can
see
Barron
County.
That
project
is
a
poultry
operation,
upgrading
their
fans.
The
second
one
is
Davis
County,
that's
going
to
be
a
solar
panel
system
put
in
over
three
hundred
thousand
dollars,
so
we're
just
a
small
part
of
that
and
in
the
graves
county
is
upgrading
their
heater
system
in
on
the
poultry
operation
and
then
owsley
county
is
a
solar
system
that
helps
replace
our
solar
panels.
E
That's
an
update
on
the
energy
program
going
to
page
six,
we'll
start
reporting
you
on
the
projects
we
have
in
Graves
County
Robert
Brown
is
requesting
250
000
State
funds
to
to
build
a
meat
processing
facility.
He
is
going
to
sell
Senator
Webb
he's
going
to
sell
his
poultry
operation
and
get
into
the
meat
process,
and
so
he's
got
a
poultry
operations
paid
for
so
he's
decided
to
make
a
I
guess,
a
career
change
or
Enterprise
change
into
a
meat
processing
in
Graves
County.
E
E
So
that
that'll
bring
us
a
total
of
over
40
meat
processors
of
the
80
we've
identified
in
the
state
and
a
total
over
seven
million
dollars.
Helping
invest
in
meat
processors
decrease
the
Harvest
capacity
as
we
see,
especially
in
the
the
covid
pandemic,
the
demand
from
consumers
to
buy
more
local
product,
and
it
continues
to
the
demand,
still
continues
to
to
be
at
a
high
level
such
that
there's
continued
to
be
that
demand
for
more
meat
processors,
although
it
slowed
down
considerably
what
we've
reported
to
you
in
the
past.
E
On
page
seven,
we've
got
a
Barron
County
projects,
Caliente
therapy
LLC.
This
is
an
equine
real
Rehabilitation
project.
Senator
Webb
made
a
request
to
Barron
County
when
they
committed
some
about
five
thousand
dollars
to
the
project.
The
the
board
looked
at
this
and
consider
this
a
project
primarily
benefit
in
the
individual
and
supported
it
with
just
counting
money.
Only
they
would
be
eligible
for
the
AG
Finance
Corporation
Loan
program
as
well.
F
E
That's
a
it's.
A
young
lady
that
graduated
from
Murray
grew
up
in
the
industries
is
supporting
her
grand
her
grandparents
are
supporting
her
on
this
project,
but
I'm
not
aware
that
they're
associated
with
any
veterinarian
clinic,
but
the
plan
is
to
work
with
veterinary
clinics
that
may
refer
horses
or
equine
to
this
Rehabilitation
business.
What
are
their
names?
E
You
know
well,
the
grandparents
are
listed
on
here,
Rick.
D
Do
have
one
more
to
go
over
we're
excited
about
getting
a
large
dairy
coming
to
to
Kentucky.
With
this,
this
request
was
originally
applied
at
the
from
the
AG
development
board
to
five
million
dollars
as
part
of
a
50
million
dollar
overall
project
that
has
been
in
the
works
for
some
time
to
to
bring
a
a
large
Dairy
to
to
Kentucky.
This
had
five
thousand
head
dairy,
it's
going
to
increase
over
10
percent.
D
The
Kentucky
Economic
Development
cabinet
approved
a
two
and
a
half
million
dollars
in
tax
incentives
that
they'll
they'll
be
able
to
to
earn
over
a
15-year
period,
and
the
AG
development
board
wanted
to
to
work
and
and
kind
of
tie
in
with
the
the
economic
development
cabinet
and
did
another
two
and
a
half
million.
But
did
this
one
as
a
anticipation?
D
Loan
again
it's
to
to
a
private
individual
like
Bill,
was
referencing
on
the
other
project
and
wanted
to
structure
this
more
under
the
loan
side
and
they're
doing
the
loan
and
then
transferring
it
over
to
Kentucky
AG
Finance.
So
the
repayment
will
come
back
in
and
be
available
to
be
loaned
out
to
other
farmers,
and
this
would
be
under
a
program
that
any
any
dairy
that
we
have
in
Kentucky
would
be
eligible
for
the
same
opportunity.
D
We're
looking
at
this
as
as
considering
them
like
that
end
user
I
was
talking
about
earlier
of
the
soybean
extruder
they're
going
to
be
the
end
user
of
a
lot
of
forages
and
silage,
and
this
will
have
to
come
from
from
Kentucky
Farmers
on
doing
this.
Looking
at
buying.
You
know
25
29
million
dollars
worth
of
of
produce
to
feed
each
of
these
these
animals
and
doing
that.
So
that
was
the
way
the
the
AG
development
board
structured.
