The U.S. Justice Department has given North Carolina two more years to meet a requirement for placing 3,000 qualified individuals from adult-care homes into independent housing.
The state Department of Health and Human Services now has until June 30, 2023, to complete a transition initiative ordered by Justice officials in 2012. The initiative is known as the Olmstead agreement.
The moves are part of a court settlement spurred by claims made by Disability Rights NC in November 2010 that the state was violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by placing individuals with mental illness into adult-care homes.
Eligible to participate are people living in adult-care homes whose symptoms have been diagnosed as a serious and persistent mental illness, or those who have been in treatment for more than 90 days at a state hospital.
Michigan childhood vaccination rates drop during pandemic ANNA LIZ NICHOLS, Associated Press/ Report for America
April 12, 2021
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) Health officials on Monday urged Michigan parents to make sure their children are caught up with non-COVID-19 vaccinations, which have slipped below a 70% rate during the coronavirus pandemic.
Among the reasons that parents gave for not keeping their kids vaccinations current over the past year have been concerns about the safety of going to health care facilities amid the virus threat, and a lack of transportation and child care options, doctors said during a virtual news conference.
The state s largest city, Detroit, and one of its least populous counties, Oscoda County, have the lowest childhood immunization rates, with each dropping below 50%, said Bob Swanson, Immunization Division director for the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
Nevada newspaper tallies at least 55 inmate COVID-19 deaths
April 12, 2021
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1of2FILE - In this April 15, 2015, file photo, is High Desert State Prison in Indian Springs, Nev. At least 55 Nevada prison inmates have died after contracting COVID-19 in the prison system during the pandemic that began more than a year ago, according to a newspaper report. The Nevada Sentencing Commission twice declined to recommend that Gov. Steve Sisolak depopulate prisons to minimize the spread of coronavirus.John Locher/APShow MoreShow Less
2of2FILE - This April 26, 2016 file photo Northern Nevada Correctional Center inmates work together to sow sagebrush seeds that will be grown and planted at the prison in Carson City, Nev. At least 55 Nevada prison inmates have died after contracting COVID-19 during the pandemic that began more than a year ago, according to a newspaper report. Northern Nevada Correctional Center has had the most prisoners die after testing posi
Peterson Air Force Base is a potential site to temporarily house unaccompanied migrant children as thousands of people continue arriving at America’s southern border.
The Department of Defense assessed the Colorado Springs base Wednesday at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services. A formal request to house unaccompanied minors at Peterson Air Force base in Colorado Springs has not been made.
U.S. Rep Doug Lamborn, a Colorado Springs Republican, isn’t happy about the idea.
“It is truly disturbing that the Biden administration would entertain the possibility of using Peterson Air Force Base as a location to house unaccompanied minor illegal immigrants,” Lamborn said. “Peterson is critical to our national security and is home to both Space Command and Northern Command defense entities with can’t-fail missions that occur daily.”
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Answer: Volunteering is a great way to give back and support your community. Senior Servicesâ Meals-on-Wheels program is an excellent opportunity for volunteers to not only provide a nutritious meal, but also to form friendships, share warm smiles, and provide a safety check for older adults, many of whom are living alone and having trouble preparing meals during the day.
Just about one year ago, the Meals-on Wheels program, which prided itself on providing hot lunch-time meals to senior participants in the program each weekday, shifted its Meals-on-Wheels delivery process to delivering five frozen meals, once per week in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 and keep participants and volunteers as safe as possible. As the number of COVID-19 cases decrease and the number of people vaccinated increase in our community, Senior Services plans to resume hot, daily meal delivery on Monday, May 3rd. That goal can only be reached with the support of community volunteers