ACL: Older Americans Act: Grants to State and Community Programs on Aging; Grants to Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian Grantees for Supportive, Nutrition, and Caregiver Services; Grants for Supportive and Nutritional Services to Older Hawaiian Natives; and Allotments for Vulnerable Elder Rights Protection Activities
Notice of final rule from the Administration for Community Living (ACL) to modernize the implementing regulations of the Older Americans Act of 1965. The changes advance the policy goals of the Older Americans Act as articulated by Congress, including equity in service delivery, accountability for funds expended, and clarity of administration for ACL and its grantees. This rule is effective on March 15, 2024. (Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center)
Source: Federal Register updates via the Rural Assistance Center - February 14, 2024 Category: Rural Health Source Type: news
DHS Awards Grants from JUUL Settlement Funds to Prevent and Treat Vaping by Youth and Young Adults
The Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) has awarded 13 grants worth $830,000 over the next two years to community organizations throughout Wisconsin to help address the youth and young adult vaping epidemic. Funding for the Vaping Prevention and Treatment Initiatives (VPTI) grants comes from current payments to Wisconsin as part of a $14.7 million multiyear JUUL Settlement announced by the Wisconsin Department of Justice in September 2022. The DHS Tobacco Prevention and Control Program...(see release)lucy.pepinFebruary 13, 2024 (Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases)
Source: Wisconsin DHFS Press Releases - February 13, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: lucy.pepin Source Type: news
Blog: Give your ❤ ️ to our unions
It’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow, which also means it’s Unions Week. Whatever your relationship status, you can still show your endless love for your trade union.
Besides me shamelessly trying to fit a few love puns and song titles into this blog, you’ll find here my message about how important unions are to me, to everyone’s working lives and to the whole of society.
I’ve spent my whole working life in the trade union movement, because I know that trade unions make life better for working people. Unions help boost pay by up to £60,000 over a working life, while workers in unionised workplaces also have better pe...
Source: UNISON Health and safety news - February 13, 2024 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Christina McAnea Tags: Article General Secretary's blog News Covid-19 Heart UNISON HeartUnions Source Type: news
USFDA grants VAI classification to Dr Reddy's R&D centre
Dr Reddy's Laboratories announced that its Hyderabad-based R&D centre has received Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) classification from the US FDA after an inspection. This classification indicates that objectionable conditions or practices were found, but no further administrative or regulatory action is required. (Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News)
Source: The Economic Times Healthcare and Biotech News - February 12, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Serious and life-threatening events associated with non-medical cannabis use in Canadian children and youth - Grant C, Plebon-Huff S, Perwaiz S, Abramovici H, B élanger RE.
Stories of accidental poisonings in children involving cannabis have been widely shared and reported since the legalization of cannabis for non-medical purposes in Canada on October 17, 2018, from exposure involving Halloween candy (2) to accidentally e... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - February 12, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