This
it'll
be
a
participation
loan
with
their
primary
lender
under
the
normal
terms.
D
Seeing
a
compounded
benefit
of
your
investment
going
through
the
the
trade
Association
and
their
work
and
bringing
this
in
and
I
I
want
to
personally
and
publicly
complement
executive
director
H
Barlow
for
his
work
and
in
doing
this,
I
believe
that
this
truly
will
be
a
an
instance
where
you're
seeing
a
rising
tide,
lifting
all
boats-
and
this
is
going
to
have
a
positive
impact
on
Kentucky
agriculture,
as
well
as
the
dairy
industry.
A
Ron,
if
I
might
just
a
couple
questions
on
that
this
understand
this
zadiri
from
California.
They.
D
They
actually
have
multiple
dairies,
senator
they
have
a
Wisconsin
California
and
in
Texas
and
in
Texas
and
in
California
facing
significant
challenges
with
water,
a
high
cost
of
that
in
California
and
availability
of
it
in
Texas.
D
This
is
actually
they're
going
to
relocate
the
herd
from
Texas
that
is
going
to
come
to
Kentucky,
so
they'll
still
be
operational
and
and
actually
keep
the
location
the
way
we
understand
it
throughout
the
application
process,
keeping
the
operation
in
Texas,
but
that's
going
to
be
for
their
heifer
development
and
then
we'll
be
actually
milking
in
Kentucky
and.
A
I
know
when
talking
to
H
Barlow
for
with
dairy
development,
there's
other
dairies
because
of
those
same
issues
that
are
looking
at
locating
somewhere
further
to
the
east,
where
the
mainly
the
water
availability
is
better
and
Kentucky
wants
to
be
that
location
that
they
look
at
not
Tennessee,
not
Indiana
or
or
Wisconsin
or
any
place.
You
know
we'd
like
for
Kentucky
to
be
that
place
because
we
have
a
shortage
of
milk.
Is
it
the
intent
of
the
board?
A
Do
you
think
that,
for
any
larger
dairy
to
do
this
same
type
of
project
with
them,
this
funding
source
well.
D
I
I
think
so
Senator
I
think,
and
several
of
you
were
in
the
The
Joint
AG
committee,
where,
where
director
Barlow
presented
and
I
would
encourage
you,
if
you
get
time
on
a
future
agenda,
to
put
him
on
to
give
that
update,
because
I
think
not
just
with
dairy
we've
got
so
many
things
in
Kentucky
to
sell
where
we're
located
the
water
we
have.
D
The
regulatory
Freedom
that
we've
got
in
this
state
is
is
just
an
untapped
resource
that
I
believe
is
going
to
continue
to
see
other
other
people
want
to
be
in
Kentucky
and
I.
Think
that's
the
case
with
dairy,
as
we've
seen
with
with
the
shipping
and
the
people
and
with
what
we
have
with
abundant
forages
and
abundant
water,
that
we
can.
We
can
support
these
Dairy
the
debate
within
the
committee
process
on
on
how
to
to
structure.
D
This
was
always
thought
with
how
we're
going
to
replicate
this,
and
that's
why
I
want
to
make
sure
everybody
understands
any
Kentucky
Dairy
would
have
been
able
to
apply
for
this
the
same
same
process,
any
other
one
will
come
as
well,
but
will
be
vetted
I
think
there
may
have
been
a
little
more
incentive
to
to
to
the
first
one.
That's
that's
kind
of
trying
this
to
see
now
whether
it
would
be
funded
at
the
same
level
and
the
same
impact
that
would
be
merited.
D
I
guess
go
through
the
committee
process,
but
the
short
answer
is
is
yes,
we
would
be
willing
to
to
work
with
with
many
others
coming
to
the
state.
Okay,.
F
Mr
chairman,
thank
you.
I
had
the
opportunity
to
meet
with
these
guys
in
Louisville
during
the
state
fair
when
they
were
here
and
we're
trying
to
lure
them
in,
but
and
then
so
I
went
home
and
did
some
due
diligence
too.
So
I'm
really
glad
to
see
the
cooperation
between
these
agencies
work
together
in
getting
this
because
I
I
think
for
Fulton
County
and
for
all
of
Kentucky.
F
E
Ahead
feel
all
right,
we'll
go
to
page
nine,
give
you
an
update
on
Paris
Independent
Schools
was
approved
for
25
000
in
County
funds.
County
ag
development
funds
is
support,
a
greenhouse
project
estimated
to
cost
fifty
four
thousand
one
hundred
fifty
one
dollars
again.
That
brings
us
over
50
greenhouses
at
the
middle
and
high
school
level
that
have
been
supported
with
ag
development
funds.
Well.
