Welcome to the official page for the Iowa Health and Human Services Alignment.

The Iowa Departments of Public Health (IDPH) and Human Services (DHS) are becoming one, single, department. IDPH and DHS will fully transition into the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by July 1, 2023. The legislature has directed the transition accomplish the following:

1. - More efficiently and effectively manage health and human services programs that are the responsibility of the state.
  - Establish a health and human services policy for the state.
  - Promote health and the quality of life in the health and human services field.

Welcome to the official page for the Iowa Health and Human Services Alignment

The goal of this work is to strengthen coordination amongst existing services and provide more comprehensive services to all Iowans. This will also allow us to gain efficiencies and better leverage resources to reinvest in our system. There are no plans for layoffs or to discontinue existing programs or services. More information is available here.