Articles Tagged: Mental health

Working at off-hours and from off-campus locations is “not the new norm,” according to a final University of Iowa “Future of Work” report

The Linn County Mental Health Access Center will be open for walk-ins on weekends, beginning this Saturday.

As Linn County residents recover from the pandemic, it is important to reflect on emotional health. Join community members by posting hopeful messages on the Wall of Gratitude, on display today through April 19 at Coe College. More Walls of Gratitude are planned in coming weeks.

Deadline nears for the college, apprenticeship scholarships for young people who used services at Tanager Place

The Eastern Iowa Health Center, the Cedar Rapids-based safety net provider, launched a telehealth program offering virtual psychiatric appointments for its patients after officials reported long wait-times among other providers locally.

One bill would create a state-funded psychiatry residency program in cooperation with the state’s mental health institutes, resource centers, training school Iowa Medical and Classification Center. Another would help mental health professionals pay school loans.

In the first year since the opening of the Linn County Mental Health Access Center, over 70 percent of its patients said in discharge surveys they would not have sought services if not for the new mental health crisis center.

Democratic gubernatorial challenger Deidre DeJear called for the state to fully fund education from preschool to college and to make at least 30 hours a week of child care available to families. She would support a moratorium on “factory farms” and more funding for Department of Natural Resources water quality efforts.

Mario Minnaert, 31, of North Liberty, will run the 4x4x48 Goggins Challenge, in which the goal is to run four miles every four hours for 48 hours. Created by retired U.S. Navy seal, ultramarathoner, public speaker and author David Goggins, the challenge unites people around the world running the same distance, often at the exact same time.

Mario Minnaert will run 48 miles this weekend as a fundraiser to support mental health awareness and NAMI Linn County, and is inviting others to donate toward his cause.

A proposal to create up to 48 psychiatric residencies at state institutions as part of a large package of legislation to increase mental health access across Iowa was unanimously approved by the House Appropriations Committee Tuesday.

The Hiawatha Police Department has partnered with Foundation 2, a mental health liaison program, to provide better mental health services to the community.

Linn County Juvenile Detention Center has started work with a therapist from Tanager Place to provide mental health services to incarcerated juveniles.

Linn-Mar High School freshman meet weekly with a teacher to help guide their social-emotional learning and navigate high school.

Iowa House Republican bills aim to tackle staffing, bed shortages