DHHS EmployeeUPDATE May 2006
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Our Mission: To serve the people of North Carolina by enabling individuals, families and communities to be
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EmployeeUPDATE
A monthly publication for employees of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
June 2006
INSIDETOP FEATURES
Eliminating Health Disparities, Page 3
Skin Cancer Ad Campaign, Page 5
State Health Plan offers PPO, Page 8
Rabies
ÂPages 6-7
Illness from
Mosquitoes
and Ticks
ÂPages 7-8
State homeless panel
welcomes four members
Four members were sworn recently
into the N.C. Interagency Council for
Coordinating Homeless Programs,
an advisory panel on issues affecting
people who are homeless or at risk of
becoming homeless.
Neil Miller Belenky of Greensboro,
Glenn E. Silver of Whitakers, Law-
rence Wilson of Raleigh, and Pamela
S. Kilpatrick of Apex took the oath
of office administered by Associate
Justice Patricia Timmons-Goodson
of the N.C. Supreme Court during a
meeting of the council in Raleigh on
May 1. Council member appointments
are for three-year terms. The council
has 29 members.
“These new members bring valued
skills to the table as we continue our
work of identifying and implementing
strategies to prevent homelessness
in our state,” said Linda Povlich,
chairman of the council.
Belenky is president of United Way
of Greater Greensboro, a post he has
held since 1990. With United Way’s
support, agencies in Greensboro,
High Point and Guilford County are
partnering to form a task force to
develop a 10-year plan to end
homelessness in Guilford County.
Guilford is among a dozen com-
munities across North Carolina
either in the process of adopting, or
that have adopted, 10-year plans to end
homelessness.
Silver is a housing coordinator for the
Best Practice Team of the Division
of Mental Health, Developmental
Disabilities and Substance Abuse
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