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03/27/2019

Our February public meeting is in the books. During the half-day meeting, Council members spent their time discussing future direction and priorities, how it would implement its newly adopted operating principles, and reviewed and updated its bylaws. During the public comment period, staff from the Department of Health shared a demonstration of the Washington Tracking Network's Environmental Health Disparities Map, which is an interactive… Read more

01/24/2019

“It’s an honor to be here today on Martin Luther King day,” said Christy Hoff, manager of the Governor’s Interagency Council on Health Disparities, as she addressed the Senate Health & Long Term Care Committee on Monday in Olympia.

Hoff was joined by Caitlin Lang-Perez and Lindsay Herendeen, policy analysts for the State Board of Health. They shared with Legislators an overview of the Council’s work on promoting health equity in Washington and the findings of the … Read more