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News Tipoffs - Nevada Editors Newsletter for Thursday June 06, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Biden-Harris Administration Expands Access to Mental Health and Substance Use Services With Addition of 10 New States to CCBHC Medicaid Demonstration Program
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

Calif. Gov. Newsom Announces Appointments 6.5.24
SACRAMENTO, California, June 6 -- Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-California, issued the following news release on June 5, 2024: Governor Gavin Newsom today announced the following appointments: Jenny Cho, of Carlsbad, has been appointed Deputy Director, Division of Financial Assistance, Federal Programs, in the California Department of Housing and Community Development. Cho has been Assistant Deputy Director of Federal Relief and Recovery at the California Department of Housing and Community Development  more

DOE Announces First Projects Under New Cleanup to Clean Energy Initiative
WASHINGTON, June 6 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Energy issued the following news on June 5, 2024: * * * Two Utility-Scale Projects at Idaho National Lab Will Help Spur Clean Electricity Generation on DOE-Owned Land, Ensuring the Federal Government is Leading by Example in the Effort to Reach the Nation's Ambitious Climate Goals * * * The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the first proposed projects selected under the Department's Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative, an i  more

Ill. Gov. Pritzker Administration Announces Federal Funding for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics
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

NREL Names 2024 Executive Energy Leadership Program Participants
GOLDEN, Colorado, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory issued the following news release: The U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has selected 18 leaders to participate in its 2024 Executive Energy Leadership program (Energy Execs). The program curriculum is designed to assist nontechnical decision makers from government, corporate, nonprofit, and urban/rural communities as they work to implement renewable energy poli  more

USGS-led study estimates lithium in groundwater that can be used for drinking water
WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: Ongoing research by health organizations has linked the low-level occurrence of natural lithium in drinking water to positive human-health outcomes such as reduced suicide mortality and other mental-health benefits in addition to potential negative outcomes such as autism and thyroid hormone levels. There are limited data, however, on where and at what concentrations lithium occ  more