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Column: Thornton Township to ask voters for tax hike to fund mental health services

Column: Thornton Township to ask voters for tax hike to fund mental health services

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In April, voters in Thornton Township will decide whether property owners should pay higher taxes to fund facilities and services to treat people affected by mental health and addiction issues. If voters approve, owners of a $200,000 home would pay an additional $90 a year in property taxes, officials said. “I think it’s really important …

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EXCLUSIVE: GOP warns DOD it 'cannot fund elective abortion'

EXCLUSIVE: GOP warns DOD it ‘cannot fund elective abortion’

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Following the announcement that the Pentagon will pay for service members and their dependents to travel to abort their unborn babies, Republicans remind the Department of Defense that it cannot fund abortions. “The law itself and the intent of Congress are clear: the US military cannot fund elective abortion,” the bicameral group of lawmakers said …

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Think Pink: Companies donate to Camden Clark Foundation's Pink Mammogram Fund

Think Pink: Companies donate to Camden Clark Foundation’s Pink Mammogram Fund

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Representatives from iPacket and Astorg Auto recently donated $12,700 and $8,475, respectively, to the WVU Medicine Camden Clark Foundation to benefit the Foundation’s Pink Mammogram Fund, which provides free screening mammograms, diagnostics and biopsies to local uninsured or underinsured patients. (Photo provided) Astorg Auto and iPacket provided $8,475 and $12,700, respectively, from iPacket vehicle and …

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Letters to the Editor: Stop Gross' Expansion; discuss mental health; fund student services

Letters to the Editor: Stop Gross’ Expansion; discuss mental health; fund student services

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Diane Lask: Gross Reservoir: Commissioners should stop unnecessary expansion I support Naomi Rachel’s Nov. 30 letter to the editor regarding a redesign opportunity by the Boulder County Commissioners and would like to add my two cents. The decision to expand Gross Reservoir’s capacity was made years ago when the Denver Water Board determined that the …

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Aetna Provides $9.3 Million to Fund Youth Behavioral Health and Social Care Needs

Aetna Provides $9.3 Million to Fund Youth Behavioral Health and Social Care Needs

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Funding will support community organizations providing CSED dispensation services CHARLESTON, West Virginia, December 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Aetna for Better Health® of West Virginiaa Health CVS® company (NYSE: CVS), provided $9.3 million to 10 residential and community service providers across the state who provide behavioral health services and meet the social care needs of West …

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Baszucki Brain Research Fund Announces Metabolic Psychiatry Fellow Dr. Iain Campbell

Baszucki Brain Research Fund Announces Metabolic Psychiatry Fellow Dr. Iain Campbell

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dr. Iain Campbell will lead pioneering studies of ketogenic metabolic therapy for bipolar disorder at the Edinburgh Universitya die from the United Kingdom leading research centers SAN MATEO, Calif., December 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Today, the Baszucki Brain Research Fund is proud to announce Dr. Iain Campbell as the first research fellow in metabolic psychiatry. …

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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks during a press conference at the State Capitol on Tuesday, November 29, 2022.

Announced plan to write off $1 billion in unemployment fund debt

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Joined by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, Gov. JB Pritzker on Tuesday announced an agreement to rid the state of its unemployment insurance loan debt. The $1.36 billion Unemployment Trust Fund debt will be eliminated through a $1.8 billion contribution of public funds, where the additional $450 million will be an interest-free loan to be …

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Advocates: Approximately $65 Million Unduly Taken From Health Care Accessibility Fund Last Year

Advocates: Approximately $65 Million Unduly Taken From Health Care Accessibility Fund Last Year

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SANTA FE, NM (KRQE) — Tens of millions of dollars from our state’s Health Care Accessibility Fund were diverted to other things last year. Health care advocates say it was wrong, and now they’re calling on the legislature not to let it happen again. “Over the past summer, the Health and Human Services Legislative Committee …

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Go fund yourself: health takes a page out of the retail book

Go fund yourself: health takes a page out of the retail book

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Nomi Health’s Go Fund Yourself Campaign Highlights the Shortcomings of the Current … [+] health care system. Courtesy of Nomi Health At the HLTH (pronounced health) conference in Las Vegas, Nomi Health has a message for the industry; Go fund yourself. The marketing campaign highlights how health care should be more transparent about pricing and …

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Companion Animal Fund grant program supports 10 new studies - University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine

Companion Animal Fund grant program supports 10 new studies – University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine

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Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine will pursue 10 new research projects with support from the school’s Companion Animal Fund Grant Program. In 2022, the program distributed more than $137,000 in grants for studies exploring a wide range of topics, from antibiotic uptake in a commonly bred species of freshwater turtle …

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