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AZ Developmental Disabilities Planning Council Creating New State Plan

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:58-07:00January 29th, 2011|General|

The Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council is funded by the fed's and is established by an Arizona Executive Order. They're located on the second floor of our 1740 building. The Council's goal is to help folks with developmental disabilities and their families by supporting approaches that enable persons with DD to fully participate and contribute to their communities through full integration [...]

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The ABC’s of our Community Health Analysis Areas

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:58-07:00January 28th, 2011|General, Preparedness|

Several years ago, our public health statistics team divided the State into 126 Community Health Analysis Areas to help us analyze data for various disease monitoring programs. The initial trigger to develop the CHAAs was a 1988 law that directed the ADHS to use the data in the cancer registry to identify areas and populations that need [...]

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Next Fiscal Year’s Budget – pt 4

By azdhs-admin|2011-01-27T06:27:09-07:00January 27th, 2011|General|

On January 15, 2011, the Governor released her proposed budget for next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2011. Our part of the budget in the link above is on pages 105 through 111. You kinda need to be a budgeteer to understand some of it, so I’ll try to distill it down a little [...]

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Next Fiscal Year’s Budget Series – pt 3

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:58-07:00January 26th, 2011|Behavioral Health, General|

On January 15, 2011, the Governor released her proposed budget for next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2011. Our part of the budget in the link above is on pages 105 through 111. You kinda need to be a budgeteer to understand some of it, so I’ll try to distill it down a little [...]

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Next Fiscal Year’s Budget Series – pt 2

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:59-07:00January 25th, 2011|Behavioral Health, General, Licensing|

On January 15, 2011, the Governor released her proposed budget for next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2011. Our part of the budget in the link above is on pages 105 through 111. You kinda need to be a budgeteer to understand some of it, so I’ll try to distill it down a little [...]

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Next Fiscal Year’s Budget Series

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:59-07:00January 24th, 2011|Behavioral Health, General|

On January 15, 2011, the Governor released her proposed budget for next fiscal year, which begins July 1, 2011. Our part of the budget in the link above is on pages 105 through 111. You kinda need to be a budgeteer to understand some of it, so I’ll try to distill it down a little [...]

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Medical Marijuana Public Comments Available

By azdhs-admin|2011-01-12T17:37:53-07:00January 12th, 2011|General|

Medical Marijuana Public Comments Posted We received more than 1,500 comments on our initial proposed rules to regulate medical marijuana. All the comments (over 1,000 pages) are posted on our http://www.azdhs.gov/prop203/ website for viewing. Our team is very busy reviewing the comments and suggestions looking for good ideas that will help build a more effective program. By [...]

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Medical Marijuana Public Comments

By azdhs-admin|2017-02-10T09:51:59-07:00January 7th, 2011|General|

So far, we’ve received well over 1,300 comments on the Informal Draft Rules that we posted December 17. Our first comment period ends today. We’ll be reviewing the comments and revising our initial draft over the next couple of weeks. We’ll be releasing new draft rules for public comment on Monday, January 31, kicking off our [...]

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Dead Bats

By azdhs-admin|2011-01-05T08:13:01-07:00January 5th, 2011|General|

The Department is helping investigate a recent die off of bats in the Tucson Area. About 70 bats were found dead at the overpass near Speedway and Pantono. Initially, there was concern that the animals may have died from rabies, as rabies is always a concern when bats are downed or behaving strangely. However, a [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions & Public Health

By azdhs-admin|2010-12-31T08:04:43-07:00December 31st, 2010|General, Prevention|

Our Tobacco Prevention Program will be hitting targeted audiences (lower income Arizonans) a few days before New Years and during January with smoking cessation messages. There’s no better time to motivate folks to quit smoking than January because that’s the time of year when people generally set health goals for themselves. The ads (funded by [...]

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