Virginia Medicaid halts part of new caregiver regulations
Hours before new regulations were set to take effect on Friday, Virginia’s Medicaid agency halted most parts of new regulations for...
Families fight new caregiver regulations that restrict ability to care for children, spouses
Virginia’s Medicaid agency has imposed strict new regulations on reimbursement for people who act as a caregiver for their spouse or...
2024 Point in Time count shines light on extent of Shenandoah Valley housing crisis
Matt Tibbles is driving through the woods on the edge of Harrisonburg. “We know, just because of OCP, that there's a tent city out here,”...
'We cannot philanthropy our way out': CHWs fight looming funding cliff
It was 9 a.m. and freezing Thursday when Shanteny Jackson was walking down Richmond’s East Broad Street toward the Virginia General...
SCOOP: Virginia could lose 50% of its community health workers by July 1
Virginia is set to lose about 60 Community Health Workers employed at local health districts by July 1, 2024. More than 25 additional...
Freezing temps add pressure to Shenandoah Valley housing crisis
By Nov. 29, Lee was still about $750 behind on that month’s rent. He pays $1,500 a month to live in one of Staunton’s cheapest motels,...
As respiratory virus season hits Virginia, physicians offer advice
(Stock photo from Sao Paulo's State Government through WikiMedia Commons.) Cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection are at a...
Here’s what happens to WIC if there’s a government shutdown
(Stock photo from WikiMedia Commons user "missvain.") The U.S. government will shut down early Sunday morning if Congress can’t reach an...
SNAP benefits increase access to healthy food at rural farmers markets
Tucked up against the West Virginia border, Highland County is the least populous county in Virginia, with a little more than 2,200...
As climate change sparks wildfires, experts highlight the impacts of smoke in Virginia
(Stock photo by Marc A. Hermann / MTA. Sourced through WikiMedia Commons.) Earlier this summer, wildfire smoke lowered air quality in the...