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Highlights: Office of Rural Health and Community Care celebrates the nation’s first Rural Health Day; Secretary Cansler praises accomplishments and hard work of 2011 and encourages more of the same for 2012; DHHS Excels outreach sessions find better communications key to smoother operations; DHHS closes out 2011 SECC campaign having raised more than $274,000 for supported charities; Two employees of the Division of State Operated Healthcare Facilities recognized for service at two eastern neuromedical centers; Radon poster competition draws 286 entries; DMA chooses new diabetic supplies vendor; Gov. Perdue praises benefits of Program of All-inclusive Care for the Elderly; text4baby provides e-tips to moms; Oral Health Section of DPH delivers care to kids at NASCAR racetrack; Ford Foundation grant helps simplify process for people seeking assistance; VR’s WorkSource West in Morganton has completed renovations with ARRA funds; VR’s Kevin Earp recognized for work with Deaf; 11-year-old Lexi tells Capitol Hill of the value of Assistive Technology in her life; Performance Management for Employees course is online.
Highlights: A second round of DHHS Excels outreach sessions is held for department employees across the state; DHHS Excels Workforce committee develops list of action items; Public Health holds kazoo symphony at the State Fair; DAAS presents annual awards; Combined Campaign offers iPad drawing for contributors; Senior Community Service Employment Program presents 22011 awards; Medicaid in N.C. has more than doubled the percentage of children receiving dental care over past 10 years; fresh food drive provides learning moment for Exploris Middle School students in Wake County; E-Recruit is set to launch; Eat Smart, Move More …Maintain, Don’t Gain - offers support to those trying to steer clear of holiday weight gain
Highlights: DHHS launches 2011 State Employees Combined Campaign; Second round of DHHS Excels Outreach sessions is planned; DHHS Excels has a new definition for ‘Anticipatory’; 10 years after 9/11, N.C. Public Health Preparedness and Response has improved and is looking forward to the future; We are encouraged to report suspected fraud within DHHS; Hurricane Irene was not a ‘dud,’ say folks interviewed by Dennis Streets in the worst-hit counties; Disability Determination Services recognizes staff performance; State employees moving more, weighing less; Becky Wertz collects national award; cyber security is critical; 11 from DHHS complete public manager training; Deaf-Blind counselor’s message is about fall and fire safety; two among DHHS’s 14 nominees are selected for Governor’s Award of Excellence; Cabarrus EMS team becomes tops in the state competition.
Highlights: State-run shelter helps those with special needs during/after Hurricane Irene; DHHS response to Irene’s victims; Hurricane season is preparedness season in North Carolina; Reflections on the tenth anniversary of 9/11; State Employees Combined Campaign kick-off; DHHS takes on new responsibilities; Cansler - No ‘little guys’ in DHHS; State/private bed board program cuts ER wait times for patients with mental illness or substance abuse issues; Workforce Committee identifies needs; Vesting period changes to 10 years for new hires; Broughton Hospital recognized for employee smoking cessation effort; Durham is trial site: Next Generation 911 texting to assist hearing disabled; State Operated Healthcare Facilities holds professional development day for teachers; N.C. team, posters win recognition at national MMIS conference; Air quality awareness is focus of asthma outreach campaign.
Highlights: Blackley Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center moves into renovated quarters on the campus of former John Umstead Hospital in Butner; Complaint Intake Unit of the Division of Health Service Regulation has found a way to reduce caller wait times during mid-day lunch breaks; Secretary Lanier M. Cansler to hold Web conference on Aug. 10 to relay information on budget, legislative impacts on DHHS, DHHS Excels; DHHS Excels Workforce Subcommittee is identifying ways to make workforce improvements reflecting and supporting DHHS goals and values; Operation Fan/Heat Relief marks 25th anniversary; Division of Medical Assistance uses high-tech program to safeguard the health of children prescribed antipsychotic medications; DHHS teams nearly sweep the top three in all categories in the Lisbon-to-London challenge walk; N.C. Client Assistance Program provides assistance, education and advocacy for customers of public rehabilitation programs; Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services gets media production facility; Office of Rural Health and Community Care helps make a difference in lives of people in Polk County, elsewhere; Three DHHS divisions collaborate on pilot project with farmers’ markets in seven N.C. communities to encourage lower income families to seek healthy, fresh produce; Sydney Atkinson, manager of the Family Planning and Reproductive Health Unit of Women’s Health Branch wins the State Family Planning Administrators Annual Award at national conference.
