[DHS-News] Vol 4, No. 37, May 1, 2003

[WHITEHOUSE Gary]

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dhs-news
May 1, 2003
Volume 4, Issue 37
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. New Currents Online
2. 10,400 OHP clients lose coverage on May 1
3. Providing safe passages, one child at a time 
4. Director's weekly message

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1. Vol. 2, No. 10 of Currents Online is available at the DHS Web site:
http://www.dhs.state.or.us/publications/currents/
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2. As a result of failure to pay premiums for March, February or both, about
10,400 low-income Oregon Health Plan clients will be without health-care
coverage beginning today. Read the news release:
http://www.dhs.state.or.us/news/2003news/2003-0428.html
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3. Don Darland, president of the Oregon Foster Parent Association, discusses
the challenges and rewards facing foster parents in Oregon. Read his guest
opinion: http://www.dhs.state.or.us/news/2003news/2003-0428a.html
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4. DHS Director Jean Thorne discusses public health, the budget, respite care
and more. Read her weekly message:
http://www.dhs.state.or.us/news/messages/message.html
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