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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 2017
Page
1
A four part series explores how the foster care system works and its evolution across stages. November 5 covers reunification efforts and policy shifts, November 12 examines foster parents' rewards and challenges, November 26 follows adoption toward permanence.
A Gazette review profiles Four Oaks specialist Emily Steeples and foster families in Cedar Rapids. Steeples and other DHS critics cite shortages of foster parents and social workers and insufficient resources to lift foster care to full capacity. Two 16 year old girls in central Iowa are among cases drawing public scrutiny of the system.
A Gazette analysis shows Des Moines River watershed farmers rarely take state aid for cover crops. In 10 north central counties they received under 2 percent of nearly 5 million in 2017 grants, while three Eastern Iowa counties drew about 20 percent. Sarah Carlson of Practical Farmers of Iowa notes a dead zone of adoption up and west of the Des Moines lobe.
Wintersteen leads Iowa State University efforts to broaden the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences supported by practical research. She has engaged with farmers and local communities to apply university science to real problems in fields, lobs, and farms, emphasizing outreach and innovation.
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