03/29/18: Landmark Mental Health Legislation Signed into Law [1]
02/02/18: Iowa Workers Get Free Tax Preparation Assistance [2]
11/22/17: DHS Announces Temporary Suspension of MCO Choice [3]
11/17/17: New Medicaid Director Appointed to DHS [4]
10/31/17: DHS Announces Changes to the IA Health Link Managed Care Program [5]
10/31/17: UPDATE: MEDIA ADVISORY at 1:30 p.m.: DHS to Hold Press Conference on the IA Health Link Program [6]
10/20/17: Email Phishing Campaign Leads to Notification of Data Breach [7] and Email Phishing FAQs [8]
09/01/17: Newborn Girl Declared 30th Safe Haven Baby [9]
08/22/17: New Deputy Director Appointed to DHS [10]
08/07/17: New Training Available In-Person, Online for Child Care Providers [11]
08/04/17: Newborn Boy Declared Safe Haven Baby [12]
07/31/17: DHS Helps When Disaster Strikes [13]
07/31/17: August is National Child Support Awareness Month [14]
7/13/17: Newborn Girl Declared Safe Haven Baby [15]
07/11/17: State Training School meets, exceeds all standards in federal audit [16]
06/22/17: Foxhoven appointed director of DHS [17]
06/13/17: Double Up Food Bucks: A Food Assistance Pilot Program [18]
06/05/17 : DHS Engages National Expert for Child Welfare Review [19]
04/28/17: Newborn Girl Declared Safe Haven Baby [20]
01/20/17: Iowa Workers Get Free Tax Preparation Assistance [21]
01/11/17: Rickman earns Casey Excellence for Children Award in Leadership [22]
01/04/17: DHS takes action following client mistreatment at Glenwood State Resource Center [23]
06/17/16: Newborn Girl Declared Safe Haven Baby [24]
03/23/16: Newborn Boy Declared Safe Haven Baby [25]
03/22/16: One-stop Shop for Farmers to Sign Up to Accept Food Assistance [26]
02/02/16: Newborn Boy Declared Safe Haven Baby [27]
01/22/16: Iowa Workers Get Free Tax Preparation Assistance [28]
11/18/15: [29]Cherokee Mental Health Institute Earns ‘Top Performer’ Recognition [29]
11/16/15: DHS addresses federal regulators regarding Medicaid Modernization [30]
10/30/15: November is National Adoption Month [31]
10/27/15: A Health Link resources available to Medicaid providers [32]
10/23/15: Dr. Dave Receives Distinguished Paul E. Huston Award [33]
10/15/15: DHS announces hearings for setting child support guidelines [34]
10/09/15: DHS Announces Medicaid Modernization Contracts [35]
08/17/15: DHS Announces Winning Bidders for Medicaid Modernization Initiative [36]
08/12/15: Mental Health System Update presentation [37]
07/13/15: DHS Awarded Bonus for Food Assistance Performance [38]
05/15/15: Boys’ State Training School achieves 100 percent compliance [39]
05/01/15: New Medicaid Director Appointed to DHS [40]
04/03/15: Child Support Recovery Unit Offers New Web Services [41]
04/01/15: April 30 Marks End of Open Enrollment for Marketplace. Medicaid Enrollment Continues Year-Round [42]
02/27/15: Agency focuses on families, stakeholders - DHS meets federal goals [43]
02/16/15: DHS Posts RFP on Medicaid Modernization Effort [44]
02/13/15: Open Enrollment Ends for Marketplace, Medicaid Enrollment Continues Year-Round [45]
01/27/15: DHS Reminds Iowa Workers of Free Tax Preparation Assistance [46]
01/21/15: Newborn Boy Declared Safe Haven Baby [47]
01/06/15: iaHealthLink.gov Webpage Breach – 2014 [48]
01/02/15: More than $1.2 million in grants help Iowans following major storms [49]
12/31/14: Iowa Medicaid Saves $49.5 Million Last Year Through Program Integrity Initiative [50]
10/17/14: Co-Oportunity Will Leave Iowa Health and Wellness Plan - All Members Will Continue to Receive Coverage [51]
08/29/14: Statement from Director Charles M. Palmer regarding the compliance reviews at Independence and Cherokee MHIs [54]
08/28/14: New Procedure for Replacing Food Assistance Cards [55]
08/20/14: 20th Safe Haven Baby [56]
08/08/14: Iowa Health+ Signs ACO Agreement with Iowa Medicaid [57]
08/08/14: Patient Who Absconded from CCUSO Program Is Apprehended [58]
08/03/14: Patient Absconds from CCUSO Transition Release Program [59]
07/31/14: Glenwood Takes Corrective Action Following Client Incident [60]
07/25/14: DHS Alerts Retailers Of EBT Changes Under Farm Bill [61]
07/22/14: Iowa Ranks Third in Kids Count Report [62]
07/11/14: DHS Earns Food Assistance Performance Bonus [63]
07/08/14: Medicaid Director Jennifer Vermeer Leaving DHS [64]
07/03/14: Healthy Behaviors Pay Off for Iowa Health and Wellness Plan Members [65]
06/30/14: Regions Become Operational Under MHDS Redesign [66]
06/20/14: Newborn Boy Declared Safe Haven Baby [67]
06/18/14: Broadlawns Signs ACO Agreement with Iowa Medicaid [68]
06/16/14: DHS Continues Special Education Improvements at Eldora [69]
06/09/14: Disaster Assistance Available for Cass, Harrison, Montgomery, Ringgold and Pottawattamie Counties [70]
05/28/14: DHS Launch New Website [71]
05/16/14: Iowa Health and Wellness Enrollment Tops 100,000 [72]
05/06/14: Grant Provides Employment Services and More for Noncustodial Parents [73]
05/02/14: 18th Safe Haven Baby [74]
