Department of Health and Welfare - By the Numbers
82,508
Idahoans enrolled in Medicaid Expansion
126,190
Idahoans receiving SNAP benefits
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Grant program seeks to retain doctors in rural Idaho

The Department of Health and Welfare has selected 16 rural healthcare providers who will receive grants to help pay down their student loan debts while they continue to serve the rural Idaho communities where they’re needed.

The grants...

Board of Health and Welfare to meet November 14

The Idaho Board of Health and Welfare will hold its regularly scheduled meeting at 8 a.m. MT Tuesday, Nov. 14, via Webex and in Boise. 

Reporters who would like to join the meeting by Webex should follow the link at the top of the agenda...

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