Highlights: Secretary Lanier Cansler addresses graduates, faculty, friends and family at the 2011 graduation ceremony at the Governor Morehead School; DHHS Excels in action helps make sure a discharged patient continues to receive needed care; Time for the State Employees Combined Campaign is rapidly approaching; Budget reductions eliminate CARE-LINE; Healthy 2020 gets a boost from DHHS Leadership Team members; Be prepared to beat the heat; In the Division of Public Health, the Epidemiology and Evaluation Team held a 10th annual poster competition; The Division of Aging and Adult Services observed Vulnerable Adult and Elder Abuse Awareness Day on June 15; Dr. James E. “Tripp” Winslow joins the Office of Emergency Medical Services as medical director; Dr. Craigan L. Gray, director of the Division of Medical Assistance, is elected to a two-year term on the board of the National Association of Medicaid Directors.
Highlights: In a message to DHHS employees Secretary Cansler speaks of the importance of DHHS Excels values as the budget process moves toward conclusion; DHHS Excels Work Force Planning & Development Subcommittee makes inroads with the Office of State Personnel for assistance in developing a work force plan; DHHS receives recognition for NC FAST, the department’s long-term business operation improvements program; Dr. William W. Farley steps down at the age of 92 as a medical consultant for the Disability Determination Services office in Raleigh; the UNC Injury prevention Research Center honors the N.C. Child Fatality Task Force with the 2011 Injury Prevention Impact Award; Theresa Edmondson, director of the Walter B. Jones Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Center, is recognized for contributions to the citizens of North Carolina in the field of alcohol or other substance abuse; the Division of Public Health is joining a national effort to enroll one million moms in the Text4baby campaign.
Highlights: Tornadoes brush Dix and GMS campuses; DHHS Excels Goals Teams; Administrative Assistants in Excels outreach session; GMS egg hunt aided by bomb squad beepers; Vulnerable Adult and Elder Abuse Awareness Month; ACCESS North Carolina guide due out in late 2011; Early hearing detection begins with newborns; Broughton Hospital recognized for providing healthier food choices; State Lab welcomes robotic arm; Safety is no accident; Tick and mosquito season approaches; State Health Director Jeff Engel visits Guilford County Health Department to celebrate 100 years of operations.
Highlights: Secretary Lanier Cansler spoke with eligibility staff during his webcast on March 17; The ‘bard’ of O’Berry, Fessor McCoy, provides a poem about DHHS Excels; LeadershipDHHS graduates its sixth class; It’s time for team walking; The Dix ‘Grill on the Hill’; A residency program helps prepare dentists for public health work; DHHS teachers receive national certification; Regina Godette-Crawford is named chief of the Office of Emergency Medical Services.
Highlights: Secretary Cansler will hold a March 17 webcast to speak to employees about DHHS Excels; Assistant Secretary Dan Stewart is leading a DHHS Excels group to address work force planning and development; FAQs for Excels; Gov. Bev Perdue praises local public health officials and Health Director Jeff Engel says he wants to focus on making North Carolina a healthier state through the Healthy North Carolina 2020 initiative; state employee leave policy changes detailed; Rachel Stevens receives Ronald Levine Legacy Award; smoking cessation help is available through QuitlineNC.
