Becker's Healthcare January 23, 2026
Iowa’s Department of Health and Human Services has proposed legislation that would overhaul the state’s early childhood and family services into a new district-based structure, drawing directly from the state’s Behavioral Health and Disability Services system redesign implemented last year, Quad-City Times reported Jan. 23.
The plan would replace the current Early Childhood Iowa framework — a network of 34 locally governed areas — with seven HHS-controlled districts. These districts would follow the same geographic and governance model used in Iowa’s regional...
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