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Experts: Iowa mental health system in crisis highlights Abbe closure
An expert panel says Iowa’s mental health system is broken due to funding and budget cuts, citing the Abbe Center for Community Care closure as a symptom. Panelists argue the redesign from county to regional administration aims to help rural and urban care but faces cost, bed, and staffing shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Smith Duggan
National Alliance For Mental Illness
Linn County
Kent Jackson
Unity Point Health
St. Luke’s
Jack Hatch
Liz Mathis
Ben Rogers
Renee Schulte
Iowa
Department of Human Services
Dan Streitner
Abbe Center
Whitters
Streitner
St. Luke’s Jackson