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3 decades ago, state lawmakers, Paul Mason and littered Gray introduced a House bill that would create Kentucky home place following a medical tragedy in Mason's family since it began in 1994, Kentucky.

Home places helped to recruit and train community health workers to help fill in the healthcare gaps in underserved areas.

Last weekend hazard the program celebrated its 30th birthday.

>> Kentucky Home Place was established in 1994 and and really seeing what the nature of the people was in his truck and talking.

The name comes from the fact that call my son really wanted a program that Mitt people where they were at their home.

>> Where they live, no, their community.

>> And to be able to help them access the social and health care needs that they had in the community.

We provide services to everyone from children to adults by come in the office.

Our you know, our database questions are based on going up for health screenings and social determinants of So like it's set up to, you know, say what they Nate.

Are you day for?

How long has it been since you've been and saying your provider?

Have you had a I examine a new law gives them an annual dentist.

Does if you're a lady, a mammogram or screenings held screenings, colonoscopies, all the things that we need them that we forget sometimes we should have.

Then there's too many ABC's and Health Care.

>> These are language that people can really understand to be able to make their sales have good outcomes.

You know, when you look at it, health care is 10% other hand.

We get from our providers.

The other nominees, U.S. community health workers can be that Hills coach to help us get that other 90% that we need to inhaled year.

Just because you build a building and you put a clean again, it doesn't mean that people have access to it.

So you still need a community health worker to open that door.

To get the people and to get the services.

So I think they've opened many doors over these these 30 years to allow people to access to care that they need to access to the social services that they need since I've been doing this job with Kentucky, home ply solace >> I don't know how the world survived without what we day for.

The people were.

>> We're a pivotal role in their life advocating on their behalf as lay eyes on community health worker just saying that the Nader man at the end of the die, whatever they made, where we're focused on helping them get than aid.

They're the people that fall in the gap of, you know, by guys make too much ink them to qualify for any services and barley.

Nothing comes to mike its French until I get there.

You know, their next month checked by always side are alive.

Never received help from anybody.

And you up never got anything for free came to Kentucky home price.

Then and they're proud.

You know, they're the working class.

People were not use the handouts.

We don't want handouts.

And they're just thankful, you know, whether it's a $25, food voucher, but I can give them to local flea market or helping them get that last that the medication they're they're so grateful and they're humbled and just thankful.

We served over 200,000 people.

>> In the time we met that, we're talking about here and we've access over 416 million dollars in medications, supplies medical devices that people need on their daily lives.

I could not tell you how happy I am and how passionate I am about the community.

Health workers here today.

There's a lot of community health workers that have come through this program that are not here today that really, really blazed the trail for the community, health workers that are here.

And I'm just really grateful that I got to be a part.

Of the journey where the best kept secret in our hometown.

So if anybody doesn't know Kentucky home price, then >> you're in South Eastern Kentucky.

I would challenge you find your Kentucky home place them find a community health worker in the doctor's office.

Them.

We are the people fighting for you and the fighting for the people that that when we have your best interest at heart so it's just an honor.

an honor.

>> A community jam, indeed, Kentucky home place currently has 20 community health workers serving.

26 Kentucky counties.