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The Network for Public Health Law said it’s legal to have fentanyl test strips in at least 30 states and the District of Columbia. Missouri and Kansas are not part of that list.

Union Health Ministry on Thursday organised a seminar in collaboration with The Pandemic Fund to explore potential role of Indian health organisations as Implementing Entities of the funds here.The orientation seminar focussed on the ...

Burlington, VT— Howard Center is pleased to announce the appointment of Liz Mitchell, LICSW, as the new Director of Home and Community Services. Mitchell will replace Beth Holden, who has been promoted to Chief Client Services Officer. Mitchell brings over 37 years of experience in social work, including 19 years with Howard Centers Early Childhood Family Mental Health Program where she began as a clinician and later served as a supervisor, intake coordinator, and assistant director. She has b...

Burlington, VT— Howard Center is pleased to announce its sixth annual conference, Breaking Barriers: Finding Purpose & Possibilities Together, on April 19, 2023, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. This years conference will be held in-person at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Burlington, Vermont, with a virtual option for those who cannot attend in-person. Registration is now open. Breaking Barriers will feature five international speakers, music, art, video, and a sponsor exhibition, for a day of ...

The surplus funds go to many organizations including Meals on Wheels, the Food Bank of Reno County and many local schools.

Child poverty trended downward during the pandemic thanks to government support, but will get worse now that the benefits are gone. Read on.

Report shows 2020 child poverty rate was 13.3 per cent, a decrease from 18 per cent in 2019

The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic marked a record low for child poverty rates in British Columbia, new data shows.

One in five children live in poverty in Saskatchewan, making the province one of the worst in the country, according to the latest report card on poverty from the First Call Child and Youth Advocacy Society.

Child poverty decreased in British Columbia in 2020 due to provincial and federal government benefits provided in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, but any progress may be wiped out by the rising costs of living, an advocacy group says.