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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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