The lawsuit alleges that Iowa has for decades failed to meet its legal obligations to Medicaid-eligible children who should have access to individualized and coordinated care plans, in-home therapy and emergency services.
CommUnity Crisis Services will lay off remote employees from 10 states after losing a $6.5 million federal contract. There will be no changes in 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline or CommUnity’s other services, including the food bank.
A new resource fair aims to show those in the community they’re not alone.
A new organization designed to help clients focus on mental health wellness is bringing new types of therapy to the area.
The facilities — including one in DeWitt — offer a short-term, homelike, nurturing environment for people who are experiencing a mental health crisis but don’t need immediate medical attention. At respites, patients are treated like guests, proponents say, and can feel heard and keep their dignity without having to relinquish their clothes and other belongings.
Last summer, the phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline was cut to three digits — 988 — to make it easier for people to connect with help. Before the change, the service logged about 12,000 calls per year. After the change, more than 31,000 calls were received in one year.
After their son committed suicide, Joe and Jennifer Skelley created an organization focused on raising awareness about mental health and talking openly about it. The organization has already made progress in its first year.
Mental health and disability services throughout a nine-county area in East Central Iowa will get a $5.47 million boost after a regional board on Thursday approved spending down much of its end-of-budget year surplus.
The Leadership for Five Seasons Class of 2023 recently presented checks to Foundation 2 Crisis Services and Tanager to support community mental health services.
Among them: new nursing home moratorium and ‘baby box’ bill
Karen Smith, like most moms, would do anything for her kids. That includes walking almost 300 miles across the state of Iowa, twice.
The board that governs regional mental health and disability services advocated for spending down a nearly $9.2 million surplus before the end of the budget year in June by boosting support for underfunded services within its nine-county area.
The Guardian Training Institute is an Iowa City based nonprofit that offers trauma and mental health training and programs for firefighters, police officers and first responders. The nonprofit has just begun offering the training at private businesses.
A pilot civil specialty court will start next month in Johnson County to help individuals who were involuntarily committed be successful on their own in the community. The court sessions will ensure participants continue their meds, treatment and receive other needed supports.
Major medical groups in the United States -- including the American Medical Association, American Psychological Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics — say gender-affirming care is safe and encourage it as a treatment for gender dysphoria, which is when people feel like they are a different gender than their birth gender.
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