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News Items – November 18, 2021

Social Workers Speak

Charles Palmer was a member: Charles Palmer, who led Iowa Department of Human Services for 16 years, dies at age 82. Charles “Chuck” Palmer, who was director of Iowa’s Department of Human Services for 16 years, died Sunday. Des Moines Register. He was 82 and lived in Des Moines. They may not have family in the area.

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Planning for Medicaid Unwinding in 2023

Social Work Blog

Department of Health and Human Services first declared a 90-day public health emergency (PHE). When the COVID-19 PHE ends, which is expected in 2023, state agencies will begin the “unwinding” of continuous Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) by going through the redetermination process for all enrollees.

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Innovations in Behavioral Healthcare: A Digital Path to Resilience

Relias

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic drastically changed the way behavioral health and other human services organizations conduct their operations. For behavioral health and other human services, this often means using technology to find new and better ways to help?persons?served. services to skyrocket.?According

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What Care Coordination Is and How To Implement It

Relias

Organizations adopt care coordination to improve health outcomes and reduce the financial cost of treatments by streamlining care delivery and reducing or eliminating redundancies in care. There are different models for how integrated care is delivered, but care coordination makes all the difference. What is care coordination?

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NCCPR family preservation news and commentary round-up for the year 2023, Part Two

NCCPR Child Welfare Blog

Fong writes in The Imprint about why the so-called Adoption and Safe Families Act is “A Dangerous Tool in An Arbitrary System.” --And in this essay, she takes on the harm of mandatory reporting laws. Instead, the coach is going to court to adopt your child – because he now has every bit as much right to your child as you do.