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Furlough & Pay News

By Will Humble|2010-03-24T08:43:08-07:00March 24th, 2010|General|

Performance Pay Reduction The state budget that was recently signed included an indefinite (probably permanent) suspension of performance pay (2.75%) beginning May 29. The effective date of the bill (HB2003) is June 15- so that's the day that the reduction will be actually implemented. But since this is in the middle of a pay period, we won't begin to actually [...]

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Budget Signed

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:22-07:00March 19th, 2010|General|

Thursday afternoon the Governor signed the budget bills that the Legislature passed that prescribed budgets for the remaining part of FY 2010 and FY 2011. The deal is complicated and contains lots of details. Most of the provisions for our agency pertain to reductions in services that will begin next fiscal year (which starts July 1)- including orders to [...]

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SNAP Reform

By Will Humble|2010-03-12T08:26:30-07:00March 12th, 2010|General, Prevention|

I met with the staff of most of the members of Arizona’s congressional delegation Wednesday in Washington DC at an event called Hill Day sponsored by the Robert Woods Johnson Foundation. I used the opportunity to talk to them about nutritional policy issues like boosting the nutritional strength of the foods that are served under the free and reduced lunch [...]

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Healthier US Schools Challenge Program

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:23-07:00March 10th, 2010|General, Prevention|

The federal Healthier US Schools Challenge Program establishes rigorous standards for schools’ food quality, participation in meal programs, physical activity, and nutrition education – key components that make for healthy and active kids – and provides recognition for schools that meet these standards. In the next school year, the USDA’s goal is to double [...]

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School Nutrition Overhaul

By Will Humble|2010-03-08T08:57:52-07:00March 8th, 2010|General, Prevention|

The USDA’s Child Nutrition Act is up for re-authorization this year. The program provides food to more than 31M school children through the National School Lunch Program as well as 11M that qualify for the School Breakfast Program. Many children get ½ of their daily calories at schools- making this program a great leverage point [...]

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Arizona Serves

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:23-07:00March 5th, 2010|General|

The Governor established a 20-member ArizonaSERVES Task Force www.arizonaserves.gov by Executive Order on Tuesday to help connect faith-based and non-profit organizations with opportunities to assist folks in Arizona who’ve been impacted by economic hardship. The goal of the Task Force is to better coordinate volunteer efforts statewide, and find new strategies to promote outreach and [...]

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ADHS Going Viral

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:24-07:00March 2nd, 2010|General, Uncategorized|

We’re coming up on the 3 millionth view of our hand only chest compression CPR video that we posted on the Arizona Department of Health Services channel. Technically, right now we’re at 2.8M views now. This is by far the most watched video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5huVSebZpM) on our YouTube channel. Close to 1M of those views are [...]

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Do You Know Your Blood Pressure?

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:24-07:00March 1st, 2010|General|

High blood pressure is at the source of roughly one in six deaths among adults annually. About one in three adult Arizonans have blood pressure that’s too high, putting huge economic demands on Medicaid, Medicare (AHCCCS) and our private health insurers (plus, of course, the loss of life). The Institute of Medicine put out a [...]

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Black History Month Celebration

By Will Humble|2010-02-22T11:16:34-07:00February 22nd, 2010|General|

Please try to carve out some time to celebrate ADHS' 7th Annual Black History Month event. The 2010 celebration will happen Thursday, February 25, from 11:00am – 1:00pm, in the parking lot west of 1740 Building . The theme is… “ Health Care… Where We’ve Been… and Where We’re Going”. We’ll take you back in [...]

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Baja Health Tourism

By Will Humble|2010-02-22T11:07:15-07:00February 22nd, 2010|General|

The Mexican Federal Government announced a new policy this week to promote medical tourism in Mexico. Medical tourism is when you go abroad for medical care. Their goal is to encourage U.S. residents (with an initial focus on the uninsured) to travel to Mexico for their medical needs, generating jobs and investment. Another objective is [...]

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