AGP Executive Report
Last update: 11 hours agoVeterans & Homelessness Support: Prestonsburg’s VA Clinic hosted a homeless veterans stand down Aug. 27, connecting 39 veterans with services ranging from clinical care and suicide prevention to caregiving and enrollment help. Substance Use Recovery Funding: Seed Sower Inc. secured more than $450,000 in grants to expand peer recovery support across 10 southern West Virginia counties, including a new adult peer center in Raleigh and surrounding areas. Family Medicine Leadership: A WVSOM student, Erin McGowan, was named the next Student Trustee for the American Academy of Family Physicians Foundation Board, starting Oct. 1, 2027. Pediatric Health Literacy: WVSOM students and faculty helped publish “Connor Explains Crohn’s,” a picture book aimed at reducing stigma and improving understanding of Crohn’s for children and families. Overdose Awareness: Clarksburg marked International Overdose Awareness Day with a memorial walk and local recovery resource outreach, with Narcan and support planned for Save a Life Day Sept. 24. COVID-19 Watch: CDC data shows COVID infections are rising or likely rising in most states as students return, with some schools seeing temporary disruptions. Weight-Loss Drug Access: A Medicaid GLP-1 weight-loss expansion model (BALANCE) is seeing low interest, with Indiana the only confirmed participant. Community Health & Safety: Maryland plans a Potomac River treatment Sept. 2 to control black flies using a Bti-based larvicide, with officials saying it won’t affect drinking water supplies.
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