AGP Executive Report
Last update: 3 hours agoCommunity Health Access: San Miguel County Public Health launched “Free Care Boxes” at the Wilkinson Public Library and Lone Cone Library, offering low-barrier free supplies like Narcan and harm-reduction items, diapers, menstrual products, body wipes, and oral-hygiene basics, plus QR codes that route residents to local health and social services including therapy scholarships. Workforce & Care Access: In the Rio Grande Valley, UTRGV’s new School of Optometry is set to open in fall 2027 in the former Monitor building (1400 E. Nolana Ave., McAllen), aiming to ease an optometrist shortage by training about 40 students and keeping more providers in the region. Public Health & Wellness Context: The “Free Care Boxes” idea was inspired by similar health-access vending approaches seen at a rural mental health and substance-use convening, tying the library program to broader behavioral health support.
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