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Posted on: May 12, 2023

May 12, 2023 - May is Mental Health Awareness Month

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and the Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) is working with community partners to host events and trainings to end stigma and discrimination and raise awareness.

On Tuesday, May 16, join you...

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20230512 - Mental Health Awareness Month '23 (P Health & Human Services
Posted on: April 26, 2023

April 26, 2023 - Public comment period on the draft MHSA 2023-2026 Three-Year Plan open now

Community residents are invited to review and comment on the Humboldt County draft Mental Health Services Act (MHSA) Three-Year Plan for 2023-2026. 

In 2004, California voters approved Proposition 63, or MHSA, which placed a 1 percent tax on perso...

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20230426 - MHSA plan public comment period (PDF) Health & Human Services
Posted on: April 25, 2023

April 25, 2023 - Check out the Spring DHHS Connect

Check out the spring edition of DHHS’s newsletter, the DHHS Connect. Find out more about how the Quality Parenting Initiative is influencing CWS’s work, learn about DHHS’s Racial & Cultural Equity team and what it is work...

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DHHS Connect-Spring 2023 (PDF) Health & Human Services
Posted on: April 11, 2023

April 11, 2023 - Final wet weather test period extended to April 30

The Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Environmental Health (DEH) has, again, extended the wet weather test period for the evaluation of proposed individual on-site wastewater treatment systems (OWTS). Under normal rain...

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202230411 - Second Wet Weather Test Extension (PDF Health & Human Services
Posted on: April 3, 2023

April 3, 2023 - Social Services Call Center back open five days a week

The Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS), Social Services Call Center will be open five days a week starting Monday, April 3. This comes more than a year after staffing shortages caused the Call Center to cut its hours and star...

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20230403 - Call Center open 5 days a week (PDF) Health & Human Services
Posted on: March 20, 2023

March 20, 2023 - Wet weather test period extended

The Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Environmental Health (DEH) has extended the wet weather test period for the evaluation of proposed individual on-site wastewater treatment systems (OWTS). 

Under normal rai...

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Wet Weather Test Extension 2023 (PDF) Health & Human Services
Posted on: February 28, 2023

Feb. 28, 2023 - Vaccine awareness week focuses on preteens

Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS) is reminding parents and caregivers about the importance of immunizations for their preteens ages 11 and 12 and teenagers.DHHS’s Public Health branch is joining agencies throughout...

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Preteen Vaccine Week 2023 (PDF) Health & Human Services
Posted on: January 13, 2023

Jan. 13, 2023 - Wet weather test period begins Saturday

This news release is translated into English and Spanish. Please scroll to the end to view both.

The Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services, Division of Environmental Health (DEH) announced the&nbs...

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Posted on: November 22, 2022

Nov. 22, 2022 - Make food safety a priority this holiday season

The Humboldt County Department of Health & Human Services Division of Environmental Health (DEH) is reminding people to practice safe food handling to help keep holiday meals healthy.

Supervising Environmental Health Specialist Benjamin Dolf said, &...

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Food Safety 2022 (PDF) Health & Human Services
Posted on: November 21, 2022

Nov. 21, 2022 - Nurse-Family Partnership celebrates recent graduates and welcomes new participants

Nearly 840 families have graduated from the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program since it launched locally in 2009, including more than a dozen new families who recently celebrated completing the program.

The graduation event, held at Sequoia Park in Eur...

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20221121 - NFP Graduation (PDF) Health & Human Services

 
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