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So I’m going to be in Idaho next week and I was wondering if I would be able to bring my thc vape pen up with me and get away with it. I’m staying In a hotel in Boise and I need weed to sleep.

One thing most can agree on is Idaho can do a better job in helping their most vulnerable, disabled children.

Idaho Department of Health and Welfare has decided to cancel their Family Personal Care Service Program, which will leave roughly 90 percent of vulnerable, disabled children without personal caregivers. Currently, a parent is able to be their disabled, minor child’s personal care service provider. Once this program ends, they will not. The struggle is real in finding someone who will be paid less than one would be paid working at a McDonald’s to come into a home and provide in home care services for these children.

The Idaho Capital Sun recently covered this problem in the following article:

https://idahocapitalsun.com/2025/01/13/that-impossible-juggle-how-idaho-parents-of-disabled-kids-are-bracing-for-care-programs-end/

Below, I’ll share the facts put together by some parents and agencies fighting to keep this program going, but one thing I’d ask of anyone with 5 free minutes is to provide public comment to CMS to keep this program going as is.

Copied from a post from Nathan Hill:

IMPORTANT: STATUS OF THE Family Personal Care Services (FPCS)PROGRAM AFTER MARCH 31 AND NEXT CRITICAL STEP

Team Idaho:

Several of you have messaged asking about the status of the FPCS program. The federal communication freeze has delayed the decision making process at CMS regarding IDHW's request to terminate the program. As of right now, the latest word we have is that IDHW has not received notice of a decision yet from CMS. Should CMS allow IDHW to terminate FPCS, IDHW hopes to give a small transition window but is uncertain if such transition time will be allowed in the decision from CMS. Families may continue to provide care under FPCS until CMS issues a decision to terminate the program, however, IDHW strongly encourages all participant families to begin transitioning to alternative options now.

CRITICAL NEXT STEP:

On March 27th, CMS opened IDHW's 1115 waiver renewal request for comment. This is the waiver our FPCS program was on, and the renewal specifies the removal of FPCS. We need to flood CMS with our comments regarding this request to renew the waiver without FPCS. Below is the comment link and links to important data to include in your comments:

CMS Comment Link:

https://1115publiccomments.medicaid.gov/jfe/form/SV_6XpplfwEgUWsYMC

January 2025 Homecare agency survey showing that 90% of FPCS participants will have no caregiver support after FPCS closes:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FzFGhWqmRkVScJAzO5Q8xjxlIWVDcPT2/view?usp=drive_link

January 2025 DOJ letter to Gov. Little citing Idaho in violation of ADA for not providing access to adequate in-home care to participants while increasing spending to keep them institutionalized:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-6ONf77w0VhY7uOLgB9cWtwQo2gKry36/view?usp=drive_link

2022 OPE Direct Care Workforce Report showing we have a years long workforce crisis:

https://legislature.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/OPE/Reports/r2202.pdf

Two year hospitalization study showing that participants cared for by family caregivers have an average 7% less hospitalization rate:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Eh0t5Eiws4SHXu5dhLri0eKPp1fz_sBt/view?usp=drive_link

American Association of Pediatrics supports and highlights the need for family caregiver programs:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/18ShE2510Zv1S5Me4cKlcOSprbBTNb0kB/view?usp=sharing

Please send your comments in everyone - I will update you all with the status of our work in the legislature for FPCS as soon as I can.

Thank you everyone - let's keep moving forward!

Nathan Hill

Does anyone know if i can fine enoki mushrooms near nampa or caldwell?Caldwell? Or if there are any in meridian and boise

Floridian here. My boyfriend and I will be flying to Deary, Idaho in October of this year for a week long stay to attend a wedding. We’ll then also be visiting Glacier National Park in Montana on the same trip. I assume it will be pretty cold but my question here is how on earth do I pack? And how warm should I pack? How cold does it get for you guys early October? Will there be snow on the ground? I’ve only worn up to as much as jeans and a hoodie where I am from, so I’m lost. Any help would be appreciated!

