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Recent News
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03/11/2010 - DHH Secretary, Advocacy Groups, Human Service Leaders Celebrate Mental Health Transformation - NEW ORLEANS—Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals’
Secretary Alan Levine today celebrated the opening of two
new community-based outpatient mental health care clinics
for children, adolescents and their families in the Greater
New Orleans area. Levine joined local and state officials
in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at one of the new clinics, the
Midtown Clinic in New Orleans, to mark another milestone in
the state’s creation of a robust, community-based mental
health system statewide.
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03/02/2010 - Acadiana Leaders Taking Lead on Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities Services - BATON ROUGE— Regional leaders in Acadiana have taken the
first steps towards the creation of a “human services
district” for residents of the seven-parish area
surrounding Lafayette, or DHH Region IV. The effort,
supported by the Louisiana Department of Health and
Hospitals, will allow local leadership to use continued
state funding to deliver mental health, addictive
disorders, developmental disabilities and public health
services considered a priority by the local community.
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03/02/2010 - Governor Jindal Announces Nominees to the New Orleans Academic Medical Center Initial Corporation Board - BATON ROUGE – Today, Governor Bobby Jindal announced four
nominees to the New Orleans Academic Medical Center Initial
Corporation Board, marking the next step forward toward
creating the new Academic Medical Center in New Orleans.
In August 2009, Governor Jindal joined LSU System President
John Lombardi, Tulane President Scott Cowen, Department of
Health and Hospitals (DHH) Secretary Alan Levine and other
New Orleans officials to announce an agreement of the
governance structure.
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