Highlights: A message from Secretary Cansler addresses challenges and opportunities that 2011 presents to DHHS; Mental Health’s new direction receives support; DHHS Excels continues to progress throughout DHHS; Antonio Coor, a program consultant for Managing Access for Juvenile Offender Resources and Services in the Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services, is honored posthumously with the John R. Larkins Award; and, three DHHS walking teams pull off a sweep of state employee competitions to walk the distance of the Appalachian Trail.
Highlights: Holiday message from Secretary Cansler; report on Secretary Cansler’s Nov. 10 Excel video conference; new Web tool that helps families determine their eligibility for nutrition benefits; State Employees’ Martin Luther King Jr., day observance; State health director shares concerns with ABC Board regarding high alcohol content energy drinks.
Highlights: Gov. Bev Perdue urged participants at the 2010 Governor’s Conference on Aging to find ways to make North Carolina senior friendly; Secretary Cansler plans his next DHHS Excels video conference on Nov. 10; Dr. Jeff Engel was joined by Gov. Bev Perdue to promote awareness of the seasonal vaccination; DHHS Wellness events call attention to the importance of exercise to stay healthy; Surry County EMS team repeats at the state’s top paramedics; O’Berry Neuro-Medical Treatment Center entrance gets a face-lift; Assistive Technology in N.C. ranks high nationally; Ten from DHHS among the graduates of the N.C. Certified Public Manager program; State Employee Combined Campaign attracts work unit fund raisers to help support charities; N.C. children’s immunization rates are fourth best in the nation; Disability Determination Services exceeds all performance targets in Federal Fiscal Year 2010.
Highlights: Gov. Bev Perdue joins Secretary Cansler for groundbreaking for new Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro; DHHS Excels outreach sessions continue, a DHHS Excels survey is coming; SECC is under way; VR has renamed its eastern and western centers WorkForce East and WorkForce West; VR’s goal of self employment is working; James Jarrard is new deputy director of MH/DD/SAS.
Highlights: Secretary Cansler holds second DHHS Excels Webcast; DHHS Excels Outreach Sessions generate discussions; DHHSLeadership V graduates 22 ; HIT promises quality and efficiency in provision of health care; Don’t forget your flu vaccine! 2010 State Employees Combined Campaign; ADA celebrates 20 years; Brandon Boswell celebrates life; N.C. Sickle Cell Program receives CDC grant for registry, and more.
Highlights: Beth Melcher joins DHHS as assistant secretary for MH/DD/SAS, and Steven Jordan will serve as Director of MH/DD/SAS; Drexdal Pratt is named director of the Division of Health Service Regulation; Secretary Cansler talks with DHHS employees on DHHS Excels on Aug. 12; Deputy Secretary Maria Spaulding hosts outreach sessions across the state; DHHS Web redesign is focused on the goals of DHHS Excels; Central Regional Hospital passes Joint Commission review, and more.
Highlights: Secretary Cansler talks about the recession and its impact on DHHS; DHHS tackles Health Information Technology; teamwork continues to move DHHS Excels forward; Boomers becoming seniors; Public Health recognized for smoke-free restaurant legislation, and more.
Highlights: The Murdoch Center receives an award for excellence in providing autism services; DHHS Excels; DMA is using new software to root out fraud; DPH is working to prevent the three top causes of unintentional death for North Carolinians; the nation’s top official for disability policy visited North Carolina; Dr. Rebecca King receives an award from the North Carolina Dental Society, and more.
Highlights: DHHS Excels; Dr. John Butts, state chief medical examiner, is retiring; smoke-free restaurants and bars; new Division of Services for the Blind director, Donald Edward “Eddie” Weaver; hearing screening in newborns, new Vital Records website, and more.
Highlights: Secretary Cansler on DHHS Excels; combatting Medicaid fraud, waste and abuse; Katie Davison helps jobseekers on WRAL-TV; DMA enacts a money-saving preferred drug list; Dr. Robert Meyer receives award for significant lifetime contributions to the field of birth defects; author discusses book on Dorothea Dix Hospital; State-operated Child Support Enforcement offices are transitioning to county governments this summer, and more.
