Registered Nurse Websites
The Iowa Board of Nursing-Online License Renewal
Enables RNs and LPNs to renew their nursing license and to make their own address changes.
Iowa Nurses Association
Is the professional organization of registered nurses in Iowa. The site contains legislative updates, nursing events, and other nursing news.
Official State Websites
Official Home Page | The State of Iowa
Iowa’s official Homepage.
Substance Abuse Iowa Data Resources
Is an alliance committed to strengthening substance abuse prevention and intervention activities through collaborative research. The Consortium coordinates research and knowledge transfer among researchers, assists professionals in the field, and informs public policy makers in the area of substance abuse.
State Data Center (SDC)
The State Data Center of Iowa is your source for population, housing, business and government statistics about Iowa, including data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Iowa state agencies, and other state and federal sources.
Wisconsin's Department of Health and Family Service—functional screening
The screen is used to determine functional eligibility for certain mental health services, adult long-term care programs and children's long-term support programs. Experienced professionals, usually social workers or registered nurses, who have taken an on-line training course and passed a certification exam are able to access and administer the screen.
DEA Living Health & Education Programs
The Department of Elder Affairs is actively engaged in ensuring high quality of life for older Iowans. Living, health, and education are important parts of this mission, and DEA and its partners provide many important programs and services in these areas. This website provides which programs are available.
Iowa Association of Community Providers
The association (IACP) is comprised of over 150 community-based organizations whose missions and core services are consistent with the association. All member organizations provide quality (licensed and accredited) services to children and adults with mental illness and mental health related issues, mental retardation, brain injury and other developmental disabilities.
Iowa Department of Public Health
IDPH views health as a critical component of Iowa's future - healthy kids are ready to learn; healthy adults are ready to work; and healthy communities are ready to grow.
Iowa General Assembly
Lists the current events in the Iowa Senate and House.
Iowa Health Fact Book
The Iowa Health Fact Book provides a wealth of information pertinent to the health of Iowans. Much of this information is presented for each of Iowa’s 99 counties and includes such knowledge as data on disease incidence and mortality, health and social behaviors, health resources, and environmental factors.
Iowa Department of Elder Affairs
Sanctioned by the Iowa Code, the Elder Affairs Commission is charged with serving as a visible advocate for older Iowans by establishing policies for reviewing and commenting upon all state plans, budgets, and policies which affect elders and for providing technical assistance to any agency, organization, association, or individual representing the needs of elders.
Office of Social and Economic Trend Analysis
SETA provides timely data and analysis that informs the economic development, community betterment, and public policy needs of the State of Iowa, and extends the information in an accessible manner to citizens of the state. Note: this site is being relocated on 1/6/2008 to http://www.recap.iastate.edu/
Longterm Care Websites
Care Initiatives, Iowa
Care Initiatives is Iowa's largest senior care provider. Certified by Medicare and Medicaid, they have nursing homes and assisted living facilities in 53 locations throughout Iowa.
Legal Hotline For Older Iowans
The first place to go to get information and advice about elder law issues. The Legal Hotline is a special project of Iowa Legal Aid that provides legal advice and other services to Iowans who are 60 or older.
Iowa Hospital Association
Iowa Hospital Association
The Iowa Hospital Association (IHA) is a voluntary membership organization representing hospital and health system interests to business, government and consumer audiences. IHA shapes health care policy, provides educational programming, gathers data and monitors health care payment systems.
Services Locator Websites
2-1-1 Iowa
Information and referral database for health and human services.
Iowa Association of Area Agencies on Aging (I4A)
The Iowa Association of Area Agencies on Aging (i4a) is a non-profit organization, comprised of Iowa's thirteen regional Area Agencies on Aging.
Iowa's free, statewide information and referral service for people with disabilities, their families, service providers, and other members of the community. We maintain information on over 5,500 local, state, and national agencies and programs.
A searchable site for aging and disabilities resources in Iowa.
Search the Iowa Directory of Services
A facility locator for a Substance Abuse Treatment or Prevention Program, Gambling Treatment, or Mental Health Provider by Agency Name, Location and/or Services Offered.