The mission of the Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs is to support the Department of Health and Human Resources in effectively communicating its message and advocate, promote and implement a communications system that focuses on issues and topics of interest.

• CDC Funding Supports Local Health Department Improvements - May 3, 2012

• West Virginia’s Childhood Immunization Champion Recognized - April 25, 2012

• Health Officer says STD Awareness Month is a call to action - April 19, 2012

• House fire victims names released after positive identification by the WVOCME - March 29, 2012

• DHHR says TB is still a concern in West Virginia - March 23, 2012

• Emergency Low Income Energy Assistance Program begins - March 14, 2012

• Federal officials will present WV a high performance bonus - March 14, 2012

• Federal officials recognize WV for SNAP application processing - March 13, 2012

• Health officials seek individual that may have sustained rabid raccoon bite - March 7, 2012

• DHHR has help available for those living with Hemophilia - March 1, 2012

• Rocco S. Fucillo Commissioner for the Bureau for Children and Families - February 29, 2012

• Najmulski Retires From DHHR - February 27, 2012

• West Virginia Women’s Commission Announcement - February 24, 2012

• West Virginia Birth To Three Program Celebrates 20 Years of Connections - February 14, 2012

• National Black HIV/AIDS Testing Set - February 3, 2012

• DHHR Publishes ‘Obesity in West Virginia’ Report - February 2, 2012

• WV DHHR Releases WV Youth Tobacco Survey 2007 and 2009 - January 17, 2012

• 2012 Sport Fish Consumption Advisories Announced - January 12, 2012

• Women at the Legislature Event - January 6, 2012
• Low Income Energy Assistance Program - January 4, 2012
• WVDHHR Bureau for Child Support Enforcement receives federal incentive funds - December 15, 2011
• DHHR Releases Statistical Briefs on Cancer Prevalence and Survivorship in WV - December 14, 2011
• DHHR announces Round Three of Governor’s Regional Substance Abuse Task Force Meetings - Nov 28, 2011
• Medicaid curtails Aged Disabled Waiver enrollment - November, 2011
• Symposium will feature award-winning NY Times senior writer on obesity - November 15, 2011
• WVDHHR will participate in nation-wide Emergency Alert System test Nov. 9 - November 7, 2011
• DHHR announces Adoption Incentive award of $1.5M  - November 3, 2011
• WVDHHR Oral Health Program Receives Grant  - October 31, 2011
• Utility discount program begins in October - October 21, 2011
• John Manchin Sr. Health Care Center provides meals for Seniors - October 20, 2011
• DHHR announces General Counsel Appointment - October 19, 2011
• CDC report calls state immunization rate improvement ‘statistically significant' - September 13, 2011
• Raze unveils campaign featuring real stories from State teens - September 2011
• DHHR Receives Grants to Strengthen Immunization, Smoking Prevention - August 31, 2011
• Women’s Equality Day Celebration, August 26, 2011 - August 2011
• DHHR announces WIC EBT contract award - August 2, 2011
• DHHR announces OHFLAC Director - July 28, 2011
• West Virginia to host interstate Environmental Health Seminar in Beckley - July 20, 2011
• DHHR Secretary Lewis names Curtis director of health resources development - July 5, 2011
• Medical Provider’s sentencing orders Medicaid restitution - July 1, 2011
• DHHR Releases Children’s Oral Health Surveillance Data - June 26, 2011
• West Virginia’s 2011 School Clothing Vouchers to be released - June 21, 2011
• Former DHHR employee pleads guilty to mail fraud - June 10, 2011
• DHHR releases report on dementia in West Virginia - June 10, 2011
   

West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Office of Communications and Legislative Affairs
One Davis Square, Suite 100, East
Charleston, WV 25301
Voice (304) 558-7899, Fax (304) 558-7075