D
E
E
E
Moving
on
to
page
10,
we've
got
the
Pulaski
County
Farm
Bureau
was
approved
for
2
512
dollars
to
purchase
grain
rescue
extraction
kits.
These
are
I
think
this
brings
us
to
about
15
that
we've
supported
here
in
the
in
the
state
with
the
county
funds.
I.
Think
representative
Reid
you're
very
familiar
with
it,
and
this
is
one
of
the
projects
we
hope
the
equipment
never
gets
used,
but
it's
there
for
the
safety
of
our
our
Kentucky
farmers.
E
Next,
going
to
page
11,
so
the
University
of
Kentucky
Research
Foundation,
requested
some
funds
to
help
support
a
what
they
call
a
Kentucky
value
chain,
collaborative
effort
working
with
Farmers
processors,
Distributors
and
buyers
in
Kentucky
to
move
more
product
to
to
wholesalers
and
Distributors,
and
this
will
be
to
support
three
full-time
value
chain
coordinators
for
two
years
to
work
in
three
regions
of
the
state.
Obviously
we
look
at
Kentucky's,
West,
Central
and
East
part
into
to
to
set
this
up.
E
I
think
the
investment
we've
had
over
20
years
is
about
diversifying
away
from
tobacco
into
other
Enterprises,
and
food
production,
obviously,
is
is
the
emphasis
of
a
lot
of
our.
Our
farmers
are
looking
to
sell
directly
to
the
consumers,
but
don't
have
a
lot
of
history.
You
don't
have
that
multi-generation
of
transfer
of
knowledge
and
say
raising
tobacco,
as
you
would
maybe
growing.
E
The
strawberries
growing
produce
going
ornamental
ornamental
type
Commodities
and
the
AG
development
board
has,
for
20
years,
has
looked
at
how
we
can
provide
infrastructure
and
technical
support,
because
when
you,
when
you
think
about
how
we've
marketed
a
lot
of
our
traditional
Commodities
livestock
represent
King,
you
take
them
down
to
the
Stockyards.
If
you're
Dairy
producer,
the
co-op
comes
by
and
picks
up
your
milk
soon
Senator
parrot
every
every
two
days.
E
If
you're
a
grain
producer,
you
take
it
down
to
the
elevator,
but
if
you're
growing
produce,
you've
got
to
figure
out
how
you're
going
to
connect
with
the
consumer,
whether
it's
at
a
farmer's
market
or
with
a
distributor
like
Creation
Garden.
So
as
I
was
looking
through,
the
list
of
Investments
we've
made
from
cost
share
programs.
The
cape
program
to
Kentucky
small
scale
grant
program
to
infrastructure
which
can
be
farmers
markets,
we've
talked
about,
it
can
be
Distributors
like
creation,
Gardens.
E
The
marketing
side
is
Kentucky,
proud,
we're
all
familiar
with
the
Kentucky,
proud
brand
and
label
that
helps
market
products
to
Consumers,
and
then
we've
got
the
technical
support.
We've
invested
in
using
these
funds
that
you
all
support
from
K
Card,
Kentucky
Center
for
agricultural
rural
development
that
you
mentioned
Brian
the
Horticulture
Council
that
provides
technical
support
to
go
out
and
work
with
Farmers
that
are
landowners
looking
to
get
into
production
of
these
type
of
Commodities
grow.
Appalachia
is
another
entity
out
there
that
works
with,
especially
they
specialize
in
high
tunnel
production.
E
So
this
investment
that
the
board
is
supporting,
helps
tie
all
that
together
and
in
the
past
the
board
has
funded
two
positions
like
this:
at
the
Metro
Jefferson
County
Metro
Government
in
Fayette,
County,
Metro
Government.
Those
positions
are
no
longer
funded,
so
this
is
going
to
be
somewhat
replacing
those
positions
and
trying
to
tie
this
produce
production
all
together,
linking
our
Farmers
to
consumers.
E
So,
just
to
give
you
a
little
history
on
how
that's
all
coming
together
and
again,
Senator
we're
back
we're
still
20
years
later,
working
on
developing
these
direct-to-consumer
marketing
programs
and
then
moving
on
page
12.
We
have
another
meat
processor
that
had
some
equipment
damaged
in
the
flood
in
Eastern
Kentucky.
E
They
made
a
request
to
the
breathy
County
Agriculture,
Development
Council
and
their
support
and
his
purchase
of
his
equipment
to
replace
damaged
equipment
and
and
be
able
to
get
the
the
business
up
and
operational
so
again,
12
184
dollars
in
Brethren
County
funds,
and
so
that
concludes
our
project
update.
And
then
we've
got
the
press
releases
that,
on
the
last
couple
of
pages.
