Iowa Family Corner

Family Voices: www.familyvoices.org/states.php?state=IA
Partnering with professionals and families to advocate for health care services that are family-centered, community-based, comprehensive, coordinated and culturally competent.

NAMI of Iowa (National Voice of Mental Illness): www.nami.org/Template.cfm?Section=Your_Local_NAMI&Template=/CustomSource/AffiliateFinder.cfm&State=IA
Education, advocacy and support for persons with brain disorders (mental illnesses) and their families.

ASK Family Resource Center: www.askresource.org/
The ASK Family Resource Center is a "one-stop-shop" for children and adults with disabilities and their families. Through its member organizations, the Center provides a broad range of information, advocacy, support, training, and direct services.

Iowa COMPASS: www.medicine.uiowa.edu/iowacompass/
Iowa's free, statewide information and referral service for people with disabilties, their families, service provicers, and other members of the community. They maintain information on over 6,000 local, state, and national agencies and programs. Information specialists are available Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Early Hearing Detection & Intervention (EHDI) Contact and Program Information

Family Village: www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/index.htmlx
A global community that integrates information, resources, and communication opportunities on the Internet for persons with cognitive and other disabilities, for their families, and for those that provide them services and support. This site offers informational resources on specific diagnoses, communication connections, adaptive products and technology,adaptive recreational activities, education, worship, health issues, disability-related media and literature, and much, much more!

Note: The information provided on the state pages was submitted by the state medical home teams.As this is not an exhaustive list, please let us know if you have additions for your state resource page. You can contact us at: medical home@aap.org.

Last Updated December 3, 2009