Ind. Code § 12-30-3-28

Sec. 28. The purpose of this chapter is to provide necessary and prompt assistance and care without stigma to the citizens and residents of Indiana who are entitled to avail themselves of this chapter's provisions, especially those having little or no resources and low income persons or the homeless or unattached or those requiring care and support or nursing beyond the capacity of the family home in situations not requiring hospitalization or other medical treatment or care in other state and county institutions. This chapter shall be liberally construed so that its purposes may be accomplished as equitably, economically, and expeditiously as possible.