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The Iowa Board of Social Welfare was founded in 1937 by the Iowa General Assembly. In 1967, it was merged with the Iowa Board of Control and Iowa Board of Parole to form the Iowa Department of Social Services. It was renamed the Iowa Department of Human Services in 1987. [1] In 2022, as part of Governor Reynold's State Agency Alignment ...
Under the proposal, disability services currently provided by Iowa's 13 Mental Health and Disability Service regions would be shifted to the state’s Aging and Disability Services under Iowa HHS.
The United States Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to protect the health of the U.S. people and providing essential human services. Its motto is "Improving the health, safety, and well-being of America". [3]
The new districts would combine the 32 local regions in Iowa, which includes 13 Mental Health and Disability Service regions that oversee mental health and disability services and 19 Integrated ...
Disability services, which are folded into the state's 13 mental health regions, will be instead shifted into the state’s Aging and Disability Services division under Iowa HHS.
SHIP programs can help you make informed decisions about your benefits and care. SHIP programs utilize state offices, local agencies, community providers, community-based counselors, and ...
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services ( CMS) is a federal agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that administers the Medicare program and works in partnership with state governments to administer Medicaid, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and health insurance portability standards.
Government departments responsible for health issues and health services in the United States exist at federal, state and local levels. The first, at city level, were founded in the late 18th century; now many operate at city or county level. State-level work began in the mid-19th century, now every state has one.