| | 3021: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 July 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) today hosted a seminar to highlight ways state and federal agencies can work together with financial institutions to protect consumers. The focus of the seminar is preventing financial fraud and abuse against the elderly. Financial exploitation is the most commonly reported form of abuse against older adults. The seminar is part of the IDoA annual Elder Rights Conference. | | | | Date Created: | 07 13 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 770**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044511 Original UID: 24009 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3022: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 July 16 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) wrapped up the 26th Annual Elder Rights Conference held last week, in Schaumburg. The conference also served to launch the States annual Elder Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month campaign to increase awareness and urge people to report suspected cases of elder abuse. During the conference, experts shared experiences with professionals in the field to find better ways to work together and extend resources. IDoA concluded the conference by announcing the 2012 Elder Abuse and Ombudsman Awards which recognizing individuals from around the state for their commitment and service in the area of elder rights. | | | | Date Created: | 07 16 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 776**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044515 Original UID: 24014 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3023: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 July 27 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois State Fair Museum Foundation has named its ten winners of the Illinoisan of the Day award for 2012. They will be honored at noon on the Farm Bureau stage under the Commodities Pavilion each day of the fair, which runs August 10-19. | | | | Date Created: | 07 27 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 832**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044576 Original UID: 24072 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3024: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 July 30 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | As people throughout the world gather to watch the 2012 London Summer Olympic Games, many Illinois liquor establishment owners and employees will be competing in their own must-see event the 2012 Summer BASSET Olympics! | | | | Date Created: | 07 30 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 837**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044586 Original UID: 24082 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3025: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 2 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | In an effort to provide greater access to health statistics and information for health providers, local health departments and the general public statewide, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) unveiled IQuery, or Illinois Query, an interactive, community health data portal. | | | | Date Created: | 08 02 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 854**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044601 Original UID: 24097 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3026: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 8 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) laboratory has confirmed one case of what is known as the H3N2v influenza virus, which has now been reported in four states this year Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. IDPH is working with local, state and federal health officials, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Illinois Department of Agriculture and the Coles County Health Department, to identify how a child, who attended the Coles County Fair, contracted the virus last week. This child has not been hospitalized. CDC is conducting additional laboratory testing. | | | | Date Created: | 08 09 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 878**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044628 Original UID: 24121 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3027: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | As a new school season approaches, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reminding parents and caregivers that August is a good time to schedule dental exams for children. IDPH also will be facilitating free dental screenings during weekdays at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield from August 9-19. | | | | Date Created: | 08 09 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 876**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044629 Original UID: 24122 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3028: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 10 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | August 10, 2012. Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Director Andrew Boron today announced that the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) has filed for a reduction in workers' compensation advisory and loss cost rates with the Department. The NCCI proposed an overall decrease of 3.8 percent effective January 1, 2013. | | | | Date Created: | 08 10 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 889**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044641 Original UID: 24134 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3029: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Report of the State African American Employment Plan outlines the action steps of coded state agencies to sustain a governmental workforce that more accurately reflects the diversity of Illinois. The report was submitted by the Illinois Department of Central Management Services to the General Assembly on February 1 as required by law. | | | | Date Created: | | | | | Agency ID: | | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044729 Original UID: NA for serial records FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3030: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 April 9 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Central Management Services (CMS) will hold an IT Symposium to inform IT and telecommunications vendors of the equal economic opportunity programs available through the state. CMS Acting Director Malcolm Weems and other state officials will discuss vendor certification processes and support services offered by the state for small businesses, and businesses owned by minorities, women and persons with disabilities. | | | | Date Created: | 04 09 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 349**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044771 Original UID: 24245 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3031: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 24 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck, state public health director, is reminding people to avoid contact with bats as this is the time of year when bats are the most active and health officials see the most bat exposures. | | | | Date Created: | 08 24 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 946**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044815 Original UID: 24296 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3032: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 30 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) Director Andrew Boron today announced the Department was awarded $1,141, 954 by the U.S Department of Health and Human Services for a Consumer Assistance and Patient Protection Project (CAPP) grant under the Affordable Care Act. The grant will enable DOI to build a consumer health insurance portal on the Departments website that will serve as a central point of contact for consumer assistance services. | | | | Date Created: | 08 30 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 967**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044847 Original UID: 24324 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3033: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 31 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity's Office of Energy Assistance today announced that seniors and people with disabilities can begin applying for winter heating assistance through the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) beginning Tues, Sept. 4. | | | | Date Created: | 08 31 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 972**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044849 Original UID: 24326 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3034: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 September 4 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | September is National Preparedness Month and Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) Director Dr. LaMar Hasbrouck is reminding all Illinoisans to use this month to make a plan and prepare for natural disasters and emergencies. | | | | Date Created: | 09 04 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 980**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044865 Original UID: 24342 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3035: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 September 4 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs (IDVA) is announcing that traveling versions of the states Portrait of a Soldier memorial exhibit will be touring Illinois during September. | | | | Date Created: | 09 04 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 982**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044866 Original UID: 24343 FIRST WORD: States | |
| 3036: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 September 7 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department on Aging Director John K. Holton, Ph.D., today gave praise for special grandparents in honor of this Sunday, September 9, Grandparents Day observance. Director Holton was referring to grandparents who are raising their grandchildren or other relatives. | | | | Date Created: | 09 07 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 991**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044937 Original UID: 24411 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3037: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 September 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Director David Vaught today visited southern Illinois to announce the re-opening of the Rend Lake South Tourism Information Center located in Whittington, Illinois. The re-opened tourism information center will help increase tourism spending and revitalize the local economy and surrounding southern Illinois communities. | | | | Date Created: | 09 13 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 1010**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044960 Original UID: 24435 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3038: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 September 13 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) Director David Vaught will visit southern Illinois tomorrow to announce the re-opening of the Rend Lake South Tourism Information Center located off of Interstate 57 in Whittington, Illinois. Director Vaught will also highlight the importance that the tourism industry has on the states economy by serving as a catalyst for economic growth and job creation. | | | | Date Created: | 09 13 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 1006**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044961 Original UID: 24436 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3039: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 September 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Department on Aging Director John K. Holton, Ph.D., today reminded that September is Healthy Aging Month, an annual health observance that focuses attention on the positive aspects of growing older. The observance proves a good time for older adults to assess how they are doing and take preventive measures regarding their health. | | | | Date Created: | 09 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 1015**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044966 Original UID: 24439 FIRST WORD: State | |
| 3040: | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 September 14 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | The State Energy Office at the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) is pleased to announce two grant opportunities to assist local governments, for-profit, and not-for-profit businesses and organizations with their recycling/composting efforts. Entities with traditional recycling (fiber, plastic, metal, and glass) projects may apply for funding through the Illinois Recycling Grants Program. Projects involving the composting of food scraps may be eligible for funding through the Food Scrap Composting Grants Program. | | | | Date Created: | 09 14 2012 | | | | Agency ID: | 1013**12 | | | | ISL ID: | 000000044967 Original UID: 24440 FIRST WORD: State | |
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