IowaEligible juvenile detention homes would get $150,000 each before remaining payments
Eligible juvenile detention homes would receive $150,000 each from the state detention fund before the remaining money is divided based on last year's costs.
What it does
Each eligible juvenile detention home run by one or more counties would receive $150,000 from the state fund first. Remaining money would be divided using each home's share of last year's total costs.
Argument forAn equal first payment could give homes with lower costs a larger share of available money to support their work.
Argument againstEqual first payments could leave less money to divide by costs, reducing the share available to homes with higher costs.
More detail
The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services would pay each eligible detention home $150,000 before dividing the remaining fund money by costs. The payments would cover eligible juvenile detention homes run by one county or jointly by multiple counties. Payments would come from money available in the juvenile detention home fund. Each home's share of the remaining money would match its share of all eligible homes' costs. Money deposited in a fiscal year would be set aside for that year's payments. Shares of remaining money would use costs from the immediately preceding fiscal year.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Apr 29Withdrawn.Latest
- Feb 16Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2537.Minor
- Feb 12Committee vote: Yeas, 12. Nays, 6. Excused, 3.
- Feb 12Committee report, recommending passage.Minor
- Feb 11Subcommittee recommends passage.Minor
- Feb 10Subcommittee Meeting: 02/11/2026 8:15AM House Lounge 2.
- Feb 10Subcommittee: Jeneary, Brown-Powers and Meyer, A.
- Feb 6Introduced, referred to Health and Human Services.Introduced
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