F
I
want
to
go
back
to
the
UK
positions
and,
notwithstanding
the
need,
I
underst,
we
probably
should
have
done
it
20
years
ago,
but
we
didn't
have
all
the
producers
and
everything
in
place,
so
not
the
need.
But
when
we
negotiated
House
Bill
611,
you
know
there
was
a
concern
about
institutional
money,
grabs
and
the
benefit
that
in
actual
reality
and
the
parity
for
regional
is
regional
impact.
F
Of
course
you
know
that
I've
always
been
concerned
about
the
East,
Eastern,
Kentucky
and
I.
Just
would
ask
that
we
get
once
this
is
set
up
that
maybe
Mr
chairman.
We
would
have
them
come
in
and
and
explain
how
it's
set
up
the
regions
that
everybody's
going
to
cover
contact
information
and
then
report
US
I
mean
this
has
been
quite
a
bit
of
money
and
I'm,
not
saying
we
don't
need
it
I'm
not
saying
they
won't
do
a
good
job,
but
I
think
with
the
spirit
and
the
intent
of
House
Bill
611.
F
This
committee
needs
to
know
what's
going
on
there
and
who
they're
you
know
how
it's
going,
because
it
haven't
been
there
and
worried
about
that
and
seeing
you
know
sometimes
East
Kentucky
not
fully
participating,
and
sometimes
that's
our
fault,
but
I
I.
F
Just
would
ask
that
once
it's
set
up
that
they
come
and
report
to
the
committee
and
then
that
we
have
reporting
on
how
the
money
spent-
and
you
know
we
might
want
to
do
it
again
or
want
to
help
them
continue
or
but
but
that
would
be
my
ask
at
this
time
and
I
fully
support
it.
Don't
get
me
wrong,
but
that'd
be
my
ass
Mr
chairman.
Thank
you.
A
A
G
The
first
one
I'm
going
to
talk
about
is
our
hands
program.
The
Health
Access
nurturing
development
services.
This
program
has
been
around
since
2000
as
a
pilot
and
has
expanded
over
the
years.
To
that
we
serve.
You
know:
Statewide
All
Counties,
primarily
through
Public
Health
departments,
but
there
are
a
couple
of
contracted
entities,
and
this
program
has
really
been
a
Hallmark
for
the
state
of
Kentucky.
G
G
Hands
is
a
multi-funded
program,
but
the
master
tobacco
settlement
funds
are
the
ones
that
started
this
program
and
they
are
the
ones
that
are
still
a
keystone
piece
of
the
program.
We
currently
use
our
tobacco
funds
to
match
Medicaid,
that's
the
primary
use
of
them
and
then
there's
about
10
percent
that
is
left,
that
is
for
non-medicade
covered
families.
G
G
So
it
is
a
program
that
has
many
multiple
streams
of
of
funding,
which
helps
us
to
expand
the
service
that
we
have
for
families
in
FY
22.
We
served
over
5
000
families
through
the
support
of
the
tobacco
funds.
Those
families,
those
particular
families-
are
what
we
call
Prima
gravida.
These
are
prenate
mothers
who
are
in
the
prenatal
stage,
so
the
baby
hasn't
been
born
yet
and
those
who
have
only
one
this
is
their
first
child
and
so
the
tobacco
funds.
G
That
was
the
original
use
of
those
funds
and
that
continues
to
this
day
to
use
that
and
help
support
those
families.
We
are
really
critical.
You
know
we
try
to
find
the
prenatal
moms
that
we
can
get
into
the
program,
because
what
research
shows
is
the
earlier
you
you're
able
to
support
them.
The
better
off
your
outcomes
are
going
to
be
the
hands
program,
as
I
said,
is
one
of
the
probably
most
loved
programs
in
my
Branch.
G
Early
Childhood
mental
health
is
another
one
of
our
programs
that
receive
tobacco
funding.
These
funds.
The
original
intent,
was
to
build
the
capacity
in
the
state
of
Kentucky
to
work
with
infants
through
five-year-olds
and
their
families,
who
have
challenging
emotional
issues,
challenging
behaviors
mental
health
issues
within
the
family
to
really
try
to
optimize
Social
Development
and
mental
health
in
young
children.
G
So
we
work
closely
with
the
early
with
the
Comprehensive
Mental
Health
Centers
across
the
state.
We
have
specialists
at
each
one
of
them
who
are
specifically
trained
in
working
with
this
age
group.
They
do
a
variety
of
services.
For
us
they
do
a
lot
of
Consulting
and
training,
primarily
with
the
child
serving
agencies.
They
work
a
lot
with
child
care
with
the
state-funded
preschool
program
with
small
community
programs
for
children
and
their
families.
