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Iowa HHS abandons critical adolescent mental health data collection

Posted on March 7, 2023 at 9:02 AM by Anne Discher

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The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services announced last month it will no longer conduct a planned 2023 survey...

Categories: Health

Tagged As: LGBTQ+, Mental health, Public Health

Anti-trans lawmakers grind down children under the wheels of their political ambition

Posted on February 3, 2023 at 2:44 PM by Amber Gustafson

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The Iowa legislature is now discussing bills that say that my LGBTQ kid is “divisive” and anything that would represent...

Tagged As: iowa legislature, LGBTQ+

Cruel, reckless House bill bullies Iowans

Posted on February 3, 2023 at 2:13 PM by Anne Discher

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Common Good Iowa today released the following statement from Anne Discher, executive director of CGI, about House File 190, which...

Tagged As: iowa legislature, LGBTQ+

Lawmakers fail on equity and opportunity for Iowa public school students

Posted on February 10, 2021 at 1:01 PM by Anne Discher

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A House subcommittee approved an education bill Tuesday that would punish Iowa school districts by taking away funding if they...

Categories: PK-12 schools, Racial equity

Tagged As: iowa legislature, LGBTQ+, Supplemental State Aid

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