Kicking Off National Women’s Health Week 2024
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 May 12-18, 2024  We’re excited to be kicking off the 2024 National Women’s Health Week (NWHW) observance! From May 12 to May 18, NWHW highlights women’s health issues and priorities and encourages women of all ages to prioritize their physical, mental, and emotional well-being.Join us in this uplifting journey as we dive into everything that makes women’s health so important. Visit https://www.womenshealth.gov/nwhw to explore our daily themes and access our NWHW resources, including a new toolkit complete with shareables, digital stickers, videos, and fact sheets!Learn MoreThis year’s theme, “Empowering Women, Cultivating Health: Celebrating Voices, Wellness, and Resilience,” is dedicated to empowering women to take charge of their health journeys, shining a light on health issues unique to women, and fostering an environment where all women feel supported and empowered to speak up about their health needs and concerns.Each day of this observance week spotlights a different and timely women’s health topic and provides engaging resources to spread the 2024 #NWHW messages. Here’s what to expect:Sunday: Empowering Women in Their Health Journey Monday: Safe Sexual Health Tuesday: Shining a Light on Maternal Mental Health Wednesday: Talk About It – Reducing Women’s Health Stigma Thursday: Understanding Care Is There Friday: Reproductive Health from Puberty to Menopause and Beyond Saturday: Women and Heart HealthNWHW 2024 Webinar  Join the Office on Women’s Health on Thursday, May 16, from 2:00 to 3:30 p.m. ET for our webinar, Shining a Light on Maternal Mental Health: Signs, Symptoms, and Support for Postpartum Depression. This live event will answer frequently asked questions about postpartum depression (PPD) for those who may be experiencing or at risk for PPD. Attendees will hear from leading experts in the field and women with lived experience as they discuss signs and symptoms of PPD, the disparities that exist in maternal mental health care for underserved and underrepresented communities, the importance of support from loved ones, and resources to help women and families who may be looking for support. This webinar is free and open to the public. Register Here If the webinar account reaches its attendee capacity, you can watch it in real time on the HHS Live Streaming Channel. |
Response from Rep. Jill Tokuda
 Dear Mrs. Marques,Mahalo for contacting me to share your support for H.R. 7165, the Credit for Caring Act, of which I am a cosponsor. The thoughts and viewpoints of my constituents are important to me, and hearing from you helps me to be a better representative for our district here in Congress. Family caregivers in Hawai‘i and across the country play a critical role in the lives of their loved ones but often at a significant financial cost to themselves. According to 2021 data from AARP, the value of unpaid care provided by 154,000 family caregivers across Hawai‘i was $2.6 billion. Being a family caregiver is often a physically, emotionally, and financially demanding undertaking, which is why we must continue working to bring them much-needed relief. To increase support for family caregivers, the Credit for Caring Act would create a tax credit to help offset the costs of caregiving. This new tax credit would cover expenses such as adult day services, home modifications, transportation, a home care aide, and other supports to help caregivers and their loved ones. This bill has been referred to the House Committee on Way and Means. Although I am not a member of this committee, I will continue to be supportive of this important bipartisan bill as it advances through the legislative process. Please be assured I will keep your views in mind as Congress considers additional legislative efforts to expand access to home- and community-based services in Hawaiʻi and elsewhere. Thank you again for contacting my office and mahalo for your advocacy. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have further questions or concerns. I also invite you to keep in touch with us on social media (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram) at @RepJillTokuda and to subscribe to our e-newsletter here to get the latest information about my work for Hawai‘i’s Second Congressional District. Mahalo,  Jill N. TokudaUnited States Representative Second District of Hawaii |
Independent Sector releases new value of volunteer time of $33.49 per hour
While we can never truly calculate the magnitude of the contributions made by volunteers, new national and state-by-state data underscore the significance of the invaluable support and services volunteers provide in communities across the country.
Independent Sector, with the Do Good Institute at the University of Maryland, announced today that they estimate the value of a volunteer hour in 2023 was $33.49, a 5.3% increase from 2022. Release of the data comes as nonprofits, philanthropy, corporate giving programs, and communities across the country celebrate National Volunteer Week.
“When you volunteer, you help hold up the foundation of civil society. Volunteers lend their energy and talents, help their neighbors, and strengthen their communities. Volunteers nationwide are making meaningful contributions to many causes to improve lives and advance the greater good,” said Dr. Akilah Watkins, Independent Sector president and CEO. “Volunteering is a critical form of engagement with nonprofits that strengthens the nonprofit workforce and drives trust in the sector. No dollar estimate can fully reflect the value of volunteers to the wellbeing of our communities and our nation, but organizations use this number to quantify the importance of volunteering.
In addition to the national average, we invite you to explore:
- Detailed state-level data to see how volunteer hours can be quantified in your community
- The importance of data for strategic volunteer engagement
The latest value is calculated by the Do Good Institute at the University of Maryland, based on hourly earnings released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. More in-depth information on the methodology is available here.
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