G
G
G
What
are
those
things
that
you
can
do
to
help
a
child,
learn
self-regulation
and
attention
to
those
directives,
families
and
or
a
teacher
in
a
classroom
provide
to
them,
and
it's
one,
that's
very
popular
this
last
year
we
also
our
staff
worked
with
child
care
to
a
great
degree,
in
collaboration
with
the
division
of
child
care,
which
you're
going
to
hear
from
here
in
a
few
minutes,
but
they
provided
what's
called,
provided
you
know,
provider
cafes.
These
are
facilitated
discussion
groups
that
really
focused
on
resilience
and
Trauma.
G
Knowing
that
our
child
care
providers
out
there
really
have
had
a
tough
time
the
last
couple
of
years.
You
know
the
anxiety
of,
could
they
keep
their
Center
open
or
do
they
have
to
close?
Are
they
closing
classrooms?
Are
they
keeping
classrooms
open
changes
in
regulations
to
keep
children
safe,
as
well
as
working
with
children
who
don't
understand,
oftentimes
what's
happening
in
a
bigger
world,
but
it
affects
them,
and
so
these
were
very
popular.
G
They
worked
with
over
6
000
early
care
and
education
staff
in
the
child
cares
to
help
them
build
some
resilience
and
to
help
them
understand
working
with
children
who
may
have
been
traumatized
by
such
a
in
some
cases,
chaotic
schedule,
because
we
know
children
like
a
nice
routine
schedule.
It
helps
them
learn
that
self-regulation.
G
We
also
provide
training
on
specific,
evidence-based
practices
and
programs
that
are
commonly
used
with
this
age
group.
Probably
the
one
is
the
most.
The
newest
one
is
conscious
discipline.
This
is
a
program
that
looks
at
how
to
work
with
children
to
learn
those
behaviors
that
we
want
to
encourage
and
build
upon
and
what
it
takes
as
the
adult,
the
teacher
working
with
the
children
for
that
end
result.
G
G
G
They
work
with
the
health
coaches
in
the
child
care
aware
program,
and
they
also
work
with
the
Kentucky
All-Stars
program
to
assist
Child
Care
Centers
improve
so
that
they
are
able
to
either
earn
higher
stars
to
address
deficiencies
that
may
have
been
found
in
a
regular
in
a
regulatory
visit
on
licensure
and
really
looking
at
how
they
work
as
a
team
to
build
quality
child
care.
But
their
focus
is
on
health,
safety
and
nutrition.
G
They
were
have
been
very,
very
busy
people
there's
not
as
many
of
them
as
there
are
in
hands
and
in
early
childhood
mental
health,
so
they
were
really
pushed
to
the
brink.
The
pandemic
really
hit
our
child
care
centers
hard
and
they
were
there
to
support
them.
They
did
a
lot
of
the
contract
contact
tracing
with
cases
that
broke
out
in
various
centers.
They
worked
with
the
centers
on
how
to
meet
the
new
regulations
for
safety
and
mitigating
the
covid.
G
What
we
looked
at
was
our
first
quarter
data
for
FY
23,
and
it
shows
that
they,
you
know,
we've
got
trainings
back
kind
of
back
on
its
track.
We
had
1700
Child,
Care
staff
participating
in
trainings
and
they've
been
doing
about
four.
You
know
almost
500
if
you're
really
gracious
on
that
consultations
on
health
safety
and
nutrition,
so
they're
getting
back
to
the
job
they
did
prior
to
the
pandemic.
G
I
think
Child.
Care
is
one
of
those
fields
where
there
is
a
tremendous
change
and
transformation
that
has
been
occurring
over
the
years.
G
This
program
has
to
keep
up
with
that
and
has
to
figure
out.
What's
what's
the
niche?
Do
we
still
have
a
niche,
and
how
do
we
work
to
maximize
those
dollars
with
new
players?
At
the
beginning,
you
didn't
have
health
coaches
out
working
with
child
care.
Centers,
that's
been
a
new,
you
know
a
new
piece,
that's
been
added
over
time,
and
so,
as
we
look
to
going
to
the
future,
I
think
this
is
one
of
our
programs
that
we
really
need
to
sit
back
and
think
about.
G
H
Thanks
Mr
chairman
on
your
slide
about
hands,
it
says:
funding
sources.
Master
tobacco
Medicaid
says
tobacco
funds
are
used
for
Medicaid
match.
What
is
that
amount?
We.
G
G
H
You
are
the
recipient
of
the
of
the
federal
money,
correct,
okay
and
then
I
also
agree
with
you
on
the
on
the
Child
Care
Health
consultation,
because
it
seems
to
be
what
your
mission
goals
are
stated
up
top
are
not
what
you
are
listing
as
your
accomplishments
and.