Highlights: The Division of Social Services receives a $4-million high performance bonus award recognizing accuracy by local-level DSS offices in processing Food Stamp benefits; N.C. to receive grants to develop comprehensive state plans for care of victims of stroke; CARE-LINE begins a partnership with the National Suicide Prevention Line; Census 2010 will be getting under way soon; and more.
Highlights: O’Berry Center employees receive the Governor’s Award for Excellence, adult care home star ratings are now searchable; N.C. State mascot helps in flu awareness; social media policy; Aging awards; Vital Records website, more.
Highlights: Season greetings from Secretary Cansler, State health director takes H1N1 message to the ACC, Medicaid handles influx of H1N1 cases, Graphic Artist Tracey Jarrett takes two awards from NCAGIO, Vets honored by Disability Determination Services
Highlights: Project Excel, Gov. Bev Perdue’s gift ban, LeadershipDHHS, Great American Smokeout, Senior Tar Heel legislators and Medicare “Extra Help,” $4.25 million federal grant to promote child health and wellbeing, limiting H1N1 spread at state-operated health and residential facilities, avoid holiday weight gain! CDC chief visits Wake County health department, Dr. Kanof receives EMS award
Highlights: Mobile hospital equipment; gift ban for all executive branch state employees; ‘Give a Little – Feed a Lot’ food donation campaign; seasonal flu shots are becoming available; 2009 State Employee Combined Campaign; Michael F. Watson is the new assistant secretary of mental health service development; the Office of Rural Health and Community Care gets a website.
Highlights: H1N1 flu is here; reach out at ethnic festivals; CARE-LINE call volume goes up; Dr. Megan Davies is named state epidemiologist; N.C. Farmers Market helps seniors eat veggies.
Highlights: DHHS publications win national awards; DHHS Website redesign project is in high gear; Not all Spanish is the same; ‘Granny Good Drops’ visits Assistive Technology; Diabetes Assn. recognizes Division of Public Health; Cassidy tapped to lead Child Development; Leaving kids in cars always a bad idea, particularly in summer.
Highlights: DHHS budget; pay stubs go electronic; energy conservation tips; DDS employee recognized for cost-saving suggestion; new DHHS division focuses on quality of care and patient safety; DHHS videos on YouTube and Department home page.
Highlights: Flexible Furlough Program; Tick and mosquito season is back, ‘Fight the Bite’; Latinos the doctor’s office; Hurricane season opens; special needs require special preparation; World Elder Abuse Day is observed on June 15.
Highlights: H1N1 flu is focus of state and local health efforts; tips for staying healthy and preventing spread of flu ; how seniors can learn more about healthy lifestyles; Dr. Craigan L. Gray is new director of N.C. Division of Medical Assistance; mentoring project brings interpreters together; Governor Morehead School students visit Washington, D.C.
Highlights: SERVNC helps shape quick response to icy Kentucky; New leadership for state facilities, Public Affairs Office; Achieving workforce diversity; Babies will now be screened for cystic fibrosis in N.C.; Diabetes Advocacy Day
Highlights: Two deputy secretaries named for DHHS; Jeff Engel appointed state health director; N.C. adult care homes receiving star ratings; N.C. Public Health Lab helps develop lab in Guyana
Highlights: Lanier M. Cansler is new DHHS secretary; SECU offers free tax preparation for qualified members; 11 from DHHS complete Certified Public Manager Program; Bilingual Resource Group stands ready to help with Latino outreach
Highlights: AIDS Living Quilt Project comes to North Carolina; Three receive the State Employees’ Award for Excellence; N.C. paramedics win international competition; Is your laptop secure? How to tame holiday tension
Highlights: Assistive Technology helps DHHS clients achieve independence; Governor Morehead student wins international art contest award; New NC-CATCH data system helps health departments assess community needs; Paramedics make headlines; Medicaid’s “Medical Home” concept works; “Maintain, Don’t Gain” holiday challenge is back!
