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New DHW bureau enhances appropriate care and family support in Idaho’s foster care system
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) has introduced a new Continuum of Care Bureau to enhance support for youth and families in the state’s foster care system. Its goal is to ensure that congregate care placements are appropriate while optimizing the use of funding streams for effective interventions.Led by Bureau Chief Stacy Corbett, the bureau is part of the Division of Youth Safety and Permanency and is divided into several focused units, each serving a unique role in supporting
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The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) continues to process re-evaluations for Medicaid participants who had continuous Medicaid coverage during the pandemic even if they had become ineligible.
Federal law would not allow anyone to be removed from any state’s
As Mental Health Awareness Month, May offers 31 days to raise awareness of and reduce the stigma surrounding behavioral health issues. The awareness campaign highlights ways mental illness and substance use disorders may affect all of us – patients, providers, families, and
I’d like to share a report I read recently about exciting work being done in the Division of Behavioral Health to help Idaho youth overcome serious challenges and become stronger emotionally and mentally.
The work involved a learning collaborative approach, which I was thrilled
May 11 is the end of the federal Public Health Emergency declared to help combat COVID-19. This provides a great opportunity to reflect on the enormity and impacts of the pandemic as well as celebrate the rapid roll-out of public health protections, vaccines, therapeutics,
May is National Foster Care Month and an opportunity to build further awareness about issues affecting foster care in Idaho. There are around 1,500 foster children at any given time in Idaho, and we’re always in need of more families willing to help, whether as kinship
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare continues to re-evaluate eligibility for people enrolled in Medicaid who have been protected from being disenrolled from the program during the pandemic.
As of April 24, we have processed 43,419 re-evaluations out of
Students across the Northwest were encouraged to get creative and help raise awareness about the dangers of radon gas by participating in the 2023 Northwest Radon Poster Contest.
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can build up in our homes. Both
The Department of Health and Welfare is committed to optimizing health and preventing crises. We believe that all Idahoans should be as healthy and self-sufficient as possible. We believe it so much that it’s the third goal in our Strategic Plan.
There are several ways to
The top three leading causes of death in Idaho in 2021 were diseases of the heart, cancer, and COVID-19. Almost 9,000 Idahoans died of those causes out of 18,334 total deaths. The next three categories--accidents, respiratory diseases, and Alzheimer's disease--resulted in fewer
One child abused is one child too many.
All children deserve to feel safe in their homes, with their families.
Too often, that is not the case. The Department of Health and Welfare receives nearly 23,000 reports of child abuse, neglect, and abandonment each year in Idaho.
With about 80 million dogs living in U.S. households, there are unfortunately about 4.5 million dog bites each year, with many dog bite victims being children.
In Idaho, dog bites are increasing, and visits to Idaho emergency departments by children for dog bite injuries are