Both of Iowa's ABCD II demonstration projects plan to continue screening for social emotional development and identified expansion or further spread to additional sites within their organization. The Governor’s FY2007 budget appropriated $325,000 to the public health agency to spread the ABCDII model. Three sites were selected for expansion using a public-private collaboration and care coordination services model. Dissemination is planned through interfacing and integrating with other state initiatives: Iowa Medical Home Initiative, the IDPH Healthy Mental Development Program, Early Childhood Iowa (Empowerment), Maternal Depression Screening Project, and professional development activities including the Iowa AAP and Family Practice chapters.

This section contains resources for "Spreading Results" developed by Iowa.

• Announcement of new web site available for Medicaid EPSDT/Care for Kids providers
  Iowa Department of Human Services, Iowa Medicaid Enterprise (February 2006). A web site containing useful tools, resources, and links for providing EPSDT services with special emphasis on promoting healthy physical, mental, social, and emotional development of children birth through age three.
  http://www.IowaEPSDT.org

• Informational letter: Billing Developmental services
  Iowa Department of Human Services, Iowa Medicaid Enterprise (Jan 11, 2007). This resource is an informational release regarding payment for use of standardized screening tool is not including in the reimbursement for a child’s preventive office visit or E/M service. This letter describes the codes used to bill for each standardized screening tool.
  4-Informational Release.doc

• Assuring Better Child Health Development II: Project Training
  Iowa ABCD Project (2005). Three training sessions organized to explain ABCD II project purpose and to assist Dubuque health care and other personnel to gain knowledge and skills necessary to include standardizes screeening and referral guidelines in daily practice.
  IA DBQ Training Agenda.doc

• Empowerment Professional Development Planning Committee Proposal Outline
  Jane Borst. (Iowa Department of Health, July 7, 2006). This proposal outlines steps to improve the quality of well child services by conducting professional development activities for primary care providers who care for infants and children presented to the Empowerment Professional Development Planning Committee to spread the adoption of the standards for developmental screening to primary health care providers throughout Iowa. This proposal was later awarded $75,000.00.
  App. 5 Emp. Prop.doc

• Iowa Medicaid Standards to Promote the Healthy Mental Development of Children
  Iowa Medicaid. (2006). This document outlines the minimum guidelines for the identification of developmental and social-eomtional problems in young children--a summary of the three-tiered system of care developed under the ABCD project.
  App.3 ABCDIIStandards.doc

• Memorandum of Understanding Between Dubuque Medical Associates and The Iowa ABCD II Healthy Mental Development Initiative
  Iowa's ABCD Project. (2005). This MOU is a nonbinding agreement between the Iowa ABCD II Initiative partners and Dubuque Medical Associates to participate as a demonstration site in the Iowa ABCD II Healthy Mental Development Initiative.
  Appendix 6 - MOU--Dubuque.doc

• American Academy of Pediatrics--Iowa Chapter Newsletter
  American Academy of Pediatrics Iowa Chapter. The Heartland Pediatrician Spring 2005 Article p.7: This newsletter article details the Academy's recommendation that practices develop a strategy to provide periodic standardized screening in the context of office-based primary care based on the June 2006 AAP Algorithm. The Academy statement also acknowledges that children and families are best served when provider screening efforts are coordinated with tracking and intervention services available in the community.
  Appendix 5 - Spring Newsletter 05singlepages.pdf

• Engaging and Working with Stakeholders
  Scott Allen, Lori Smith, Carrie Fitzgerald (2007). This presentation (shared at the June 18, 2007 ABCD TA call) describes why stakeholder engagement is important and details how three states (Illinois, Utah, and Iowa) reached out to stakeholders and structured their advisory groups.
  Engaging & Working with Stakeholders 6-18-07.ppt