B
H
G
Oh,
what
we're
thinking
of
is
bringing
in
cons
you
know
bringing
in
the
players
the
stakeholders
to
do
some
targeted
focus
groups
about
what
is
the
role?
What
what
is
this?
How
does
this
really
work,
knowing
that
we
now
have
these
other
things
in
place
that
weren't
there
before
we
know
that
they
got
sidetracked
tremendously
through
the
pandemic,
but
that
you
know
knock
on
wood
is
over
so
that
we
can
move
forward
and
think
about.
How
do
we
work?
We
don't
want
to
duplicate
the
work
that
the
health
coaches
are
doing.
G
We
don't
want
to
do
unnecessary
work,
so
where
is
what's
really
the
thing
that
child
care
providers
need
in
order
to
meet
the
standards
that
we
have
set
in
Kentucky
for
health
and
safety
in
their
licensure
in
the
All-Stars
program,
and
what's
going
to
be
the
best
vehicle
to
get
there?
Is
it
wise
to
think
about
having
Regional
people
so
we're
we're?
You
know
we're
investing
money
in
that,
or
is
there
another
way
of
doing
Meeting
those
goals
through
another
entity?
G
Do
we
look
at
possibly
ex
you
know,
expanding
Child
Care
aware
in
some
way
that
these
funds
feed
into
that
for
a
particular
to
meet
those
goals?
And
how
does
that
overlay
or
is
there
a
whole
nother
way
of
looking
at
this
that
we
could
use?
Is
it
better
to
have
a
centralized
technical
assistance
center
with
a
couple
of
Staff
who
can
go
out
as
needed,
because
it's
not
a
daily
thing?
It's
not
a
daily
job,
but
when
there's
a
need,
there's
a
need
sure
and
how
do
we
break
you
know?
A
H
G
Right
now
that
nine
hundred
dollars,
nine
hundred
thousand
dollars
covers
two
staff
people
at
the
department.
G
G
We
also
use
those
funds
to
help
support
Kentucky,
strengthening
families
and
again
Kentucky.
Strengthening
families
is
an
initiative
that
looks
at
those
Factor
protective
factors
that
families
and
children
need
in
order
to
thrive,
and
so
people
in
child
serving
agencies
such
as
child
care,
really
have
a
piece
of
that
looking
at
how
do
they
support
resilience
and
how
do
they
support
Child,
Development
and
Social
Development
in
that
population
that
they're
serving
so
they
do
have
a
piece
of
that.
G
H
Yeah
and
and
the
reason
for
my
interest
is
because,
as
you
know,
Child
Care
is
huge
if
we're
going
to
get
kentuckians
back
to
work.
This
is
one
a
very
critical
piece
of
that
puzzle,
and
so
the
conversations
are
ongoing
about
how
first
of
all,
where
are
the
resources
within
state
government
and
then
how
are
they
being
utilized
and
so
I
would
encourage
you.
H
A
Okay,
thank
you.
Senator
Adams,
because
I
think
Senator
Adams
is
exactly
right.
The
biggest
obstacle
to
getting
people
back
to
work
is
child
care.
I
might
ask
Paula
how
many
in
the
entirety,
how
many
carry
four
dollars
did
you
all
have
for
22
to
23.
G
A
To
the
to
the
committee
here
yes
to
the
staff,
so
they
can
get
out
the
committee
so
that
we
know
how
much
carry
forward
dollars
that
you
all
had.
Okay,.
G
A
G
Tonight,
a
little
bit
okay,
you
also
provide
funding
for
oral
health,
900
000
for
that
and
this
the
way
they
use
their
money.
That
is
this
section.
Oral
health
is
not
in
my
Branch
it's
in
a
different
one,
so
the
information
they
provided
to
me
was
that
they
had
33.
Health
departments
were
supported
with
tobacco
funds.
G
G
Just
me
wrap
up.
Okay,
if
you
have
a
question
I'm
going
to
call
on
Elizabeth
all
right.
The
lung
cancer
screening
program
is
an
is
new
funding.
It
was
in
the
early
childhood
section
of
the
bill,
but
again
not
in
my
branch
and
that's
why
I
had
to
ask
Elizabeth
to
come,
but
really
this
is
to
increase
the
number
of
lung
cancer
screenings
in
this
in
the
state,
because
we
want
to
reduce
that
morbidity
and
the
mortality
of
lung
cancer
and
reduce
the
cost
of
treating
lung
cancer.
G
The
bill
does
call
for
a
lung
cancer
screening
program
advisory
committee,
that
is,
to
review
the
you
know.
The
data
clinical
guidelines,
best
practices,
provide
recommendations
and
provide
oversight
for
lung
cancer,
screening,
public
awareness,
Outreach
and
education.