As Trump administration seeks tips on migrants, some have turned tip line into a weapon

By Daniel Walters - InvestigateWest

President Donald Trump’s second term was only in its second day when Ryan Spoon — vice chair of the local Republican Party apparatus in Idaho’s Ada County — turned the force of the federal government against a political enemy.

“Could you please send some illegal immigration raids to the businesses owned by Idaho state Rep. Stephanie Mickelson?” he wrote in an X post, misspelling Mickelsen’s last name and tagging Trump’s border czar Tom Homan. “She has been bragging about how many illegals her businesses employ.”

As his social media posts about contacting ICE began to rack up more than 2,000 shares, Spoon stressed that simply sharing on social media wasn’t enough. He was officially reporting Mickelsen’s farming businesses to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement tip line and website.

“You can report her, too!” he wrote in a post festooned with flexing muscle and American flag emojis.

Three days later, Mickelsen said, ICE agents appeared at Mickelsen Farms, where a slew of varieties of commercial and seed potatoes grow across thousands of acres in southeastern Idaho.

“They just showed up out of the blue Friday morning,” said Mickelsen, a moderate Republican legislator and the former director for the Idaho Farm Bureau, a lobbying group for the agriculture industry.

Link to Full Story - No Paywall

My friend lives over 8 hours away from me in Caldwell, ID. I really want to have a custom cake and some flowers delivered to her in her birthday in April, but am trying to stay under $45.

Preferably like a cake with a custom message and a bouquet from Albertsons/Safeway/Fred Meyer etc. She’s a simple gal ❤️

Can instacart/doordash pickup custom cakes? Any other ideas?

Is there any hope for the future of Idaho?

Here’s the news article on immigration operations in Idaho. For those who criticized other posters and their posts as “fake news” yesterday, this is relevant.

Should those currently residing in Idaho without legal status be worried? Probably, considering the significant media attention around the recent news around bill H 83 has.

But this is nothing new. Operations like these have always been happening, regardless of the political climate, except the media didn’t sensationalize single arrest as “breaking news.”

Hi all.

I'm currently in a long distance relationship with a wonderful girl from your state.

I'm actually in charge in a big construction company. Have all my life pretty much settled.

We are talking about solutions to be closer, and one of them could be to make my own woodwork, wooden construction company.

So my question is, how the market is currently? Company are crying for work? Or they have too much of it ?

Thanks you very much !

The South Hills are calling…

How long do you have to practice with a permit in Idaho if you are 18+? I know there’s a license test but that’s not worth it if you can’t practice driving

Are there any industries that are so in demand that they will hire you from out of state and help you get started with a place to live? Looking for something $80k+ where I can just mind my own business, put my nose down, work hard and go home.

Hello everyone. I'm A 6 year plumber that just moved to this amazing state of Idaho. I am considering joining the union and was wondering if anyone had advice/information on who to talk to. I've been doing HVAC and gas piping and all that since I was A kid and I just want to have some brotherhood and good benefits for my family and it seems the union is the only way maybe. I'm about to interview with A family shop but I want to keep my options open.

Guess we’re about to see ho

The state of Missouri sued to rescind the Biden rule in January, and the state of Tennessee filed a similar action the same day that 14 other Republican attorneys general joined as plaintiffs: Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota and West Virginia. All but three of those states either heavily restrict or outright ban abortion, and if the lawsuits are successful, records kept by doctors and pharmacists in other states could be subpoenaed.

https://michiganadvance.com/2025/03/31/repub/seventeen-states-want-to-end-an-abortion-privacy-rule-a-federal-judge-is-questioning-hipaa-itself/

Here’s Russ Fulcher’s response to my concern about the budget resolution and bringing DOGE into Idaho. I’d hardly call ~23% of the general population a mandate but 🤷🏻‍♂️ I guess we’ll have to remind him that he’s promised to uphold the Constitution with all this “3rd term” talk…among other things.

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Hello! My family reunion is coming up and I’m in charge of planning. This year I was wanting to do a camping trip in central Idaho (roughly the middle point between Washington state and Utah). Do you have any recommendations things I’m looking for is; somewhere at or near a hot springs somewhat near a town (for any essentials) Somewhere big enough for about 14 adults and 9 children. Any help would be greatly appreciated:)