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NCDHHS Staff Participate in Multi-State Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak Preparedness Exercise

Officials from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the NC Department of Public Safety participated with federal, state and local partners in a multi-state Ebola virus disease emergency preparedness exercise Nov. 4–8, 2019. 

Four DHHS Employees Honored with Governor’s Awards for Excellence

Four DHHS employees were recently honored with 2019 Governor's Awards for Excellence: Mindy Jane Coleman of Black Mountain Neuro-Medical Center; Steven C. King of Broughton Hospital; Martha Swindell Brown of Cherry Hospital; and Dr. Susan M. Kansagra of the Division of Public Health.

Vocational Rehabilitation Helps Those with TBI Find, Keep Employment

In North Carolina, nearly 79,000 people sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in 2015. Of those, more than 1,800 died, more than 7,000 were hospitalized and nearly 70,000 were treated and released from emergency departments. For survivors, depending on the severity of a TBI, effects can include impairments related to thinking or memory, movement, vision or hearing, and to emotional functioning that may interfere with finding or keeping a job. This is an area where DHHS’ Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services (DVRS) can help.

DHHS Shoutouts: Nov. 6, 2019

Planchard Named to 2019-2020 Class for Leadership North Carolina; Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services staffer Bobbie Chestnut was named Disability Advocate of the Year; DDS Employee to Appear on "Wheel of Fortune;" Public Health’s Children & Youth Branch Volunteers for Habitat; Medicaid Employees Serve Senior Citizens; Medicaid Leader’s Article on Improving Health and Health Care Delivery Published in Journal.

DHHS Mobilizes to Make Progress on NC Early Childhood Action Plan

NCDHHS staff are mobilizing across divisions to make progress on North Carolina’s Early Childhood Action Plan. Department leaders recently spent two days working in cross-sector teams to strategize and make plans to leverage and align work in three priority areas for 2020. 

NC’s 100 Distinguished Public Health Nurses Includes 11 from Division of Public Health

Eleven nurses from the Division of Public Health are among recipients of the 100 Distinguished Public Health Nurses in North Carolina award as part of the Centennial Anniversary of the Office of Public Health Nursing.

NC WIC Program Recognized with National IT Award for Benefits Card, Mobile App

North Carolina’s Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) was recently honored for its work in implementing an electronic benefits transfer card (eWIC) and mobile app (Bnft) for participants.

North Carolinians Without Health Insurance Encouraged to Sign Up for Coverage

Having health insurance is a big part of being healthy. If you don’t have health coverage, consider enrolling for 2020 coverage through the federal Health Insurance Marketplace at HealthCare.gov between Nov. 1 and Dec. 15, 2019.

Governor, DHHS Employees Celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights

NC Department of Health and Human Services employees celebrated Diwali with Governor Roy Cooper and DHHS Secretary Mandy Cohen on the Dorothea Dix Campus.

DHHS Collaborates with OSHR to Recognize Disability Employment Awareness Month

Governor Roy Cooper proclaimed October as Disability Employment Awareness Month. Leaders from the Department of Health and Human Services and the Office of State Human Resources gathered to highlight the importance of improving accessibility in the workplace and stepping up recruitment of people with disabilities for state government jobs.

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