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Ballad Health, Gov. Bill Lee Launch Effort to Provide Strong Futures For Women and Babies
Ballad HealthJanuary 28, 2021 GMT
Greeneville, Tenn., Jan. 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) As an organization committed to serving the needs of women and children throughout the Appalachian Highlands, Ballad Health announced today a major investment into serving the specialized needs of pregnant women, babies and families, who suffer from the pain of addiction.
The Ballad Health Strong Futures program, which will be housed at the former Takoma Regional Hospital in Greeneville, will provide residential and other care for pregnant women and mothers who suffer from addiction or need other behavioral health services. The program will provide a range of residential and outpatient behavioral health services, including addiction treatment, that will help ensure the strongest-possible new beginnings for women
Erlanger Women’s Services Receives Grant To Form New Program For 1st-Time Mothers Wednesday, January 27, 2021 The Tennessee Department of Human Services awarded Erlanger Health System with a “2Gen” grant to fund the formation of a new community health program, Nurse-Family Partnership, to help first-time, low-income mothers in the Chattanooga region. Nurse-Family Partnership is an evidence-based, community health program that serves women and teens who meet specific income requirements and who are expecting their first children. Each mother is partnered with a registered nurse early in her pregnancy and receives regular home visits until the child reaches two years of age (due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all NFP “visits” are virtual for the time being).
Skin Cancer And Cosmetic Dermatology Centers Hires Vlatka Agnetta, MD, Mohs Micrographic Surgeon Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Vlatka Agnetta, M.D., has joined the team of medical providers at Skin Cancer & Cosmetic Dermatology Centers, bringing dermatology experience with a special focus on Mohs Micrographic Surgery, a method for removing cancerous tissue. Dr. Agnetta, who started her career in emergency medicine, pursued a specialization in dermatology when she saw the need in her community for genuine compassion in that field. After completing the Dermatology Residency program at Loma Linda University in Loma Linda, Ca., Dr. Agnetta went on to pursue a fellowship in Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology from the University of Florida College of Medicine, equipping her to serve the skin cancer community.
Summer Food Program Helps Community Bounce Back from Pandemic Jan 27, 2021 at 07:30 am by WGNS
The Tennessee Department of Human Services (TDHS) is providing another resource to help communities bounce back from the pandemic with the launch of this year’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). The goal of the Summer Food Service Program is to ensure children 18 and younger, who benefit from meal programs at school, continue to have that same access to nutritious meals outside of school.
Each year TDHS partners with sponsors across the state to provide these meals. The program traditionally runs from the end of May to August when the next school semester begins. This year sponsors will be able to begin serving meals as soon as they’re approved, and they’ll have the flexibility to provide “grab and go” meals to children along with meal bags containing more than one day’s worth of food through the end of June.
February 2, 2021
States spend only about a fifth of their combined federal and state dollars under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant on basic assistance for families with children, our analysis of the latest data from fiscal year 2019 shows, and several states spend less than a tenth. States are using their considerable flexibility under TANF, the primary cash assistance program for families with the lowest incomes, to divert funds
away from income support for families and toward other, often unrelated state budget areas, as they have increasingly done since TANF’s creation in 1996. By changing course and redirecting the funds back towards cash assistance, states could improve academic, health, and economic outcomes for children in families in poverty, research shows.