by familyvoices | Jan 16, 2021 | FamU - BC - Black Culinary History
Recipes Dr. Jessica B. Harris first tasted Yassa in Senegal in 1972 on her first trip to the African continent “and it was love at first bite”. Michael Twitty traced black-eyed peas back to the Middle Passage and its roots in Africa, recognizing it as a seed of Black...
by familyvoices | Jan 14, 2021 | Family Voices, Washington Update
The major issues covered in this Update are: Enactment of the COVID-relief and FY 2021 appropriations bill Medicaid news, including: Extension of the Public Health Emergency (PHE) and consequent extension of the enhanced federal match, maintenance-of-effort...
by familyvoices | Dec 15, 2020 | Family Voices, NCFPP
Family Voices National is honored to be one of the winners of HRSA’s Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) Care Coordination for Children with Special Health Care Needs (CSHCN) Challenge. Led by Cara Coleman, Family Voices National was part of a...
by familyvoices | Dec 15, 2020 | Family Voices, Washington Update
The big issues in DC right now are: FDA authorization for emergency use of coronavirus vaccines – On Thursday, an FDA advisory committee recommended that the FDA grant “emergency use authorization” (EUA) of the vaccine developed by Pfizer for individuals age 16 and...
by familyvoices | Oct 30, 2020 | NCFPP, Washington Update
Greetings from Washington, DC In this Update: The administration has issued an interim final rule weakening the “Maintenance of Effort” requirement that states must meet to receive an enhanced Medicaid match during the COVID Public Health Emergency. States may now...