WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration issued the following news on June 4, 2024: * * * Note to editors and reporters: Video b-roll of a CCBHC (4 minutes, 41 seconds) and an explainer video "What is a CCBHC? (50 seconds) " are available for download and use in reporting, courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. * * * The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through th  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: CHICAGO- U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Chicago have taken the initiative to alleviate the backlog of Global Entry applications from the pandemic and are traveling to different sites allowing those passengers who are conditionally approved to complete their interview on the spot. Chicago Global Entry Mobile unit first started doing these commun  more

ARGONNE, Illinois, June 5 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory issued the following news release: * * * The partnership aims to deliver measurable benefits to disinvested communities * * * On Monday, June 3, the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory participated in a signing ceremony with the Green Era Campus in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood to commemorate a newly established agreement: a memorandum of understanding (MOU). T  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 6 -- The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: Following the historic impacts of the 2023 wildfire season, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) are encouraging residents to routinely monitor air quality to protect their health and reduce contributions to air pollution. Like the weather, air quality can change from day to day. The Illinois EPA issues daily air   more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 6 -- Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: Illinois has been selected as one of ten states to participate in the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Medicaid Demonstration Program designed to expand and improve access to coordinated mental health care and substance use services, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced this week. "This announcement builds on the substantial progress my administratio  more

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois, June 6 -- The Illinois Courts issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Marcia M. Meis, Director of the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts, announced today that the First Judicial Circuit judges voted to select Kelly R. Phelps as associate judge of the First Judicial Circuit. Mr. Phelps received his undergraduate degree in 1992 from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois and his Juris Doctor in 1995 from Southern Illinois University  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The Institute of Museum and Library Services issued the following news release: The Institute of Museum and Library Services has announced the FY24 recipients of its Native American/Native Hawaiian (NANH) Museum Services Program. The grant program provides up to $250,000 in funding to support Native American Tribes and organizations that primarily serve and represent Native Hawaiians in sustaining Indigenous heritage, culture, and knowledge. This year, 18 institutions have  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSres) -- The National Academy of Medicine issued the following news on June 5, 2024: Today the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced the appointment of 19 Commissioners to serve on its Commission on Investment Imperatives for a Healthy Nation (the Commission). The Commission is charged with identifying transformative actions necessary to improve the performance of a health system that is unaffordable to many and falls short of the outcomes that should be achieved. T  more