Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
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Our mission is to promote and protect the health and safety of all Idahoans. From birth throughout life, we can help enrich and protect the lives of the people of our state.

We offer programs that deal with complex social, economic and individual issues. They range from Medicaid to Food Stamps, Child Protection to Disease Prevention. Last year, we helped almost 340,000 people in our state, one out of every four Idahoans.

 

Many of our programs are designed to help families in crisis situations, giving a helping hand to vulnerable children and adults. Our programs are integrated to provide the basics of food, health care, job training and other assistance to get families back on their feet and be self-reliant members of our communities. By helping families solve their problems, we can build a healthier Idaho.


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Several rabid bat reports in Idaho are prompting public health officials to warn people throughout the state to take precautions around bats and make sure that their dogs, cats, and horses are adequately vaccinated against rabies.    
  A Pocatello woman who falsified Veterans Affairs benefit checks to deceive eligibility workers for welfare benefits was placed on 5-year felony probation and ordered to repay the government $8,000.   Shelli Ortiz was convicted of Felony Welfare Fraud and sentenced earlier this week to a 2-year fixed and 3-year indeterminate prison sentence. The judge, Peter D. McDermott, suspended the prison sentence, placing her on felony probation. Ortiz must repay the government within six months or...
Starting July 1, Idaho’s Project Filter is offering free Nicotine Replacement Therapy to smokers looking for help in kicking the nicotine habit. Nicotine patches, gum and lozenges are available by calling 1-800-QUIT-NOW or logging on to www.idaho.quitnet.com.
 
“We know that more than half of the 188,000 adults who smoke in Idaho have tried to quit in the last year,” says Jack Miller, program manager of Project Filter, Idaho’s Tobacco Prevention and Control Program. “This will give them...

Two Idahoans have tested positive for West Nile virus. They represent the first, locally-acquired human infections to be reported in the state this year. A woman in her teens from Payette County in southwest Idaho, and an eastern Idaho man in his 30s from Bonneville County, have both tested positive for West Nile infections. Neither of the individuals required hospitalization. 

Idaho Board of Health and Welfare Convenes July 17th   The Idaho Board of Health and Welfare will meet in Boise on Thursday, July 17th, at the Pete T. Cenarrusa building, 450 West State St. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. in the 10th floor conference room.   In the morning session, the Board will consider the confirmation of Gary Moore as the Hospital Administrator for State Hospital North, a facility that provides in-patient mental health services in Orofino to...

West Nile virus was found in mosquitoes from Gem County, prompting health officials to remind people to ‘Fight the Bite’ of mosquitoes when they are outdoors and around their homes. This is the first instance of West Nile activity discovered in the state this year.

  The number of Idaho adults diagnosed with diabetes is on the rise, increasing from 72,000 in 2006 to 87,000 in 2007. The good news is that healthcare providers and community leaders have two new tools to address this growing public health crisis.  
  Artificial turf used by homeowners, daycares, businesses and schools may contain lead that could be harmful to children under the age of seven, according to a recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Advisory.  

A new plan of action sets a road map for dealing with this crisis as the Diabetes Alliance of Idaho unveils Idaho’s 5-Year Diabetes State Plan in Boise on Friday, June 27. The plan brings together healthcare professionals and key community leaders to reduce the significant problems caused by diabetes, and the disparate burden this disease places on ethnic and racial minorities, rural citizens and the elderly.

More Idaho families may be eligible for a special nutrition program that can help them save money, eat well and stay healthy. Idaho’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) implements new income guidelines effective July 1 that raise the household income eligibility limits.

Beginning April 28th, the IRS began sending economic stimulus payments to more than 130 million American households. For most people, the stimulus payments will not affect any health and human service benefits they receive from state and federal governments. However, in a few instances the payments may factor into their eligibility or continued participation in a program.   The following programs are NOT impacted by the economic stimulus payments: Women’s, Infants and Children...
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