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| All employees must select a medical plan to receive medical benefits for 2013. You also need to choose a Primary Care Provider (PCP) for yourself and each covered family member. Your other benefits — such as dental, vision, life and long term disability insurance — will continue if you don’t make changes. You must also enroll in Flexible Spending Accounts each year if you’d like to participate. |
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Governor Branstad Launches Skilled Iowa at Allen College
Iowa Governor Terry Branstad introduced the new Skilled Iowa initiative to Cedar Valley business, education and government leaders Tuesday, November 20, at Gerard Hall on the Allen College campus. Skilled Iowa is a new public/private partnership with Iowa employers, workforce, economic development and education to create a highly-skilled, certified workforce in Iowa. For details, visit www.skillediowa.org
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On Nov. 27, the Blue Zones Project™ will officially kick off in Waterloo. The rally will be the first opportunity for residents to see all the activities and opportunities the Blue Zones Project has to offer - you won't want to miss it!
Join us Nov. 27 to kick off the Blue Zones Project!
Tuesday, Nov. 27
Five Sullivan Brothers Convention Center
Entertainment - 5:30 pm
Program - 6:30 pm
Arrive early for entertainment and giveaways - including an iPad Mini!
RSVP to let us know you can make it!
The kickoff rally will feature speakers Dan Buettner, best-selling author of Blue Zones and Thrive, and Dan Burden, a national expert on liveable and sustainable communities. Let's celebrate our community, our well-being, and our future as we work together to become a Blue Zones Community™! Bring your friends, family, neighbors and anyone who's looking forward to working together to put well-being in action.
For more information email BlueZonesProjectWaterloo@Healthways.com or call 319-287-8177.
We look forward to seeing you Nov. 27.
~ Blue Zones Project Team
November Blue Zone Project News
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Young Parents Together Earns Iowa Family Support Credential. |
| Pictured left to right: Janet Horras, Iowa Department of Public Health; Libby Fry, Young Parents Together Coordinator/Allen Hospital; Crystal Frost, Tri-County Head Start; Cyndi Ritter, YWCA; Jill Gilmore, Tri-County Head Start; Stephanie Pyke, Covenant Medical Center; Jessica Wood, Black Hawk Grundy Mental Health Center; Joni Spencer Together for Youth Coordinator/Allen Hospital; Rebecca-intern, YWCA; Brooke Schlee, Allen Women's Health and Megan Barber, YWCA |
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The Iowa Department of Management and Public Health is pleased to announce that the Young Parents Together program operated by Allen Women’s Health has earned the Iowa Family Support Credential. Young Parents Together is only the nineteenth Iowa program to earn this honored distinction. The Iowa Family Support Credential is awarded to family support and parent education programs that are validated through an external evaluation to be in substantial adherence to the Iowa Family Support Standards. The Young Parents Together program diligently worked toward meeting all of the 139 standards over the course of almost three years with the assistance of a technical assistance mentor. Young Parents Together provides family support and parent education services to pregnant and parenting teens, and their children, in the Cedar Valley. For more information on this program please contact Libby Fry at 319-231-9373.
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DIVERSITY
November is National American Indian Heritage Month.
Click here to see important information to honor and recognize the original peoples of this land. |
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MOVIE SATURDAY IS BACK!
When: December 1st; the theater will open at 7:45am and movies will start at 8:45am
Where: College Square Theaters in Cedar Falls
Prices: $3.00 for regular movies and $6.00 for 3D
Please note: CASH ONLY, as the theater does not accept credit cards (an ATM is located outside the theater)
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