Back to School Tips - Get Organized
The beginning of the school year is fast approaching. Transitions are challenging, especially if you are trying to establish new routines after summer vacation.
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The beginning of the school year is fast approaching. Transitions are challenging, especially if you are trying to establish new routines after summer vacation.
Long term care (LTC) insurance is a type of insurance developed specifically to cover the costs of long-term care services and support, including personal and custodial care in a variety of settings such as your home, a community organization, or other facility.
Veterans may question the meaning of their service or whether it was worth the sacrifices they made. They may feel more moral distress about experiences they had during their service. It’s normal to feel this way.
As summer comes to an end, many families are returning from vacation and getting their children ready to go back to school.
After consulting with the Intelligence Community and our law enforcement partners, I have issued a new National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) Bulletin that provides an overview of the heightened threat environment across the United States.
In the United States, an estimated 34 million adults smoke cigarettes and an estimated 3 million use vaping products. The good news is that no matter how old you are or how long you have smoked, quitting smoking has immediate and long-term health benefits.
It has been quite some time since I have written to you about COVID. Like you, I was truly hoping that I would not be writing to you about COVID, wearing masks, or getting vaccinated, hoping instead to be enjoying the rest of the summer with the virus in my rear-view mirror. And while life doesn’t always turn out the way we plan, hope, or expect, there’s one thing I have learned about DHS this past year; that is—each of us, when we pull our collective spirit together—we not only survive, we thrive.
Six months ago I had the privilege of rejoining our Department of Homeland Security. Every day I have seen and learned of your valor and heroism. Many of you put your lives on the line in the service of our Nation. Tirelessly, selflessly, and often at great personal sacrifice, all of you devote your talent and energy to our noble mission of safeguarding the American people, our homeland, and our values.
When you take a breath, there’s a pause that occurs right before you exhale. It’s in that suspended space that you are no longer a part of your past, and have the opportunity to begin again.
A big part of healthy eating is including more whole grains, fruits, vegetables, and low-fat milk products in your diet. Healthy snacks are a great way to make sure that you get plenty of nutritious foods every day.