What We Do

Here are one-page summaries of 14 major DHS programs. The summaries are updated as needed, with fiscal year updates added every September. 

Adoptions and Adoption Subsidy 

Child Care   
 

Child Welfare see also Child Welfare by the numbers  

Child Support Recovery Unit

Civil Commitment Unit for Sexual Offenders

Family Investment Program 

Food Assistance 

Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (hawk-i

IowaCare 

Juvenile Facilities

Medical Assistance (Medicaid) 

Mental Health and Disability Services

Mental Health Institutes (Clarinda, Mount Pleasant, Cherokee, Independence)

Resource Centers at Glenwood and Woodward

 

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