County Kicks Off 39th Annual Blood Drive
Apr. 3, 2023 | 4:03 PMReading Time: 3 minutes
One in seven people entering a hospital needs blood. Even more urgent, blood banks supplying those hospitals are often faced with shortages.
Stories by Cassie N. Saunders
Credit: Shutterstock Time for Medi-Cal Renewal
Mar. 30, 2023 | 9:40 AMReading Time: < 1 minute
Medi-Cal recipients are being notified to renew their healthcare benefits. If you receive a renewal packet in the mail, please fill it out and send it back. If you receive a request for more information, or you need to update your address, please call 1-866-262-9881 or go online to sandiegocounty.gov/medi-cal.
County Employees Honor Abandoned Veteran at Final Resting Place
Mar. 22, 2023 | 12:08 PMReading Time: 3 minutes
An average day for Tiffany Tsai usually includes some time spent leafing through case files at her desk in the County of San Diego’s Public Administrator’s Office. It is not every day that she is at Miramar National Cemetery accepting a folded flag for a three-time purple heart recipient, but on a recent late February morning that was exactly what she was doing.
Final Love Your Heart Week of Action Event March 11
Mar. 6, 2023 | 11:06 AMReading Time: < 1 minute
The 12th Annual Love Your Heart Week of Action took place a few weeks ago and early results show that 3,000 San Diegans got blood pressure checks and 4% of those screened needed an urgent visit to their doctor.
County Expands Funding to Engage Fathers and Caregivers
Mar. 3, 2023 | 11:58 AMReading Time: 2 minutes
A Behavioral Health Services (BHS) program focused on culturally appropriate programming to strengthen relationships between fathers and their children and bolster fathers’ parenting skills was approved Tuesday by the San Diego County Board of Supervisors. This Board approval signals an eight-fold expansion of these services.
Housing and Community Development Services Posting Annual Plan for Public Comment
Mar. 1, 2023 | 1:20 PMReading Time: 2 minutes
The County of San Diego’s Housing and Community Development Services (HCDS) is seeking public input on the Annual Plan draft for fiscal year 2023-2024.
County Establishes New Child and Family Well-Being Department
Feb. 28, 2023 | 3:00 PMReading Time: 2 minutes
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors has approved a reimagined department to support children and families. The new Child and Family Well-Being Department will integrate multiple child and family serving systems, including First 5 San Diego, Child Welfare Services, and other Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) departments, under one umbrella to deliver both prevention and safeguarding services.