Montana State News Bureau:
State Distributes $18 Million In Federal Funding For Child Care
The state introduced $18 million in grants funded by the federal American Rescue Plan Act to assist pay for 31 little one care innovation initiatives in communities round Montana. A report from the state Department of Labor and Industry final yr discovered that 60% of Montana’s counties have been little one care deserts, which means the availability of care meets lower than a 3rd of demand. (Michels, 8/17)
Daily Montanan:
What Happens When You Call 9-1-1 And No One Is Available? Rural Areas Fighting To Keep Healthcare
Most Montanans assume once they dial 9-1-1, there’ll be somebody who solutions on the opposite finish. They’re equally positive in the event that they’re calling due to a medical emergency, an ambulance and a paramedics are simply moments away. But ambulances and emergency medical technicians aren’t a assure – as a lot as individuals would possibly suppose. (Ehrlick, 8/14)
NBC Montana:
Montana Sees Increase In Fentanyl, Drug Seizures
State officers say Montana is on monitor to triple fentanyl and drug seizures in comparison with final yr. There have been 1,900 circumstances in 2019 and 37,724 circumstances final yr. Now there are 111,611 as of June this yr. (NBC Montana Staff, 8/16)
Montana Free Press:
In Montana, A History Of Eugenics Remains Hidden In Plain Sight
At least seven publicly and privately owned websites in Montana bear the names of physicians and officers who overtly supported eugenic theories or helped impose compelled sterilizations of disabled individuals. Historians say that’s a chance. (Pallister, 8/15)
Billings Gazette:
Montana Hospitals Facing Unprecedented Financial Crisis
The nation’s hospitals are going through unprecedented monetary losses as labor shortages, wage pressures and inflation observe a world pandemic — and the identical is true in Montana. Record excessive hospitalizations throughout surges of COVID-19 infections led to burnout amongst nurses and front-line employees, leading to an exodus from the sphere. To backfill, hospital directors have turned to touring or contracted employees, whose wages price at the very least thrice greater than everlasting staff. (Schabacker, 8/14)
Bozeman Daily Chronicle:
‘I Can’t Imagine’: With Skilled Nursing Facilities In A Financial Bind, Difficult Choices Loom
Bridger Rehab & Care is one among many expert nursing houses that accepts Medicaid shuttering this yr in Montana. And when that facility closes in September, the Gallatin Rest Home would be the final expert nursing house with Medicaid beds within the county. (Miller, 8/13)
Ravallii Republic:
New VA Clinic Coming To Hamilton
A brand new VA clinic with expanded companies and considerably extra space is within the works to raised serve Bitterroot Valley veterans. The Hamilton clinic will cowl greater than 7,000 sq. ft — 5 instances the dimensions of the present clinic — and supply a spread of companies together with main care, girls’s well being, outpatient psychological well being remedy, laboratory and telehealth companies, in response to a press launch. (Abell, 8/16)
Daily Montanan:
Where Did They Go? People Without Homes Forced To Relocate After Evictions In Great Falls, Missoula
At 9 a.m. on August 1, the residents of the encampment within the car parking zone of First United Methodist Church in Great Falls have been requested to evacuate the premises. By 10:30 a.m., practically everybody had cleared out. In the final two weeks, individuals residing in at the very least two unhoused communities in Montana, one in Great Falls and the opposite in Missoula, have been requested to depart the grounds in a month that would form as much as be one of many hottest Augusts on document. (Girten, 8/16)
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