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2026 Legislative Session

  Iowa’s 2026 legislative session will begin on January 12. During the interim since the 2025 session adjourned, Systems CEO Mona Kenyon has been meeting with key legislators to learn

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Avery at Day Program

Avery Finds a Home

Since Avery first joined Systems in 2014, his goal has always been to live as independently as possible. Because he lives with high anxiety, sharing a home with housemates was

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Legislative Action Needed

Legislative action is urgently needed. Please read below from the recent message from the Iowa DD Council.   The US Department of Labor wants to get rid of rules that

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Washington Caring In Action volunteers

Caring In Action Day

  This past summer thirty-seven homes asked for assistance with deep cleaning, pulling weeds and removing broken items for our Caring In Action Days. We had over fifty volunteers between

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One Big Beautiful Bill

Many families and staff have been wondering what the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) might mean for the people we serve and the agency in the upcoming years. The Iowa

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Medicaid Funding Update

The Iowa legislative session closed on May 15. Unfortunately, the budget did not include an increase to HCBS providers, such as Systems. The Managed Care Organizations (for profit companies that

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Medicaid Advocacy Efforts

There has been a lot in the news lately about proposed changes to Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security at the state and federal levels. As we know, the people we

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