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EPA Provides Grant Funding to Support Environmental Justice Communities Impacted by COVID-19
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to improve the environment and public health conditions of low-income and minority communities through our daily efforts to ensure all Americans have clean air, safe water, and access to information to make decisions to protect personal and public health. In response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, EPA is making $1 million in grant funding available to states to help local environmental justice communities address COVID-19 concerns faced by low-income and minority communities.
Through the State Environmental Justice Cooperative Agreement Program, EPA will provide funds to states, local governments, tribes and U.S. territories to work collaboratively with environmental justice communities to understand, promote and integrate approaches to provide meaningful and measurable improvements to public health and the environment.
“Environmental justice grants aim to support public education, training, and emergency planning for communities across the country impacted by COVID-19, regardless of their zip code,†said EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. “These grants are part of EPA’s effort to actively fight the COVID-19 pandemic that is having a disproportionate impact on low-income and minority communities.â€
The grant funding will be used to support public education, training, and emergency planning for communities impacted by COVID-19. Projects could include sharing information related to EPA-approved disinfectants to combat COVID-19; addressing increased exposure of residents to in-home pollutants and healthy housing issues; and training community health workers.
EPA anticipates awarding five grants of approximately $200,000 each for up to a two-year funding period. The agency encourages applicants to develop innovative plans and processes to conduct effective outreach to underserved communities, especially in places where Internet access may not be readily available to all residents.
Interested applicants must submit proposal packages on or before June 30, 2020 to be considered for the available funding.
WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY
WINDOWS OF OPPORTUNITY
Gavel Gamut By Jim Redwine
www.jamesmredwine.com
For about 200,000 years Homo sapiens did without air conditioning. Other than the opening or closing the animal hide, reed, or cloth flap covering their cave or hut openings our ancestors did not worry about the atmosphere, whether inside or out. Sitting beside a fire pit or chimney, people were happy to simply huddle together when it was cold, probably in groups of ten or less. When it came to keeping cool we just opened windows. This provided untold benefits that humanity appears to have now lost sight of.
Fresh air, reduced utility costs, and portals for tossing out dirty dishwater disappeared. We began to regurgitate air previously breathed by others and which sometimes contains mold spores and other unhealthy elements. Remember Legionnaires Disease that was traced to air conditioning units for large buildings such as hotels and convention centers and which was and still is particularly deadly for people fifty years of age, people with weak immune systems, those with lung problems and smokers. Sound familiar?
When combating COVID-19, fresh air and warmer weather make sense to me. And while I chose not to pursue a graduate degree in psychology, I can confidently assert that better mental health results from fresh air rather than social isolationism made even more isolated by closed windows. We used to be able to rent a hotel room and eat at restaurants while enjoying the ambiance of open windows. Then pencil pushers began to control every aspect of our days and nights by requiring windows that could not be raised. This may be good for corporate earnings but it is anathema for human health, physical and mental.
If governors and state legislators want to do some real good at no cost to taxpayers they can require that all windows be openable. They can still have locking devices available. Under the Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, these issues are the province of the states.
Should we be concerned that as people watch the economy continue to slide toward 1929 levels they might be tempted to jump out, a couple of bars on the outside of windows should discourage such impulses while still allowing for fresh air?
I know that simply opening windows suffers from the anti-governmental approach. It is inexpensive. It has proven effective for a couple of hundred thousand years. And it puts the control in the hands of the public, not bureaucrats. In spite of these political drawbacks, I still recommend it.
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Insulin Available For $35 Through New Program
Insulin Available For $35 Through New Program
by Wendy McNamara
With many Hoosiers facing financial hardships, they should not have to forgo lifesaving medication like insulin. To help those with diabetes, Eli Lilly launched the Lilly Insulin Value Program. This allows anyone with commercial insurance and those without insurance to fill their monthly prescription of Lilly insulin for $35, and the program covers most Lilly insulins, including all Humalog formulations.
Call the Lilly Diabetes Solution Center at 833-808-1234 to request a card, which can be emailed or sent through the U.S. Postal Service. The center is open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday through Friday. Active co-pay cards have been reset, so no action is necessary for those who already have a co-pay card from Lilly Diabetes Solution Center with an amount higher than $35.
