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Press Releases
2019
- 2/15 FSSA will distribute March SNAP benefits using a split schedule
- 1/31 FSSA announces recipients of school-age child care grants
- 1/14 UPDATE: SNAP benefits will now be distributed on January 16
- 1/11 Indiana prepares for early issuance of February SNAP benefits
- 1/8 Indiana awarded nearly $7 million to support early childhood education
2018
- 12/19 FSSA announces next round of early childhood education grants
- 11/28 State now hiring for numerous clinical and patient care positions at new psychiatric hospital
- 10/10 Task Force for Assessment of Services and Supports for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities to meet in Columbia City
- 9/21 FSSA, ISDH receive federal funding to help combat the drug epidemic
- 8/15 Children's Commission reaches 5-year mark, annual report shows focus on helping vulnerable youth
- 8/13 Task Force for Assessment of Services & Supports for People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities to meet in Indianapolis
- 8/6 Indiana Family and Social Services Administration and Indiana State Department of Health name new chief medical officers
- 6/25 New Brighter Futures Indiana website helps Hoosier families find child care and inspire learning at home
- 6/4 FSSA announces recipients of early education capacity-building grants
- 4/12 Task Force for Assessment of Services & Supports for People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities to meet in Lafayette
- 3/15 Indiana announces new partnership to connect Hoosiers with drug treatment
- 3/7 Crouch, FSSA accepting 2018 Golden Hoosier Award nominations
- 3/1 On My Way Pre-K applications for 2018/2019 school year are now available for families in 20 counties
- 2/16 Task Force for Assessment of Services & Supports for People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities to meet in Boonville
- 2/8 Indiana announces new online portal and residential addiction treatment program to help Hoosiers connect to addiction treatment
- 2/2 Gov. Holcomb, Secretary Azar announce federal approval to continue and enhance the Healthy Indiana Plan
- 1/29 Indiana Healthy Indiana Plan extended for one month
2017
- 12/18 Grants available for early education providers to help improve quality and increase availability of high-quality early childhood education in Indiana
- 11/14 Task Force for Assessment of Services & Supports for People with Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities to hold first meeting
- 11/06 FSSA names Allison Taylor Indiana Medicaid Director
- 10/18 Indiana to establish new health services initiative for enhanced lead testing and abatement
- 9/25 On My Way Pre-K applications are now available for families in 10 expansion counties for session beginning in January 2018
- 7/20 Finalized amendment to HIP waiver extension application transmitted to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- 7/5 Indiana’s Family and Social Services Administration adds five new opioid treatment programs
- 7/3 Governor Holcomb to announce treatment expansion in battle against drug epidemic
- 6/7 Governor Holcomb announces 15 additional counties selected for FSSA's On My Way Pre-K program
- 3/27 On My Way Pre-K deadline to register for 2017/2018 school year is
THIS FRIDAY March 31 - 3/8 - FSSA Secretary testifies in support of pre-kindergarten
- 3/1 - Student loan repayment assistance now available for mental health and addiction professionals
- 1/31 - State seeks to continue the successful Healthy Indiana Plan for low-income Hoosiers
- 1/18 - On My Way Pre-K applications for 2017/2018 school year are now available for families in five pilot counties.
2016
- 9/20 - Indiana FSSA launches innovative new website to help families find quality child care
- 8/19 - Lt. Governor Holcomb joins FSSA Secretary John Wernert, Community Health Network Executives to Break Ground on new Neuro-Diagnostic Institute
- 8/8 - INARMS seeks mental health, substance abuse and criminal justice professionals to discuss solutions
- 7/27 - Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 evaluation reveals Hoosier success
- 6/10 - FSSA announces managed care contractors selected to serve Healthy Indiana Plan and Hoosier Healthwise members
- 6/3 - Lt. Governor Holcomb and Dr. Wernert announce 2016 Golden Hoosier Award recipients
- 5/25 - Twelve Project SEARCH interns will graduate from service to the State of Indiana this Friday
- 3/31 - Lt. Governor Holcomb and FSSA now accepting 2016 Golden Hoosier Award Nominations
- 3/31 - FSSA announces 20 recipients of new 2-Year Early Education Matching Grants
- 3/28 - Public Notice Regarding the Addition of Psychosocial Rehabilitation Services offered in Accredited Clubhouse Settings under the Medicaid Rehabilitation Option
- 2/10 - FSSA Names Leadership Team to Oversee New Neuro-Diagnostic Institute
- 1/27 - Governor Pence Marks First Anniversary of HIP 2.0
- 1/26 - Family applications for August 2016 are now being accepted for On My Way Pre-K in five pilot counties
- 1/19 - Student Loan Repayment Assistance Now Available For Mental Health and Addiction Professionals
FSSA Stories
- Fighting back: County will use $500,000 in grant money to combat opioid abuse
- Longstanding Longcliff: Logansport State Hospital turns 130
- Indiana 211 partnership helps 100 in first month
- Across Indiana, local governments attack opioid epidemic
- State spells out plan to battle opioid crisis
- Indiana first in country to use software to connect those with addiction to drug treatment
- State Partners with OpenBeds to Boost Opioids Treatment
- New Indiana OpenBeds program matches Hoosiers needing drug treatment to providers
- Indiana partners with OpenBeds to make rehab accessible to all
- Confronting Indiana's opioid crisis
- FSSA unveils new opioid plans
- Opioid treatment access expanding in Indiana
- Feds commit up to $80M annually in 3-year extension for Healthy Indiana Plan
- Healthy Indiana Plan gets three-year extension
- State gets OK to spend $15M to aid lead-poisoned children on Medicaid
- What to do if someone you care about has an opioid problem
- Pre-k voucher program comes to St. Joe, Elkhart, Marshall counties
- Indiana's Family and Social Services Administration adds five new opioid treatment programs
- New hospital to rewrite rules of psychiatric care
- A HIP example - Indiana presents model for health care fixes
- HIP a vital component for rural Hoosiers' health
- As debate rages over pre-K funding, families already in program see gains
- Indiana files to continue HIP 2.0 Medicaid expansion
- Holcomb wants to keep Healthy Indiana
- Losing a limb without losing hope
- Indiana launches new tool to find child care providers
- HIP 2.0 filling gaps in Hoosier health care
- Pence's health care plan a great success
- Food Bank of Northwest Indiana has an IMPACT on the region
- Indiana's new neuro-diagnostic institute announcement - in the news
- Editorial: Recovery Works offers hope for prisoners
- Indiana to divert more felony offenders to treatment
- Residents paying to be healthy - HIP 2.0 helps Madison county's financially vulnerable get health care
- SNAP Work Requirements Back for Some Hoosiers
- Indiana's Medicaid program paves way for other states
- Healthy Indiana Program 2.0 enrollment proceeding well (subscription required)
- State readies $2M ad campaign to show off HIP replacement
- Resources for finding safe and reliable child care
- Physicians Will Embrace HIP 2.0
- Child Care and the Overwhelmed Parent
- Harnessing youth voice on bullying
- Welfare Abuse Almost Quelled
- Vocational Rehabilitation Services Helps Hoosiers Get Back to Work
- A Business Enterprise Program Success Story
- A Role Model for Tenderness and Compassion