Archive - 988: Mental Healthcare in Iowa

It's Causes are Many Part II

Mental Illness and Homelessness

Nov 18 •

Kali White VanBaale

October 2024

September 2024

The Power of Punctuation

Project Semicolon; your story isn't over

Sep 30 •

Kali White VanBaale

“I Don’t Want Her Name To Be Forgotten”

An important conversation with a parent after a devastating loss

Sep 10 •

Kali White VanBaale

With few Iowa treatment options, parents of children in crisis look elsewhere for help

Sharing another critical article on the youth mental health crisis by journalist Lee Rood for her Reader’s Watchdog column from August 15, 2024.

Sep 6 •

Kali White VanBaale

Shortage of youth mental health services in Iowa reaches crisis; families are in despair

Re-sharing a critical article (and not much has changed since it was published)

Sep 3 •

Kali White VanBaale

August 2024

Hopeful Progress and What’s Next

In my last column I wrote about a Des Moines City Council proposal to start fining individuals caught sleeping outside in public spaces, and how this…

Aug 14 •

Kali White VanBaale

July 2024

Its Causes Are Many

Homelessness, Mental Illness, and City Ordinances

Jul 26 •

Kali White VanBaale

June 2024

May 2024

The Long History of House File 626

A deeper look at nonmedical prescription switching

May 22 •

Kali White VanBaale

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