Articles with the Tag: DPHHS

News from DPHHS MONTANA — The Department of Health and Human Services (DPHHS) recently released new guidelines to improve access to the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program for families who receive the traditional Best Beginnings Child Care Scholarship.  Families who have been determ...

News from DPHHS HELENA — Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) Director Charlie Brereton today announced the department was awarded $425,000 in federal funding to help improve the detection of waste, fraud, and abuse involving public assistance programs. “Our administrati...

News from DPHHS MONTANA — The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) recently announced that donation boxes have been set up at various locations across the state to receive holiday gifts to benefit Montana State Hospital (MSH) patients. The effort is part of the annual Gifts wi...

News from DPHHS RONAN — Rep. Courtenay Sprunger, Sen. Shane Morigeau, Sen. Mike Cuffe, and Lindsey Carter of the DPHHS Developmental Disability Program visited the future site of Jake’s Farm in the Dell on Monday, Oct. 21. A $400,000 state grant has helped launch construction of the new f...

News from DPHHS MONTANA —  As Montana gears up to enter colder weather and another respiratory illness season, the Department of Public Health and Human Services is encouraging Montanans to take precautions to help protect against COVID-19, influenza, pneumococcal pneumonia, and respiratory s...

News from DPHHS MONTANA — The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) reports that breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among Montana women, accounting for 33% of new cancers each year. Breast cancer is a disease in which cells in the breast grow out of control, and ...

News from the Department of Public Health and Human Services BILLINGS – On Oct. 1, Montana centenarians were honored in Billings at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center during a special luncheon.  “Each year, it’s an honor to celebrate our Montana centenarians for the inspi...

MISSOULA — Montana’s Medicaid expansion program will sunset in 2025, barring its renewal before the Montana Legislature, and its passage is by no means secured ahead of what could be a busy session. State Sen. Steve Fitzpatrick, the Republican majority leader in his chamber, said that Medicaid...

News from MT - DPHHS MONTANA — The Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) recently announced that it has received generous donations from Intrepid Credit Union and Toys for Tots that will help bring smiles to the faces of hundreds of children in foster care throughout Montana. &...

News from DPHHS MONTANA — State and local health officials are reporting today the first Montana West Nile virus (WNV) detections for summer 2024 across four counties. Six mosquito pools in Blaine, Dawson, Prairie, and Wibaux counties have tested positive for WNV. Detection in mosquitoes is an ...