House File 653, Division XVIII, Section 89 charged the Department of Human Services to create a children’s mental health and well-being advisory committee to continue efforts relating to improving children’s mental health crisis services and children’s well-being learning labs and supporting the children’s well-being collaboratives. The Children's Mental Health & Well-being Advisory Committee consists of a variety of providers, advocates, policymakers, and stakeholders from across the State of Iowa and is a continuation of the Children’s Mental Health & Well-being Workgroup.
Children’s Mental Health & Well-being Advisory Committee
2017-2018 Meeting Agendas, Minutes, and Materials
Children's Mental HealthWell-Being White Paper
Children's MH-WB Committee Presentation
Executive Summary of the Children's Workgroup
Children’s Well-being Collaboratives
Northwest Iowa Mental Health Center Proposal
Prevent Child Abuse Iowa Proposal
Youth and Shelter Services, Inc. Proposal
Children's Mental Health & Well-being Workgroup Meetings
2016 Meeting Agendas, Minutes, and Materials
2015 Meeting Agendas, Minutes, and Materials
Member List:
2016 Children's Mental Health & Well-being Workgroup Members
Resources:
2016 Children's Mental Health Study Report
2016 Children's Mental Health Crisis Services Grantees Reports
2015 Children's Mental Health and Well-Being Final Report
2013 Children's Disability Services Workgroup Final Report
2014 State of America's Children, Children's Defense Fund
Statewide Call for Action: A Strategic Plan for a Children’s Mental Health Redesign in Iowa
Video: Mental Health Awareness Team, Krista Moellers
For information contact:
Julie Maas
Division of Mental Health & Disability Services
Iowa Department of Human Services
Hoover State Office Building, 5th Floor
1305 E. Walnut Street
Des Moines, IA 50319
Phone: 515-281-3785
Fax: 515-242-6036
Email: jmaas@dhs.state.ia.us