AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoRural Health: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. met with North Dakota health leaders in Bismarck, where state officials outlined plans for $198 million in first-year rural health funding, including equipment upgrades and workforce retention. Tribal leaders urged federal support for tribally led care, and Kennedy pledged $1 billion for the Indian Health Service. Behavioral Health: A Cass County task force says fragmented services leave law enforcement handling crises better addressed by health and community providers. It recommends a behavioral health response model and renewed crisis-intervention training. Food Access: North Dakota’s new SNAP rules, effective Nov. 1, bar benefits from being used to buy soft drinks, energy drinks and candy. Children’s Health: Sanford Fargo earned the nation’s highest neonatal care designation, while state childhood vaccination rates continue to slide.
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