Highlights: Deaf-blind students benefit from Governor Morehead School short-term summer program; Domestic Violence: “The Common Denominator”; Disability Employment Awareness; Serving diverse audiences; How to eat smart at work
Highlights: Politics: Out of place in the workplace; helping N.C. students be healthy and successful; mosquitoes can spread illness; protect yourself from bites; staying prepared through hurricane season and beyond
Highlights: New DHHS main website is now on-line; see the new DHHS Spanish language site, too; Retired Governor Morehead School employees dedicated over 60 years to helping students; Residents’ art now visible on Caswell campus
Highlights: Young parents complete high school with help from DHHS program. Reaching out to minority populations in North Carolina
Highlights: A new DHHS website design is on the way, DMA gets $2.26 million to get patients out of emergency rooms and into doctors’ offices for better care, new detox unit to open in Black Mountain, and BEACON news
Highlights: Health Service Regulation has new director; Asthma Awareness and Older Adults month, and introducing the Cultural Competency Corner
Highlights: Eastern NC School for the Deaf opens Independent Living Center; How to use BEACON; Dix court volunteer retires after 39 years of service; 2008 Leadership DHHS class graduates; Vocational Rehab seeks planning input
Highlights: Secretary Benton announces new leadership team for MH/DD/SAS; Public Health forms new Communicable Disease Branch; DHHS employees honored with awards; Important payroll system information; new Latino HIV/AIDS initiative; web-based project management tools
Highlights: Secretary Benton announces plan to fix mental health system; Aging and Disability Resource Centers to be discussed in community forums; Providing help to homeless saves money; $1.6 million grant will speed and strengthen emergency medical services; Three recognized for contributions to public health in N.C.; Teacher for the blind has eye-opening experience in Saudi Arabia; Get free tax help from the State Employees’ Credit Union
Highlights: Gov. Morehead School student artworks displayed at N.C. Museum of Art; ENERGIZE! Program will help prevent childhood diabetes; Enjoy holiday parties without putting on pounds; New Year means new smoking rules for DHHS
Highlights: ACCESS North Carolina is a handy guide to travel attractions for people with disabilities; North Carolina’s childhood immunization rates are among the best in the nation; Instant messaging is popular, but can pose a computer system security problem; New Web Standards and a Website Style Guide are now available to DHHS…on the web, of course! 11 DDHS employees complete the N.C. Certified Manager Program; Stokes County paramedics are tops in the state.
Highlights: Dr. Lawrence named acting DMA director; Community Care Networks get national recognition
Highlights: Dempsey Benton named DHHS Secretary; NCcareLINK: service info on demand; Financial assistance for first-time homeowners; DHHS website changes: making it easier to get the information you need
Highlights: N.C. Food Stamp Program is a national star, A life saved, Helping refugees begin a new life, Direct deposit to be required for employee paychecks, Farewell party for Secretary Carmen Hooker Odom
Highlights: The state’s medical response capabilities are tested; Eugenics exhibit opens at the Museum of N.C. History; Disability Determination wins national award; DSS races for the cure and for one of their own, plus news on workplace wellness, preparing yourself for the new BEACON payroll system, a helpful customer service tool, and more.
Highlights: Hooker Odom leaving DHHS; Governor chooses Dempsey Benton as next DHHS Secretary; Mark Benton is new DMA director; N.C. to celebrate World Refugee Day; Safe Surrender public awareness campaign begins; Protect yourself against mosquito and tick bite
Highlights: May is Asthma Awareness Month; Early Intervention serves tots with special needs; DSS’ Jane Schwartz featured in national film; Making “PDF” documents accessible on the web
Highlights: N.C. Public Health Pilot Accreditation a Success! New business directions for DHHS; Better health: Fruits and Veggies; more
Highlights: Health in Motion; DMA welcomes new medical director; Health insurance open enrollment; New DHHS Family Disaster Plan; more