This
committee
is,
and
then
they
will
report
that
to
the
to
the
legislature,
the
this
program
is
new.
They
are
building
this
program.
As
you
know,
as
we
speak,
the
airplane
is
being
built
to
get
this
and
how
they're
going
to
use
the
funds
directly
and
how
they
will
move
it
forward.
A
If
not,
thank
you
Paula
for
being
here
today.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
Andrea
I
might
remind
you
that
the
members
all
have
a
copy
of
your
presentations.
This
is
sort
of
an
overview
of
so
we
don't
run
too
far
over
on
time.
I
Okay,
thank
you.
My
name
is
Andrea
day
I
am
the
current
director
for
the
division
of
child
care
within
the
department
for
community-based
services.
I
Here
is
a
a
pie
chart
if
you
will
of
how
we
have
spent
our
tobacco
settlement
dollars.
As
you
can
see,
the
majority
of
that
does
go
towards
quality
initiatives
in
child
care.
I
The
biggest
funding
source
for
child
care
is
from
the
child
care
and
development
block
grant.
That
Grant
is
designed
to
promote
success
for
children,
employment
for
parents
and
economic
security.
The
overarching
goals
of
ccdf
is
to
protect
the
health
and
safety
of
children
and
child
care
to
help
parents
make
informed
consumer
choices
and
access
information
to
support
child
development,
to
provide
equal
access
to
stable,
high
quality
care
for
low-income
children
and
to
enhance
the
quality
of
child
care
and
the
Early
Childhood
Workforce.
I
The
ccdf
funds
support
the
following
initiatives.
As
you
can
see
here,
whenever
I
pulled
these
numbers
or
initially
we
were
serving
over
16
000
families,
28
000
children.
That
number
has
been
growing
with
a
lot
of
initiatives
that
we
have
put
in
place
at
the
division
of
child
care
with
expanded
eligibility.
When
I
looked
at
the
report
this
morning
before
I
came
we're
up
to
20
000
families
and
thirty
five
thousand
children
being
served
by
our
child
care
assistance
program.
I
We
have
about
2
000
Child,
Care,
Centers
and
family
Child,
Care
Homes
at
any
given
time.
We
also
support
professional
development
and
background
checks
to
make
sure
that
the
teachers
in
the
classroom
are
prepared
and
that
they
are
safe
to
be
with
children,
and
then
we
also
have
some
special
initiatives
around
infant
and
toddler
care,
disaster,
preparedness
and
consumer
education,
and
we
do
use
tobacco
dollars
as
the
required
matching
funds
for
ccdf
for
us
to
pull
those
federal
dollars
down.
I
I
would
like
to
talk
to
you
about
All-Stars,
that's
their
quality
rating
and
Improvement
system,
and
you
may
think
well
what
is
that?
So
it's
a
system
that
helps
parents
to
understand
the
level
of
quality
in
child
care,
preschool
and
school-aged
Care
programs,
and
it's
designed
to
help
parents
compare
different
programs
using
similar
standards
that
way
it's
more
apples
to
apples.
If
you
will
Child
Care
programs
who
participate
in
all-stars
demonstrate
a
commitment
to
family
and
Community
engagement,
classroom
instruction,
staff,
qualifications,
professional
development
and
then
leadership.
I
Practices
here
is
a
breakdown
of
our
providers
across
the
State.
Certified
providers
are
small,
in-home
providers
providing
care
in
in
their
own
home,
license
type
1
centers
are
your
larger
center-based
care
licensed
type
2
are
smaller
centers
that
provide
care
for
no
more
than
12
children,
and
here
you
can
see
how
those
all
are
rated
according
to
the
domains
I
listed
on
the
previous
slide.
I
So
what
does
high
quality?
Look
like
quality,
Child
Care
means
a
program
is
safe,
healthy
caring
and
an
educational
place
for
young
children
to
learn
and
grow
studies
show
children
in
high
quality,
Early
Learning
programs
develop
better
math
language
and
social
skills
and
children
who
receive
high
quality
Care,
have
improved
thinking,
skills,
better
attention,
skills,
enhanced
academic
performance,
better
relationships
with
peers,
and
they
have
a
greater
chance
of
finishing
school.
I
So
your
high
quality
Child
Care
again
is
they're
healthy
and
safe.
They
have
low
child
to
adult
ratio
that
way
there's
more
attention
for
each
child.
They
have
trained
and
experienced
teachers,
there's
a
strong
parental
and
family
involvement,
as
well
as
plan
curriculum
and
developmental
assessments
throughout
the
year,
as
well
as
language-rich
classrooms.
I
Tobacco
settlement
funds
help
support
several
professional
development
activities
over
the
year.
