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Medical Marijuana @ 1 Year

By Will Humble|2012-11-09T08:34:22-07:00November 9th, 2012|General|

Our Vital Health Statistics team along with our partners at the UA College of Public Health completed the 1st Annual Report for the Arizona Medical Marijuana Program this week. You’ll find a wide range of information in the report including data about the demographics and kinds and qualifying conditions of our cardholders, geographic distribution and rates [...]

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New Folks

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:52-07:00November 8th, 2012|General|

I'm happy to announce that Tracey Sotelo has agreed to serve as the Executive Director of our Arizona Biomedical Research Commission. She comes to us from ADOA where she was a Manager in the Benefit Services Division. She has also served as a legal contracts specialist for Banner Research Institute where she reviewed, drafted, revised and negotiated research contracts for clinical trials and device [...]

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Healthier Eating is a SNAP

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:52-07:00November 6th, 2012|General, Prevention|

Many of you have heard how I’d like to see the USDA’s food stamp program (now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP) hard-wire better nutrition into the program by beginning to include nutritious food inventory criteria for SNAP vendors. To help make the case, we contracted with the ASU School of Nutrition & [...]

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KidsCare II Enrollment opens today

By Will Humble|2012-11-01T13:17:31-07:00November 1st, 2012|General|

Starting today, AHCCCS is reopening enrollment in the KidsCare II program. Arizona's Temporary Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) is accepting applications again. Enrollment was suspended in September and many people were put on a wait list – those kids will be automatically enrolled and do not need to reapply. KidsCare II criteria include income guidelines [...]

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ADHS Joins the Wi-Fi Club

By Will Humble|2012-11-01T08:48:34-07:00November 1st, 2012|General|

ADHS joined the Wi-Fi Club … with I.T. installing 9 Wi-Fi hotspots in various conference rooms- with a few more to come. The “hotspots” provide wireless Internet connectivity for up to 10 devices per conference room. The password will be posted in each conference room where it’s available. Here’s the list of conference rooms that have Wi-Fi [...]

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Introducing… the 2012 ADHS Food Drive

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:54-07:00October 29th, 2012|General|

Helping fight hunger in our state is a worthy investment of anyone’s time. One in four children struggle with hunger in our state according the Arizona Association of Food Banks. To do their part… food banks in our state supply more than 11 million pounds of food every month. But the food banks rely on [...]

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Domestic Violence Awareness Month

By Will Humble|2012-10-26T08:33:54-07:00October 26th, 2012|General, Prevention|

Every day at least 3 women are murdered by their husbands or boyfriends in the U.S. October is set aside to help bring awareness to the issue - across the country domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women aged 15-44. In Arizona last year, 108 individuals lost their lives to domestic violence; so [...]

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Even Healthier AZ Preschools on the Way

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:55-07:00October 23rd, 2012|General, Prevention|

AZ was selected to be one of only six states to participate in a new national initiative to help preschools to adopt evidence-based practices in nutrition, breastfeeding support, physical activity, and "screen time" policies and practices. The project begins this month when a company called Nemours (that’s who's been hired by the CDC) begins establishing and training state teams to lead preschool quality improvement learning collaboratives. Nemours [...]

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Celebrate Healthy & Sustainable Food

By Will Humble|2012-10-22T08:37:01-07:00October 22nd, 2012|General|

October 24th is the 2nd annual Food Day in the US. It’s a nationwide celebration and movement towards more healthy, affordable and sustainable food. We’ve been collaboratively planning a “Phoenix Real Food Tour” with Maricopa County Department of Public Health, the The Orchard Community Learning Center garden, Tiger Mountain Foundation, Central Farmers’ Market, and the Arizona Department [...]

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D.R.E.A.M. Job Fair is Oct. 18…TODAY!

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:50:55-07:00October 18th, 2012|General|

In honor of National Disability and Rehabilitation Employment Awareness Month ADES and several community partners will host the D.R.E.A.M. Job Fair to provide job and networking opportunities for people with disabilities in Maricopa County today (Oct. 18) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Gateway Community College (108 N. 40th St., Phoenix, AZ 85034). The goal of the job [...]

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