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Iowa CareGivers: "Go To Place" for those in Direct Care
Desired Outcome: Ensure an adequate supply of well-prepared, well-compensated, informed and empowered direct care workers who are equipped to meet the care and support needs of all Iowans.
Organization Name: Iowa CareGivers
Link to website | Phone: 515-223-2805
HUB Navigation Program
Desired Outcome: Improve identification, referral and enrollment into evidence-based community health promotion programs to advance health equity.
Organization Name: Iowa Community HUB
Link to website | Phone: 515-635-1285
Primary Care Provider Loan Repayment Program
Desired Outcome: Provide assistance with the repayment of qualifying educational loans to eligible primary care medical, dental, and mental health practitioners.
Organization Name: Iowa HHS - Bureau of Policy & Workforce Services
Phone: 515-229-3913
Strategic Planning and Stakeholder Engagement
Desired Outcome: Identify actionable solutions that would advance Iowa’s health care workforce through input from local communities and health care workforce stakeholders.
Organization Name: Iowa HHS - Iowa Health Care Workforce Initiative
Phone: 515-954-9537
Improving core care transition measures
Desired Outcome: Increase in number of Critical Access Hospitals reporting Emergency Department Transfer Communication.
Organization Name: Iowa HHS - Iowa Rural Hospital Flex Program
Addressing school nurse shortages
Desired Outcome: Increase the number of Iowa school nurses so there is at least one full-time, registered school nurse in every building, every day, all day.
Organization Name: Iowa School Nurse Organization
Phone: 319-721-1769
The PHC Way
Desired Outcome: Reduce patients’ wait time, ensure schedules are full and patients have needed access, and improve work-life balance among employees by finishing charting prior to going home.
Organization Name: Primary Health Care, Inc.
Training health care providers
Desired Outcome: Increase health care providers' comfort level when caring for people with disabilities; which promotes preventative care, reduces disparities, and reduces implicit bias.
Organization Name: University of Iowa Center for Disabilities and Development