Low-Income Homes/ Failure of Care Settlement

Missoulian: Missoula gets $600K grant to help low-income families buy homes
Montana Home Investment Partnerships (HOME) Program
“The HOME program is a federal block grant program directed by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and is designed to create affordable housing for low-income households. The Montana Department of Commerce (MDOC) is responsible for the administration of HOME within the state of Montana. MDOC provides HOME funds to community housing development organizations (CHDOs), public housing authorities (PHAs), and units of local government (counties and incorporated cities and towns) throughout the state, with the exception of Billings, Great Falls and Missoula (some exceptions may apply), which receive HOME fund allocations directly from HUD. An individual may not apply directly to the state HOME program. ”

Missoulian: Nursing home chain to pay $38M in US settlement
Extendicare Health Services Inc. Agrees to Pay $38 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations Relating to the Provision of Substandard Nursing Care and Medically Unnecessary Rehabilitation Therapy
“Extendicare Health Services Inc. (Extendicare) and its subsidiary Progressive Step Corporation (ProStep) have agreed to pay $38 million to the United States and eight states to resolve allegations that Extendicare billed Medicare and Medicaid for materially substandard nursing services that were so deficient that they were effectively worthless and billed Medicare for medically unreasonable and unnecessary rehabilitation therapy services, the Justice Department and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) jointly announced today.  This resolution is the largest failure of care settlement with a chain-wide skilled nursing facility in the department’s history.”

Ticket to Mars/ Yellowstone's 3.2 million visits/ Fish Barrier in Glacier National Park

Send Your Name on NASA’s Journey to Mars, Starting with Orion’s First Flight

“If only your name could collect frequent flyer miles. NASA is inviting the public to send their names on a microchip to destinations beyond low-Earth orbit, including Mars.
Your name will begin its journey on a dime-sized microchip when the agency’s Orion spacecraft launches Dec. 4 on its first flight, designated Exploration Flight Test-1. After a 4.5 hour, two-orbit mission around Earth to test Orion’s systems, the spacecraft will travel back through the atmosphere at speeds approaching 20,000 mph and temperatures near 4,000 degrees Fahrenheit, before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean.
But the journey for your name doesn’t end there. After returning to Earth, the names will fly on future NASA exploration flights and missions to Mars. With each flight, selected individuals will accrue more miles as members of a global space-faring society.”

To submit your name to fly on Orion’s flight test, visit:
http://go.usa.gov/vcpz
Join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #JourneyToMars.

For information about Orion and its first flight, visit:
http://www.nasa.gov/orion

Missoulian: Yellowstone visits in 2014 top 3.2 million

September 2014 Visitation to Yellowstone Breaks Monthly Record

Missoulian: Fish barrier to be constructed in Glacier National Park

 Fish Passage Barrier to be Constructed
Bull Trout Conservation Project Approved

ISIL / Ebola

Missoulian: US: Airstrikes push some militants from Kobani
Airstrikes Hit ISIL in Syria, Iraq
“U.S. and partner nations are keeping up air attacks on ISIL terrorists in Syria, U.S. Central Command officials said”

Missoulian: 1st Ebola patient diagnosed in the US has died
Ebola virus disease

CDC Answers Questions about the Response to Ebola in the United States and West Africa
CDC experts will be available to answer your questions on the response to Ebola in the first confirmed case in the United States and the epidemic in West Africa on Wednesday, October 8th, from 3:00 to 4:00pm ET. Follow @CDCgov on Twitter, and use the hashtag #CDCchat to participate in the chat.
The 2014 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa and recent case in the United States has created an increased interest in all aspects of Ebola. CDC experts will answer your questions about Ebola —the symptoms, the treatment, how the disease is transmitted and how people can help protect themselves from infection.
When:
Wednesday, October 8th, 3-4 PM ET