Agency Turns Away Addicts as State Funding Falls Short

Agency turns away addicts as state funding falls short
Filed under: government funded drug rehab

The workers provide everything from drug treatment, Head Start classes and foster-care case management to at-home care for older adults and people with developmental disabilities. But more than half of the agency's funding comes from state and federal …
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IRIN has put together a list of five health issues in DRC that require urgent …
Filed under: government funded drug rehab

HIV – More than one million people in DRC are living with HIV; 350,000 of these qualify for life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs, but only 44,000 – or 15 percent – are actually on treatment. Just 9 percent of the population knows of their HIV status …
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Fraternities worse than Animal House fail to pay for casualties
Filed under: government funded drug rehab

Besieged by lawsuits alleging negligent supervision, some of the biggest national fraternities have limited insurance coverage they provide to members, shielded funds in hard-to-tap foundations and cast blame on local chapters with few or no assets …
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