The Kentucky Council of Area Development Districts (KCADD) is an organization representing all ADD Board members throughout the state. The Kentucky Association of District Directors (KADD) is an organization of the fifteen ADD Executive Directors. Jack F. Couch serves as the current Executive Director.
The fifteen ADD's are a means by which local officials and citizens unite to provide for the planned growth of their area. An ADD is therefore a regional organization that assists in the formulation and implementation of human resource and infrastructure related plans.
The plans and recommendations made by an ADD represent professional advice only. ADD's are not regulatory agencies, nor do they have the power to force compliance with their plans.
In addition to it's regional planning role, and ADD also provides technical and management assistance to local communities on a broad range of topics. To name but a few: help is given to local economic development agencies and to planning commissions; applications are prepared seeking funding for a wide variety of public projects; assistance is provided in meeting administrative requirements of various Federal and State programs; and public management assistance is rendered so that local governments may upgrade their levels of service.