04/25/14: Iowa Medicaid Makes Changes Following Mail Error [75], Covenant Breach Q & A [76]
04/15/14: UPDATE: Two Eldora Students Apprehended [77]
04/11/14: Eldora students ran from campus [78]
04/04/14: Providers Sign ACO Agreements with Medicaid [79]
03/27/14: New Marketplace Special Enrollment Periods Announced [80] [81]
03/21/14: Equal Access, Healthy Eating with Wireless EBT Project [82]
03/19/14: Open Enrollment Ends for Marketplace, Medicaid Enrollment Continues Year-Round [83]
03/07/14: Investigation Leads to Notification of Data Breach [84]
02/21/14: DHS Takes Corrective Action Following Glenwood Incident [85]
01/21/14: DHS bans use of public assistance funds at some locations [86]
12/27/13: DHS says Iowans who applied at HealthCare.gov should reapply through state [87]
07/15/13: Public Comment Period and Public Hearing Dates for Iowa Health and Wellness Plan [88]
06/26/13: Lost backup tape leads to records warning [89], FAQ [90]
05/15/13:Governor adds more counties to disaster list, information on vouchers [91]
05/06/13: Child welfare by the numbers for 2012, one-page summary [92], Little change in trends [93]
05/03/13: Vouchers to help with Eastern Iowa storm damage [94]
02/21/13: Iowa receives health care innovation grant [95]
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Links:
[1] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PressRelease_MentalHealthLegislation_March2018.pdf
[2] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_EITC_2018.pdf
[3] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PressRelease_November2017_22.pdf
[4] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PressRelease_IMEDirector_Nov2017.pdf
[5] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PressRelease_October2017.pdf
[6] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PressRelease_October2017_Conference_2.pdf
[7] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Data_Breach_8-23-2017.pdf
[8] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/FAQs_Data_Breach_Phishing_Email_8-23-17.pdf
[9] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_2017_30th-Safe-Haven-Baby.pdf
[10] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_2017_Mikki-Stier-Deputy-Director-2.pdf
[11] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_2017_Child-Care-Required-Training.pdf
[12] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/29th%20Safe%20Haven%20Baby%20PDF.pdf
[13] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_2017_DHS_Helps_When_Disaster_Strikes.pdf
[14] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_2017_Child_Support_Month.pdf
[15] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Safe_Haven_July_2017.pdf
[16] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_State_Training_School_Federal_Audit_2017.pdf
[17] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR-2017_Foxhoven-appointed-director-of-DHS.pdf
[18] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_2017_Double-Up-Bucks.pdf
[19] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Child_Welfare_Review_6-5-17.pdf
[20] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/Safe%20Haven%2027th%20.pdf
[21] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_EITC_1-20-17.pdf
[22] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/Rickman%20Award%20Final.pdf
[23] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/Glenwood%20News%20Release%20-%20PDF.pdf
[24] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Safe_Haven_June_2016.pdf
[25] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Safe_Haven_Mar_2016.pdf
[26] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_EBT-Farmer_Sign_Up_Event.pdf
[27] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR-Safe_Haven_24.pdf
[28] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR-EITC_2016.pdf
[29] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_CMHI_Top_Performer.pdf
[30] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_%20Federal_Regulators_Regarding_Medicaid_Modernization.pdf
[31] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Adoption_Month.pdf
[32] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Health_Link_resources_available_to_Medicaid_providers.pdf
[33] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Dr._Dave_Paul_E._Huston_Award.pdf
[34] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR-CSAC.pdf
[35] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_DHS_Announces_Medicaid_Modernization_Contracts.pdf
[36] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/IAHealthLink-Announcement-NOI.pdf
[37] http://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/Mental_Health_System_Update.pdf
[38] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Bonus_for_Food_Assistance_Performance.pdf
[39] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_STS_Web_Posting.pdf
[40] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_New_IME_Director.pdf
