Pennsylvania Releases Child Welfare Workforce Study
The Pennsylvania Office of Children, Youth, and Families released a child welfare workforce recruitment and retention study, analyzing the trends, cha…
Month: June 2024
Budget Hotwash: Modest Lump Sum Agency Cuts; New Money to Handle Complaints about the AZ State Hospital; & Dollars to Improve the Clunky AzCareCheck System; Unused Old Money Protected from Lapsing
The Arizona Legislature is required by the state constitution to adopt a balanced budget for each fiscal year (Article IV, Section 20, Part 2). That…
TRICARE Authorizes Temporary Prescription Refill Waivers for 2 New Mexico Counties due to Wildfire
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in two New Mexico counties may receive emergency prescriptio…
Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority to Open Application Period for New $20 Million Program to Provide Laptops for Libraries, Non-Profits, & Community Institutions Across Pennsylvania
The $20 million Digital Connectivity Technology Program, which will distribute laptops to community institutions to help connect Pennsylvanians who la…
DHS Statement on Potential Data Disclosure by Partner Organization
DHS Statement on Potential Data Disclosure by Partner Organization Today, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) announced that one of its …
The Number of Uninsured Latinos Decreases to 18%
US Latinos and other racial/ethnic minority populations made historic gains in healthcare coverage in the years after the Affordable Care Act (ACA), a…
CMS Celebrates 10 Years of Coverage to Care!
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health (CMS OMH) is proud to celebrate the 10th anniversary of our Coverage to Care (C…
Montana Creates Emergency ‘Drive-Thru’ Blood Pickup Service for Rural Ambulances
Crystal Hiwalker wonders if her heart and lungs would have kept working if the ambulance crew had been able to give her a transfusion as the blood dra…
Flood Hazards in PA, NJ, AND DE: How Lower-Income Communities Fare
Damaged or destroyed homes, displaced families, and personal harm. Millions of Americans face the impacts of flooding each year. Two new reports exami…
TRICARE Expands Temporary Prescription Refill Waivers to Include Sarasota County, Florida, due to Flooding
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia – The Defense Health Agency announced that TRICARE beneficiaries in Sarasota County, Florida, may receive emergency prescript…