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DMCo Gets More Bad News on Mental Health-Care Front

By on December 12, 2012
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ANOTHER BIT OF BAD NEWS FOR DES MOINES COUNTY’S HANDICAPPED POPULATION. CENTRAL POINT OF COORDINATION DIRECTOR KEN HYNDMAN SAYS JUST THREE OF IOWA’S COUNTIES WILL RECEIVE TRANSITION FUNDS FROM THE STATE.  HYNDMAN TOLD THE COUNTY BOARD THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH HAS BROKEN A PROMISE TO DISTRIBUTE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.  SCOTT, MARION AND TAYLOR ARE THE COUNTIES IN LINE FOR MONEY TO TIDE THEM OVER NEXT SUMMER.

IN ANOTHER PIECE OF NEWS FOR THOSE WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, SUPERVISORS WROTE A LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THOSE DECIDING THE MERIT OF A GRANT APPLICATION FROM HOPE HAVEN FOR NEW HOUSING.