Hinson tours Kirkwood aviation program in Cedar Rapids
U S Representative Ashley Hinson met with Cedar Rapids residents not at a town hall but for a hangar tour of Kirkwood Community College's aviation maintenance technician program funded in 2023. She stressed the need for aviation maintenance workers in Iowa and the nation and highlighted the training site as a pipeline.
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Ashley Hinson
Iowa
Nathan Bellinger
Kirkwood Community College Aviation Maintenance Technology Program
Eastern
Cedar Rapids
Nick Rohlman
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Edar Rapids
Kirkwood Community College
Kirkwood
Hinson
U.S. House
Mike Johnson
Chuck Grassley
Plan to tackle Iowa health care workforce shortage
Iowa lawmakers consider solutions from more residency slots to consolidating student loans to draw and keep medical workers in state. Gov Reynolds highlighted the issue in the State address as a dire physician shortage, with up to 86,000 nationwide shortfall by 2036.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Kim Reynolds
Association of American Medical Colleges
Iowa Medical Society
Reynolds
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services
University of Iowa Health Care
Broadlawns Medical Center
Access Center plans more care for substance use
Cedar Rapids Linn County Mental Health Access Center aims to expand offerings with a withdrawal management program pending state license. Director Erin Foster said the facility will provide medical and psychological care for withdrawal and pursue holistic care beyond separate mental health and substance abuse silos. The center at 501 13th St NW celebrates four years atop Cedar Rapids crisis services.
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13Th St. NW
Foster
Linn County Board of Supervisors
Access Center
Linn County Mental Health Access Center
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