Your Life Iowa, SFY 2022 Annual Report of the State of Iowa Health and Human Services, 2023

(2023) Your Life Iowa, SFY 2022 Annual Report of the State of Iowa Health and Human Services, 2023. Health and Human Services, Department of

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Abstract

This annual report provides an overview of the Your Life Iowa project for State Fiscal Year 2022. Your Life Iowa (YLI) is the trusted 24/7 resource for Iowans when they have a question or concern about, gambling, mental health, substance use or suicidal thoughts. YLI is committed to normalizing social perceptions and reducing the societal stigma towards substance use, gambling, mental health and suicide. Resources include a 24/7 telephone helpline, mobile-friendly internet-based communications (e.g., online chat), texting support and social media (@YourLifeIowa). Your Life Iowa is the result of two RFP processes that combined three distinct and separate websites and helplines for problem gambling, alcohol and drug use, and suicide and bullying prevention into a single website and vendor to manage the new integrated system. The YLI contract was awarded in 2017 to Foundation 2 Crisis Services, an Iowa-based nonprofit human service agency offering suicide prevention and crisis intervention programs to people of all ages. Foundation 2 Crisis Services has provided crisis counseling by phone since 1970.