DHHS' Division of Aging and Adult Services, Governor's Advisory Council on Aging and, North Carolina Association of Area Agencies on Aging are co-hosting a series of listening sessions being held in conjunction with Older Americans Month.
Published: Sunday, April 27th, 2014 @ 8:14 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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he U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed that North Carolina successfully met requirements to reduce the number of pending food stamp applications and recertifications.
Published: Friday, April 18th, 2014 @ 11:40 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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The N.C. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (VR), which provides counseling, training, education, transportation, job placement and other support services to people with physical, psychiatric and intellectual disabilities, is seeking public input.
Published: Tuesday, April 8th, 2014 @ 5:53 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Secretary Aldona Wos announced today that, despite last week's revelation of an additional 8,100 cases in Guilford County, DHHS is optimistic that the state and counties have reasonably achieved the USDA's March 31 milestone.
Published: Wednesday, April 2nd, 2014 @ 6:00 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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DHHS Secretary Aldona Wos held a late afternoon conference call with legislators to provide an update on NC FAST regarding the status of compliance with the USDA standards for Food and Nutrition Services (food stamps).
Published: Friday, March 21st, 2014 @ 8:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) today presented its Medicaid reform plan to the General Assembly.
Published: Tuesday, March 18th, 2014 @ 2:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In the letter (attached), the USDA acknowledges the significant progress the state has made toward reducing the remaining outstanding cases.
Published: Thursday, February 20th, 2014 @ 1:09 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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DHHS today announced contracts with two leading service firms - Alvarez and Marsal and Navigant Healthcare - to support the Division of Medical Assistance (DMA) as it continues its work to improve and strengthen operations of the North Carolina Medicaid program.
Published: Wednesday, February 12th, 2014 @ 11:58 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Counties across North Carolina continue to make headway toward the February 10 goal for eliminating backlogs of FNS (food stamp), with more than 1,100 additional applications processed on Tuesday.
Published: Sunday, February 9th, 2014 @ 11:03 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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With just days remaining until the USDA's February 10 deadline, the backlog of FNS cases (food stamps) has dropped by 92.5 percent since January 23.
Published: Friday, February 7th, 2014 @ 10:07 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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This is an update on DHHS' most recent interaction with USDA.
Published: Sunday, January 26th, 2014 @ 11:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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