Districts realign as East Central region eyes staff shifts
The East Central Region will lose three of its nine counties and gain seven in a district realignment affecting mental health and disability services. Staff reductions are anticipated as responsibilities shift to a new disability access point and options counseling becomes formalized, with a July start and fewer than two thirds of prior staffing.
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East Central
Hingtgen
Iowa
Benton
Bremer
Buchanan
Delaware
Dubuque
Johnson, Jones and Linn
Black Hawk
Linn
Jones
Jackson
Johnson
Cedar
Clinton
Muscatine
Scott
Louisa
Des Moines
East Central Region
Emily Blomme
Foundation 2 Crisis Services
Cedar Rapids
Primary Care Association
Department of Health and Human Services
PCA
Kim Reynolds
House
Jim Slosiarek
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Iowa event launches cancer link to clean water in state
At Drake University the Harkin Institute and the Iowa Environmental Council unveiled a joint initiative to map environmental cancer risk in Iowa. The project will include public reports, a journal article, 15 listening tours, and outreach across urban and rural communities to explore factors beyond tobacco and alcohol contributing to Iowa’s high cancer rates.
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Iowa
Harkin Institute
Drake University
Iowa Environmental Council
Sarah Green
Council
Green
Kim Reynold
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
University of Iowa
Adam Shriver
Harkin
Environmental Council
Shriver
Sue Mattison
Mattison
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Emily.andersen
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National Cancer Institute
Lu Liu
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Jim Laren
Driftless Water Defenders
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