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Department of Human Services

2008 Director's Messages

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December

 

Dec. 31, 2008

Extraordinary acts for others

 

Dec. 19, 2008

An immediate economic stimulus for Oregon

 

Dec. 12, 2008

Improving nurse staffing at OSH

 

Dec. 5, 2008

Update on this biennium's budget

 

November

 

Nov. 26, 2008

Thank you!

 

Nov. 21, 2008

Will our clients be counted?

 

Nov. 14, 2008

An ongoing commitment to diversity

 

Nov. 7, 2008

Going green at DHS

 

October

 

October 31, 2008

Putting ourselves out of the foster care business

 

October 24, 2008

Our clients' voices

 

October 17, 2008

Reducing abuse and violence

 

October 10, 2008

Good news in turbulent times

 

October 3, 2008

The Leadership Academy is an important component of an empowered organization

 

September

 

September 26, 2008

Difficult economic times and our budget deficit

 

September 19, 2008

No easy solution to this budget dilemma

 

September 12, 2008

The pinch of the tight economy and DHS

 

September 5, 2008

The New Oregon State Hospital and National Preparedness Month

 

August

 

August 29, 2008

Groundbreaking ceremony for new state-operated psychiatric treatment hospital

 

August 22, 2008

DHS receives national recognition for administration of the Food Stamp program

 

August 15, 2008

Transformation Initiative and ASD

 

August 8, 2008

Transformation Initiative Rapid Process Improvement events

 

August 1, 2008

A milestone in Transformation - the end of training for the first Lean Leaders

 

July

 

July 25, 2008

Transformation: the beginning of a new way of life for DHS

 

July 18, 2008

Transformation will improve Public Health Division services and operations

 

July 11, 2008

DHS Transformation Initiative details

 

July 3, 2008

Fourth of July thoughts

 

June

 

June 27, 2008

2009-2011 Budget status update

 

June 20, 2008

The Transformation Initiative “Lean Leaders”

 

June 13, 2008

An important moment in the Transformation Initiative

 

June 6, 2008

DHS is now officially tobacco-free

 

May

 

May 30, 2008

DHS is now officially tobacco-free

 

May 23, 2008

DHS employees learn Tai Chi

 

May 16, 2008

Aspiring Leaders Program

 

May 9, 2008 (PDF)

Community forums

 

May 2, 2008

Training Center art

 

April

 

April 25, 2008

Budget forum

 

April 18, 2008

Budget forum

 

April 11, 2008

District 1 field visits

 

April 4, 2008

Public Health Week

 

March

 

March 28, 2008

Children's mental health

 

March 21, 2008

Benchmarks for excellence

 

March 14, 2008

Health care

 

March 7, 2008

Keeping people safe

 

February

 

Feb. 29, 2008

Supplemental Legislative Sesssion wrap-up

 

Feb. 22, 2008

Importance of the work our Child Welfare staff perform

 

Feb. 15, 2008

Stewardship

 

Feb. 8, 2008

Food drive

 

Feb. 1, 2008

Budget re-balance

 

January

 

January 25, 2008
Reopening OHP Standard

 

January 18, 2008

Public health lab

 

January 11, 2008

Project Quit follow-up; keeping yourself and others healthy

 

January 4, 2008

Project Quit