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Delta Society

By Will Humble|2010-08-05T07:25:25-07:00August 5th, 2010|General|

Cindy from the Delta Society began making visits with her therapy dogs at the Arizona State Hospital a couple of weeks ago. The Delta Society is a volunteer organization that improves people's health and well-being using positive interactions with animals. Their mission is to help people by incorporating therapy, service and companion animals into their [...]

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Congrats Arizona State Hospital

By Will Humble|2010-08-04T13:23:44-07:00August 4th, 2010|General|

Congratulations to our team at the Arizona State Hospital- which was ranked in the top 20% of all US psychiatric hospitals. The report was put together by the US News and World Report and ranks psychiatric hospitals using objective criteria as well as the hospital’s reputation with clinicians. Overall, ASH ranked number 31 of [...]

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Citizenship, Benefits & Services

By Will Humble|2010-08-03T09:33:05-07:00August 3rd, 2010|Behavioral Health, General|

Many of our Stakeholders and the folks that we serve have asked about how Arizona and Federal laws affect the kinds of services that the ADHS provides. The answer is (of course) “it depends.” It depends on what kind of benefit or service you’re talking about. Tom Salow, Lynn Golder and others have put together [...]

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Citizenship, Benefits & Services

By Will Humble|2012-08-17T16:35:48-07:00August 3rd, 2010|Behavioral Health, General|

Many of our Stakeholders and the folks that we serve have asked about how Arizona and Federal laws affect the kinds of services that the ADHS provides. The answer is (of course) “it depends.” It depends on what kind of benefit or service you’re talking about. Tom Salow, Lynn Golder and others have put together [...]

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ADHS E-Communications Site

By Will Humble|2010-08-02T14:26:51-07:00August 2nd, 2010|General|

Just a reminder that you can sign up for electronic notifications in your in-box of our media releases, and lots of other cool communications like our weekly, in-season, healthy recipe at: http://visitor.constantcontact.com/email.jsp?m=1101362445484. Tell your friends too.

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Farmers' Market Locator

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:12-07:00August 2nd, 2010|General|

We’ve got a groovy new Farmers' Market Locator up on our WIC website. It help anybody in Arizona find the closest farmers market. Simply go to the application link and put in any address and city and push “Find Market”. The program will list all the markets including links that give you the time of year, dates [...]

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Farmers’ Market Locator

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:12-07:00August 2nd, 2010|General|

We’ve got a groovy new Farmers' Market Locator up on our WIC website. It help anybody in Arizona find the closest farmers market. Simply go to the application link and put in any address and city and push “Find Market”. The program will list all the markets including links that give you the time of year, dates [...]

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Healthcare Reform Questions

By Will Humble|2010-07-23T08:00:38-07:00July 23rd, 2010|General|

I know that many of you are getting questions from your stakeholders about healthcare reform. The website that HHS posted recently should help, as it provides the latest information on the health care reform law. It’s seems to mainly be focused on consumer awareness etc. For example, the website provides information about the new option [...]

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Aging Healthy in Arizona

By Will Humble|2010-07-22T09:45:31-07:00July 22nd, 2010|General|

In the next 2 decades Arizona’s population will age rapidly, increasing the demand for services related to management of chronic illnesses and disability, as well as increase health care and long term care costs. That’s why we need to focus efforts to improve the health and wellbeing of all older adults in Arizona. Our new [...]

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ADHS Status

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:13-07:00July 21st, 2010|General, Newborn Screening|

We’ve got a lot to be proud of over the last year and an half. It’s been hard, I know because of all of the budget reductions and the lower staffing level. On the other hand, we’ve got an incredible mission and we’re doing a good job. I often tell people that we work in [...]

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