As
you
can
see
here,
the
numbers
for
the
Child
Development
Associate.
We
gave
139
scholarships
200
for
the
Commonwealth
204
for
the
mini
grants,
148
for
the
Milestone
achievement,
awards
and
87
education
reimbursement
grants.
I
How
does
Kentucky
stand
out
when
it
comes
to
what
we're
doing
in
child
care,
especially
with
the
tobacco
dollars?
We
have
a
professional
development
registry
called
ECE
trist
that
we
partner
with
the
Eastern
Kentucky
University
on
so
anyone
that
works
in
a
child
care
setting
has
to
have
so
many
hours
of
professional
development
a
year,
and
this
is
a
way
for
them
to
track
those
trainings
and
those
directors
to
track,
but
it
also
allows
them
to
kind
of
have
a
professional
portfolio.
I
That's
that
they
can
take
from
job
to
job
to
show
where
their
concentration
has
been.
We
also
have
Integrated
Systems
to
support
quality
through
not
only
the
work
of
State
staff,
but
also
with
our
Partnerships,
with
the
University
of
Kentucky
and
child
care,
where
the
staffed
family
Child
Care
Network,
which
is
focused
on
recruiting
family
child
care
across
the
state.
I
We're
one
of
the
first
states
to
stand
up
truly:
a
staff
of
a
staff,
family,
Child,
Care
Network
and
we've
gotten
a
lot
of
attention
for
that
and
we're
a
year
in
and
we're
slowly
seeing
an
increase
so
and
that
just
helps
us
to
leverage
all
those
contracts
and
as
Senator
Adams
you
were
mentioning
earlier
about.
You
know,
resources
are
limited,
so
we
are
trying
to
be
very
mindful
at
the
cabinet
of
what
are
all
those
resources.
I
B
A
H
So
and
then
on
so
just
help
me
understand
what
I'm
looking
at
on.
So
if
it's
9.2
plus
change,
then
on
page
two,
the
ccdf
fund,
the
last
sentence
on
that
says
tobacco
dollars
serve
as
the
entirety
of
the
required
matching
funds
right,
so
that
total
is
154.2
million
and
change.
H
H
That
we
do
okay
now
help
me
understand
this
if
the
matching
dollars
are
go
to
Quality.
Is
that
consistent
with
the
mission
of
the
tobacco
settlement
funds?
Is
that
what
they
were
intended
to
do
originally,
under
this
agreement.
I
H
F
But
it
was
my
first
job
actually
before
I
was
like
they
called
me
in
to
help
with
that
attorney
general
did
and
then
kind
of
was
a
rural
voice
of
Rural
America,
but
a
lot
of
states.
There
were
a
lot
of
different
state
models,
as
you
know,
and
some
states
used
all
their
money
for
health
care
and
cessation
and
all
those
purposes
we
like
to
think.
F
We've
got
the
best
model
internationally,
because
it's
been
copied
and
and
we
divvied
it
up
to
where
producers
to
transition
away
from
Tobacco
on
the
AG
side
and
create
the
funds
that
you
know
we
heard
about
earlier
and
but
not
to
neglect
the
health
aspect
of
the
creation
of
the
litigation
and
the
distribution
of
the
funds.
F
So
I
think
this
is
a
kind
of
a
compromise
if
you
will
to
recognize
why
the
lawsuits
were
brought
really
in
the
first
place
and
then
to
to
mitigate
smoking
for
health
purposes,
especially
with
our
youth,
because
they
were
targeted
and
and
still
have
money
20
years
later,
which
some
states
don't
for
for
AG
diversification
and
development.
So
that
I
think
it
was
a
it's
a
compromise
and
it
is
a
the
original
intent
of
the
original
litigation.
F
The
states
were
free
to
do
with
the
money
as
as
they
wanted,
and
we
had
a
rep
and
Tumble
battle
to
get
the
house
bill
611.
But
it's
worked
pretty
well.
So
yes,
it's
what
the
spirit
intent
of
the
original
litigation
and
the
state
recognized
that
in
the
creation
has
Bill
611.
A
Any
other
questions
Andrea,
thank
you
very
much
for
being
here
today
and
that
explanation
and
everything
and
look
forward
to
seeing
you
again.
Thank.
I
A
Cochair
Dawson,
if
you
got
anything,
you
need
to
bring
up
today,
I
think
I'm.
Fine,
our
next
meeting
is
going
to
be
December
19th
at
one
o'clock
and
we're
gonna
get
an
update
on
the
cancer
research
which
Senator
Adams.
That
is
one
of
the
main
focuses
of
this
part
of
the
fun.
That
is
one
of
their
main
focuses.
So
that
will
be
interesting.