by Radio Iowa Contributor | Nov 20, 2017 | Human Interest, News
Child adoption events were held in several Iowa cities this past weekend, with two of the largest events in Black Hawk and Hamilton counties. As part of the Adoption Saturday event in Webster City, a family from Rockwell City family adopted a boy just in time for...
by Dar Danielson | Jun 26, 2017 | News, Politics & Government, Top Story
Iowa Senator Joni Ernst is cosponsoring legislation with fellow Republican Senator Marco Rubio or Florida, which she says will help states make better use of federal programs for those trying to get out of poverty. Ernst, who is from Red Oak, says her travels around...
by O. Kay Henderson | Jun 14, 2017 | Crime & Courts, News, Politics & Government
Governor Kim Reynolds is hiring a lawyer with a long career as a child advocate to lead a state agency under scrutiny for how its child welfare programs are managed. Sixty-four-year-old Jerry Foxhoven will take over as director of the Iowa Department of Human Services...
by Radio Iowa Contributor | Nov 30, 2016 | Crime & Courts, News
Child welfare experts at the Iowa Department of Human Services are seeking changes in state law to better protect children whose caregivers are involved with illegal drugs. Under a proposed bill, a wider variety of controlled substances would trigger a child abuse...
by Dar Danielson | Nov 15, 2016 | Health & Medicine, Human Interest, News
A report from the Iowa Policy Project (IPP) suggests the state make some changes to help families who face more expenses as they make more money and become ineligible for government support programs. IPP research director Peter Fisher says they looked at several of...