Idaho Department of Health & Welfare
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Continuous Medicaid enrollment ends April 1. First batch of notices issued today
During the federal COVID-19 public health emergency, states were not allowed to remove anyone from Medicaid unless they moved out of the state, asked to be removed, or died.
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Potentially hazardous conditions at Lake Cascade and Payette River; avoid contact with cyanobacterial harmful algal bloom
The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) Division of Public Health and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) are notifying the public of potentially hazardous conditions at Lake Cascade in Valley County and the Payette River from Lake Cascade to Payette through Boise, Gem, Payette, and Valley counties due to harmful algal blooms.
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Health advisory issued for Henrys Lake; avoid contact with harmful algal cyanobacterial blooms
The Division of Public Health in the Department of Health and Welfare has issued a health advisory for Henrys Lake in Fremont County.
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Community Program grants fully distributed, partners announced
Funding allocated to reach children impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic is fully distributed earlier than anticipated.
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DHW does not support or fund any ‘porn literacy’ for children in Idaho
The Department of Health and Welfare (DHW) has received questions this week about sex education curriculum in Idaho.
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Board of Health and Welfare to meet Aug. 18
The Idaho Board of Health and Welfare will hold its regularly scheduled meeting at 8 a.m. MT Thursday, Aug. 18, via Webex and in Boise.