On Monday,?Governor Mike DeWine toured the Ohio Emergency Operations Center's State Terrorism Analysis and Crime Center with Ohio Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Tom Stickrath.?
On Tuesday, Governor DeWine announced?that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services approved Ohio?s substance use disorder (SUD) demonstration waiver to support a comprehensive continuum of care for Medicaid-enrolled individuals with an opioid use disorder (OUD) or other SUDs.
Also on?Tuesday, Lt. Governor Jon Husted helped launch the Artificial Intelligence Manufacturing System (AIMS) at The Ohio State University. The 1,500 square foot facility on OSU?s west campus is designed to train students for the future of manufacturing. At the Lt. Governor?s direction, a robot cut the ribbon on the new state-of-the-art facility.
On Wednesday, Governor DeWine attended the first meeting of the Ohio Census 2020 Complete?Count Commission. The Complete Count Commission was established to develop recommendations and help administer the 2020 census to ensure there is an accurate count in Ohio.
Also on?Wednesday, Lt. Governor Husted traveled to Cincinnati to announce the official launch of TechCred. The program fulfills Governor DeWine?s commitment to fund thousands of short-term ?micro-degrees? each year in technology-related fields to help close Ohio?s skills gap, give employers the talent they need, and deliver increased opportunity to Ohioans. The first open enrollment period will begin on October first at TechCred.Ohio.gov.
On Thursday,?Governor DeWine and?the Ohio Children?s Hospital Association co-hosted the?Building Resiliency: A Pediatric Mental Health Summit in Dayton. The summit was intended to help communities support the mental health needs of their children. More than 700 participants from across the state attended the event, where they learned more about how to spot the signs and symptoms of trauma in children, and gain tangible strategies to address it from experts in mental health, health care education, and other fields.
Also on Thursday, First Lady Fran DeWine attended the Operation Warm coat event at Avondale Elementary School.? Operation Warm provides new winter coats to children, helping them feel valued, and empowered to get to school and gain an education.?
On Friday, Governor DeWine announced that he directed the?Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Ohio Department of Health (ODH) to analyze the prevalence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Ohio?s drinking water.
PFAS are manmade chemicals that are used in products such as carpeting, upholstery, cookware, food packaging, and firefighting foam. PFAS contamination from manufacturing operations and firefighting activities can migrate through soil, posing potential contamination threats to surface and ground waters.
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