AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoHealth Benefits: American Samoa is the only U.S. territory selected for a year-long National Governors Association academy to modernize Medicaid and nutrition assistance systems. The work aims to improve benefit delivery and make capped federal funding go further for local families. Emergency Preparedness: Saelua Medical Corporation won a $170,000 federal grant to provide first aid, CPR, AED and trauma-response training for about 250 quarry workers and others. Drug Prevention: A planned territorial anti-drug campaign comes amid growing concern about meth use among young people and adults. A new U.S.-Pacific Islands agreement also commits partners to strengthen efforts against drug trafficking. Community Health Legacy: Former University of Hawaii coach June Jones, who died at 73, supported medical missions to American Samoa for more than a decade, bringing clinicians and supplies to LBJ Tropical Medical Center.
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