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Residents and supervisors raise alarm over regional disability services consolidation
Summary
At a Jan. 27 Jackson County Board of Supervisors meeting, disability-services coordinators and residents said a regional reorganization — including a proposed name change to Eastern Iowa Disability Alliance, quarterly meetings and reduced local coordinator hours — is leaving rural counties uncertain about access to care.
At a Jan. 27 meeting, residents and county officials told the Jackson County Board of Supervisors they are worried a regional reorganization of disability services will reduce local access and complicate care coordination.
Commenters who identified themselves as associated with local disability services said the regional board met recently to handle organizational matters, including a proposed name change. "They're gonna be changing the name to Eastern Iowa Disability Alliance," one commenter said. Speakers said the region plans to move to quarterly meetings and is looking for a single IT vendor to cover the area.
Speakers described how…
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