Stavros Manolagas, MD, PhD, has been named the 2016 recipient of the Veterans Administration Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development Service’s highest honor, the William S. Middleton Award.

After months of intensive discussions with child welfare, Medicaid, behavioral health, finance and other experts, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) has outlined the initial phase of work needed to address the foster care crisis in the state, officials announced, with the release of a full report titled, “Moving Beyond Crisis.” To date, 5,200 children are in foster care placements across the state.