Position Statement Community Needs Assessments & Health Improvement Planning, April 2016

The Iowa Department of Public Health urges hospitals and local boards of health to collaborate in completing a comprehensive community health needs assessment and health improvement plan. The department will be flexible in its reporting requirements for local CHNA & HIP processes to support integration with hospitals.

Iowa Psychiatric Medical Institutes for Children (PMIC) Annual Report, December 2015

The transition of Psychiatric Medical Institutions for Children (PMIC) into the Iowa Plan occurred on July 1, 2012, without substantive changes as recommended by the PMIC Transition Committee. As a result, some PMICs have increased their ability to provide flexible services while retaining the ability for longer term residential capacity for children with high end mental health needs. As part of the Iowa Plan, PMICs have been able to include more services and discussion among clinical professionals in determining how to best meet the needs of a child.

Iowa’s Title V Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Annual Report, 2012

Title V of the Social Security Act is the longest-standing public health legislation in American history. Enacted in 1935, Title V is a federal-state partnership that promotes and improves maternal and child health (MCH). According to each state’s unique needs, Title V supports a spectrum of services, from infrastructure building services like quality assurance and policy development, to gap-filling direct health care services. Title V resources are directed towards MCH priority populations: pregnant women, mothers, infants, women of reproductive years, children and adolescents and children and youth with special health care needs.

2016 Title V Needs Assessment: Executive Summary, May 2015

Since early 2014, the Iowa Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) Bureau of Family Health (BFH) and the Oral Health Center (OHC), along with partners at the University of Iowa Division of Child and Community Health (UI-DCCH) collaborated to conduct the five-year Needs Assessment (NA) for the FFY2016 Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

2016 Title V Needs Assessment: Appendices, May 15, 2015

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) Bureau of Family Health (BFH) and the Oral Health Center (OHC), along with partners at the University of Iowa Division of Child and Community Health (UI-DCCH) collaborated to conduct the five-year Needs Assessment (NA) for the FFY2016 Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.

2016 Title V Needs Assessment Report: Final Report, May 15, 2015

The Iowa Department of Public Health’s (IDPH) Bureau of Family Health (BFH) and the Oral Health Center (OHC), along with partners at the University of Iowa Division of Child and Community Health (UI-DCCH) collaborated to conduct the five-year Needs Assessment (NA) for the FFY2016 Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant.