Iowa African-American Journal, Fall 2004, Vol. 10, no. 2

Newsletter for the Iowa Commission on the Status of African-Americans

Iowa African-American Journal, Spring 2004, Vol. 9, no. 1

Newsletter for the Iowa Commission on the Status of African-Americans

Iowa African-American Journal, Winter 2004, Vol. 10, no. 2

Newsletter for the Iowa Commission on the Status of African-Americans. Vol. 10, no. 2 also used for Fall 2004.

Healthy Iowans 2010 Mid-Course Revision, July 2005

In the past century, public health has been credited with adding 25 years to life expectancy by contributing to the decline in illness and injury. Progress has been made, for example, in smoking reduction, infectious disease, and motor vehicle and workplace injuries. Besides its focus on traditional concerns such as clean water and safe food, public health is adapting to meet emerging health problems. Particular troublesome are health threats to youth: teenage pregnancies, violence, substance abuse, sexually transmitted diseases, and other conditions associated with high-risk behaviors. These threats add to burgeoning health care costs. A conservative estimate of $69 billion in medical spending could be averted through the impact of public health strategies aimed at heart disease, stroke, fatal and nonfatal occupational injuries, motor vehicle-related injuries, low birth weight, and violence. These strategies require the collaboration of many groups in the public and private sectors. Collaboration is the bedrock of public health and Healthy Iowans planning. At the core of Healthy Iowans 2000 and its successor, Healthy Iowans 2010, is the idea that all Iowans benefit when stakeholders decide on disease prevention and health promotion strategies and agree to work together on them. These strategies can improve the quality of life and hold down health care costs. The payoff for health promotion and disease prevention is not immediate, but it has long-lasting benefits. The Iowa plan is a companion to the national plan, Healthy People 2010. An initiative to improve the health of Americans, the national plan is the driving force for federal resource allocation for disease prevention and health promotion. The state plan is used in the same way. Both plans have received broad support from Republican and Democratic administrations. Community planners are using the state plan to help assess health needs and craft health improvement plans. Healthy Iowans 2010 was written at an unusual point in history – a new decade, a new century, a new millennium. The introduction was optimistic. “The 21st century,” it says, “promises to add life as well as years through improved health habits coupled with medical advances. Scientists have suggested that if these changes occur, the definition of adulthood will also change. An extraordinary number of people will live fuller, more active lives beyond that expected in the late 20th century.” At the same time, the country has spawned a new generation of health hazards. According to Dr. William Dietz of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it has replaced “the diseases of deficiency with diseases of excess” (Newsweek, August 2, 1999). New threats, such as childhood overweight, can reverse progress made in the last century. This demands concerted action.

Disability Rights Guide for Iowans, August 2004

Individuals with disabilities have civil rights protection similar to that provided to individuals on the basis of race, sex, national origin, and religion. The advent of the Americans with Disabilities Act has improved these protections and brought this issue into the forefront. This book is not intended to be a legal translation of state or federal laws. Its purpose is to assist people with disabilities in understanding their rights. Please consult the Code of Iowa, the appropriate federal laws or an attorney if you need a legal interpretation.

Accessible Parking Spaces Guidelines, 2001

The Americans with Disabilities Act Accessibility Guidelines (ADAAG) and Chapter 321L of the Iowa Code.

Iowa African-American Journal, February 2006, Black History Month Special Edition

Newsletter for the Iowa Commission on the Status of African-Americans. Black History Month Special Edition.

Iowa African-American Journal, February 2005, Black History Month Special Edition

Newsletter for the Iowa Commission on the Status of African-Americans. Black History Month Special Edition.

Iowa African-American Journal, Summer/Spring 2006, Vol. 11, no. 4

Newsletter for the Iowa Commission on the Status of African-Americans

Iowa African-American Journal, Spring 2005, Vol. 10, no. 4

Newsletter for the Iowa Commission on the Status of African-Americans

Iowa African-American Journal, Summer 2005, Vol. 10, no. 5

Newsletter for the Iowa Commission on the Status of African-Americans

Iowa African-American Journal, Fall 2005, Vol. 11, no. 1

Newsletter for the Iowa Commission on the Status of African-Americans

Iowa African-American Journal, Winter 2005, Vol. 11, no. 2

Newsletter for the Iowa Commission on the Status of African-Americans

Disability Rights Guide for Iowans, August 2004

Individuals with disabilities have civil rights protection similar to that provided to individuals on the basis of race, sex, national origin, and religion. The advent of the Americans with Disabilities Act has improved these protections and brought this issue into the forefront. This book is not intended to be a legal translation of state or federal laws. Its purpose is to assist people with disabilities in understanding their rights. Please consult the Code of Iowa, the appropriate federal laws or an attorney if you need a legal interpretation.

Iowa NAPIS (National Aging Program Information System) Activity Report State Fiscal Year 2004

INAPIS (National Aging Program Information System) Activity Report collects and reports service/performance data and related program management information to the federal and state government. This report shows the number of older Iowans who receive services and the number of units by service category from Title III funding of the Older Americans Act, the Administration on Aging (AoA) and limited state general fund dollars. Additionally, it shows the number of persons served by individual services and total "unduplicated" client count across all services. In other words, if you add the total number of clients from all services it is higher than the actual number of persons served across all services, because some people need and receive more than one service.