Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant – AZ Dept. of Health Services Director's Blog

Meeting Set to Review Block Grant Funding Priorities

By Cara Christ|2017-02-10T09:48:50-07:00May 13th, 2016|Prevention|

Our department receives funding from the CDC for the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant to fund several of our prevention efforts in Arizona, such as the program to reduce the number of prescription drug overdoses and deaths in the state. The block grant has provided strong support to states since the 1980s. In addition to [...]

Setting Public Health Grant Spending Priorities

By Cory Nelson|2017-02-10T09:49:14-07:00May 8th, 2015|Prevention|

Public health has reach into many areas that you may not think about. Currently we’re working to reduce the number of prescription drug overdoses and deaths. The misuse of prescription drugs is a national epidemic. We’re working with the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission to attack the problem here. The funding for our prevention efforts comes from the Preventive Health and [...]