[41] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/CSRU%20Final.doc
[42] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/Open%20Enrollment_Release_04012015%20%282%29.pdf
[43] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_2-27-15_PIP_Achievement.pdf
[44] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_2-16-15_RFP_Medicaid_Modernization.pdf
[45] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/OpenEnrollmentRelease_02152015.pdf
[46] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_1-27-15_Free_Tax_Prep.pdf
[47] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_1-21-15_Safe_Haven_Baby.pdf
[48] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_1-6-15_iahealthlink.gov_Breach_Website.pdf
[49] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_1-2-15_Storm_Grants.pdf
[50] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/IME_Saves_%2449.5_Million_Last_Year.pdf
[51] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_10-17-14_CoOp.pdf
[52] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_10-10-14_Safe_Haven_21st.pdf
[53] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_9-5-14_Dental_Wellness.pdf
[54] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_8-29-14_QA_2MHIs.pdf
[55] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_8-29-14_Multiple_Card_Replacement.pdf
[56] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_8-20-14_20th_Safe_Haven_Baby.pdf
[57] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_8-8-14_IowaHealth%2B_ACO.pdf
[58] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_8-8-14_CCUSO_Absconder_Apprehended.pdf
[59] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/CCUSO%20Absconder_0.pdf
[60] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/Glenwood-Incident-Batteries-7-31-14.pdf
[61] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_7-25-14_EBT_Change.pdf
[62] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Kids_Count_2014_7-22-14.pdf
[63] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/FA-Bonus-Release-PDF.pdf
[64] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_7-8-14_Medicaid_Director_Leaving_DHS.pdf
[65] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Healthy_Behaviors_7-3-14.pdf
[66] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Redesign_6-30-2014%20release.pdf
[67] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_6-20-14_Safe_Haven_19th.pdf
[68] http://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_3-18-14_ACO_Contract_Announcement.pdf
[69] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/Eldora-Special-Ed-News-Rel.pdf
[70] http://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_6-9-14_Disaste_Assistance.pdf
[71] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_5-28-14_Website.pdf
[72] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_5-16-14_100%2C000_IHWP.pdf
[73] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Reach_Grant_5-6-2014.pdf
[74] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Safe_Haven_18th_5-2-14.pdf
[75] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_4-25-14_Covenant_Breach.pdf
[76] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/QA_4-25-14_Covenant_Breach.pdf
[77] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_4-15-14_Eldora_Elope.pdf
[78] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/pr-4-11-2014_Eldora_Elope.pdf
[79] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_4.4.14_Provider_ACO_Agreements.pdf
[80] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_3-27-14_Open_Enrollment_Release.pdf
[81] http://www.dhs.state.ia.us/uploads/PR_3-27-14_Open_Enrollment_Release.pdf
[82] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_3-21-14_Farmers_Market.pdf
[83] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Open_Enrollment_3-19-14.pdf
[84] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Data_Breach_2-7-14.pdf
[85] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_Glenwood_Incident_2-21-14.pdf
[86] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/PR_FIP_Change_Program_Integrity-1-21-14.pdf
[87] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/NR-Appling_for_Health_Care_12-27-13.doc
[88] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/IHAWP%20Public%20Notice%20Press%20Release_0715.pdf
[89] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/nr_IndependenceMHIbreach.pdf
[90] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/Independence%20Breach%20FAQs%20.pdf
[91] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/nr_disasterAssistance_15AdditionalCounties.pdf
[92] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/childwelfarebythenumberscal2012.pdf
[93] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/nr_childabusecalendar2012Final.pdf
[94] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/nr_disastervouchersMAY2013.pdf
[95] https://dhs.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/nr_MedicaidACOgrant.pdf
[96] https://dhs.iowa.gov/dhsuser