CT commissioner will lead Biden s mental health and addiction team
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Miriam Delphin-Rittmon, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, speaks during an opioid crisis roundtable hosted by U.S. Senator Chris Murphy in Danbury on Wednesday afternoon. March 28, 2019, in City Hall, Danbury, Conn.H John Voorhees III / Hearst Connecticut Media
WASHINGTON Connecticut’s commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services will soon depart the agency to lead mental health and substance abuse work for the federal government.
President Joe Biden announced his intent to nominate Miriam Delphin-Rittmon to serve as assistant secretary for Mental Health and Substance Abuse at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Friday.
Education secretary nominee Miguel Cardona appears for confirmation hearing.
President Joe Biden’s choice to serve as education secretary, Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona, was confirmed to the post by the Senate on Monday.
The vote came to 64 yays to 33 nays in the chamber on Monday evening.
Cardona, 45, has experience as both a public school educator and an administrator, and has supported Biden’s goal of reopening schools safely as many parents remain concerned about students and the challenges dealt by the pandemic.
Biden’s plan to reopen schools has been a source of debate, as the president pledged to return most children to schools for in-person learning by the end of first 100 days in office. His administration later clarified that he was referring to grades K through 8, since younger children appear to be at a lower risk of catching the virus.
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• CT Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr Deidre S. Gifford
• Director of Public Health/New Haven Maritza Bond
• Keith Grant, Hartford HealthCare Senior System Director for Infection Prevention
• Manisha Juthani, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at Yale School of Medicine and Infectious Diseases specialist at Yale Medicine
• Governor Lamont & Connecticut Education Commissioner Miguel Cardona appointed 2021 Teacher of the Year: Rochelle Brown, a kindergarten teacher at Poquonock School in Windsor.
• Pastor Johnson’s of Danbury and member of the Council of Churches in Bridgeport
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