Las Animas - Bent County Library District

An eleven-year-old foster child tries to cope with her longings and fears as she schemes against everyone who tries to be friendly. At eleven, Gilly is nobody's real kid. If only she could find her beautiful mother, Courtney, and live with her instead of in the ugly foster home where she has just been placed! How could she, the great Gilly Hopkins, known throughout the county for her brilliance and unmanageability, be expected to tolerate Maime Trotter,...

Our review of 35 states indicates that there is more activity now than ever before in the MMIS procurement and implementation space. MMIS solutions have evolved steadily since they were first mandated and funded in the 1970s. During the past four decades, Medicaid data, system processes and architecture, and transaction specifications have been standardized to allow for improved program management and broader health care IT interoperability. The State's...

In fiscal year (FY) 2010-2011, the State of Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (the Department) contracted with Health Services Advisory Group, Inc. (HSAG), to conduct an evaluation on the impact of the Client Health Profile Intervention in improving preventive service use among five target populations.1 Major findings from the evaluation suggested that although Colorado Medicaid members in the intervention group appeared to be...