Articles Tagged: IowaIdeas: Human and Social Services

CEDAR RAPIDS — Marilyn Jensen, 85, never thought she’d be swapping Saturday lunches with friends for morning chats with them …

Editor’s note: Iowans’ Ideas is a guest column featuring the views of different Iowans each edition of Iowa Ideas magazine. …

Editor’s note: Iowans’ Ideas is a guest column featuring the views of different Iowans each edition of Iowa Ideas magazine. …

Iowans’ Ideas: Guest columns featuring the views of different Iowans in each edition of Iowa Ideas magazine. By John Twardos …

Muscatine Assistant Fire Chief Mike Hartman remembers the shock on his crew’s faces the day more than 16 years ago …

Marion County’s suicide rate is lower than the statewide rate. But when a Knoxville teen and recent high school graduate …

Daniel Jasper of Cedar Rapids wasn’t counted among Iowa’s 423 deaths by suicide in 2011. The 16-year-old was in a …

When Lone Tree, an Eastern Iowa city of about 1,300, saw LT’s Fine Grocery close in October, it became another …

As with most other places in the United States, Iowa’s data about the well-being of women and girls presents two …

For Jones County Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Feldmann, responding to a domestic disturbance often brings back memories of chaos and violence. …

Five years ago, child care was in even shorter supply in Pella. The only licensed center in the city of …

CARROLL — Community support has kept the Carroll Area Child Care Center and Preschool thriving for the past four decades …

When looking for someone they can trust to take care of their children, thousands of Iowa parents are logging onto …

CEDAR RAPIDS – To be successful in protecting the state’s children, Iowans need to focus more on preventing child abuse …

When Samantha Allsup moved to Cedar Rapids in late 2017, she had her 4-year-old son with her and little else. …