Serving Iowa Youth and Families with a Youth Development Approach : JJDP Act Formula Grant Application and Three-Year Comprehensive Plan

This report is Iowa’s Three-Year Plan, which serves as the application for federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act formula grant funding (JJDP Act). The Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning (CJJP) wrote Iowa’s Three-Year Plan. CJJP is the state agency responsible for administering the JJDP Act in Iowa. Federal officials refer to state administering agencies as the state planning agency (SPA). The Plan was developed and approved by Iowa’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Council. That Council assists with administration of the JJDP Act, and also provides guidance and direction to the SPA, the Governor and the legislature regarding juvenile justice issues in Iowa. Federal officials refer to such state level groups as state advisory groups (SAG’s). The acronyms SPA and SAG are used through this report.

Report on Special Investigation of Building Stronger Families, January 1, 2000 through May 14th, 2003

Other Audit Reports - Special Investigation

Fair Housing For Families with Children, 2006

Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act was passed in 1988, making it illegal to refuse to rent or sell property to families because they have children. In 1992, the Iowa Civil Rights Act was amended to also prohibit discrimination against families with children.

The Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner, Information for Families.

A brochure describing how a family may request an autopsy from the Iowa Office of the State Medical Examiner.

Home Safety Checklist for Families with Young Children, 2011

This safety checklist is designed to help you protect your children and everyone else in the family, from unintentional injuries. It is designed to be an easy, room-by-room survey that will quickly point out possible dangers. When you find a hazardous situation, change it – NOW!! Of course, no checklist will identify all the possible dangers, so use this process to look for other hazards. After you have read through the listed items for a room take a few minutes to look at the room from the view-point of a child.

Fair Housing For Families with Children

What’s wrong with this advertisement? This wording used to be very familiar in our daily newspaper ads. But the federal Fair Housing Amendments Act was passed in 1988, making it illegal to refuse to rent or sell property to families because they have children. In 1992, the Iowa Civil Rights Act was amended to also prohibit discrimination against families with children. The law defines a family with children as follows: One or more individuals under the age of 18 living with a parent, or with a person having legal custody  A designee of such parent or legal guardian  Persons who are expecting a baby or who are seeking legal custody of a child.

Serving Iowa Youth and Families With a Youth Development Approach, 2003

This report is Iowa’s Three-Year Plan, which serves as the application for federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act formula grant funding (JJDP Act). The Division of Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning (CJJP) wrote Iowa’s Three-Year Plan. CJJP is the state agency responsible for administering the JJDP Act in Iowa. Federal officials refer to state administering agencies as the state planning agency (SPA). The Plan was developed and approved by Iowa’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Council. That Council assists with administration of the JJDP Act, and also provides guidance and direction to the SPA, the Governor and the legislature regarding juvenile justice issues in Iowa. Federal officials refer to such state level groups as state advisory groups (SAG’s). The acronyms SPA and SAG are used through this report.

Farm Families Alive and Well, January 2014, Vol. 20, no. 1

News from Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH)

Farm Families Alive and Well, March 2007, Vol. 13, no. 2

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Farm Families Alive and Well, Vol. 9, issue 2, 2003

News from Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH)

Farm Families Alive and Well, Vol. 13, issue 1, December 2006

News from Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH)

Farm Families Alive and Well, December 2007, Vol. 14, no. 1

News from Iowa’s Center for Agricultural Safety and Health (I-CASH)

Farm Families Alive and Well, December 2009, Vol. 16, no. 1

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Farm Families Alive and Well, December 2011, Vol. 18, no. 1

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Farm Families Alive and Well, December 2012, Vol. 19, no. 1

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