The Solution Center can also help individuals find options to reduce their out-of-pocket costs further, with some even qualifying for free insulin.
USI Board Of Trustees Approves Test Optional Admission Process
USI Board Of Trustees Approves Test Optional Admission Process
At its regular meeting on Friday, May 1, the University of Southern Indiana Board of Trustees approved a proposal to eliminate the requirement for undergraduate applicants to submit standardized test scores, beginning with the 2021-22 academic year.
In this Test Optional Admissions process, students applying for admission to USI would not need to submit Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) or American College Testing (ACT) scores as part of the application process. Certain programs, merit-based and USI Foundation scholarships, may still require SAT or ACT scores, and some students may still be requested to submit scores after review of their application.
The new Test Optional Admissions program will begin for applicants in the Fall 2021 cohort. In March, the University suspended the requirement for standardized test scores for the Fall 2020 cohort as part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic; this proposal was developed independently of that decision.
A list of frequently asked questions and answers regarding Test Optional Admissions can be found on the USI website at USI.edu/admissions/incoming-freshmen/test-optional-information/.
President’s Medalist recognized
As part of his report to the Board of Trustees, President Ronald S. Rochon officially recognized Jean Marie Uwimana, the 2020 recipient of the USI President’s Medal.
Uwimana, who grew up in the Tongogara Refugee Camp in Zimbabwe, before receiving a Global Ambassador Scholarship to attend USI, is graduating summa cum laude with a double major in economics and mathematics with a concentration in actuarial and minors in finance, computer science and statistics. As a student, Uwimana was a Global Ambassador and 2017 Outstanding Sophomore award recipient and served in many campus leadership roles.
The President’s Medal is the highest honor presented to a student and is awarded each year to a member of the graduating class. Uwimana was scheduled to receive the award and be honored at the Spring 2020 Romain College of Business Commencement Ceremony prior to its postponement due to COVID-19.
In other business, the USI Board of Trustees approved promotion and tenure for faculty members and received the annual report from USI’s Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Council.
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VANDERBURGH COUNTY FELONY CHARGES
Below are the felony cases to be filed by the Vanderburgh County Prosecutor’s Office today.
Steven David Dant: Auto theft (Level 6 Felony), Attempt Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Driving while suspended (Class A misdemeanor)
Loryn Liscenda Reane Baldwin:Â Aiding Theft (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a controlled substance (Class A misdemeanor), False informing (Class B misdemeanor)
Ryan Stewart Collins Sr.: Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 3 Felony), Dealing in methamphetamine (Level 4 Felony)
Judy Leana Davis: Intimidation (Level 5 Felony), Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony)
Dalton Avy Keller: Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Possession of marijuana (Class A misdemeanor)
Zackary David Nichols: Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Disorderly conduct (Class B misdemeanor), Public intoxication (Class B misdemeanor)
Aisha Lachelle Cook: Resisting law enforcement (Level 6 Felony), Criminal trespass (Class A misdemeanor), Public nudity (Class B misdemeanor), Disorderly conduct (Class B misdemeanor)
John Lee Givens: Intimidation (Level 6 Felony), Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony)
Gary Hickey: Domestic battery (Level 6 Felony)
Jacob Evan Vaught:Â Attempt Burglary (Level 4 Felony), Theft (Class A misdemeanor), Criminal mischief (Class B misdemeanor)
Adam C. Gregory: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a controlled substance (Class A misdemeanor), Driving while suspended (A infraction)
Adam C. Gregory: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a controlled substance (Class A misdemeanor), Driving while suspended (A infraction)
David Layne White Jr.: Intimidation (Level 5 Felony), Intimidation (Level 5 Felony), Battery by means of a deadly weapon (Level 5 Felony), Criminal recklessness (Level 6 Felony)
Alexia Ann Philpott: Possession of methamphetamine (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a narcotic drug (Level 6 Felony), Possession of a controlled substance (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of a controlled substance (Class A misdemeanor), Possession of marijuana (Class B misdemeanor)
Ronald William Ritter: Unlawful possession of syringe (Level 6 Felony)