KAY DE GARMO

EDUCATION
1975, B.A., Social Work, Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa
EXPERIENCE
1998-Director, Iowa Prevention of Disabilities Policy Council, Center for Disabilities and Development, Iowa City, Iowa
1998-Director, Prevention of Disabilities Grants and Projects, Center for Disabilities and Development, Iowa City, IA
1991-1998, Administrator, Prevention of Disabilities Policy Council, Center for Disabilities and Development, Iowa City, Iowa
1991-1998, Coordinator, Prevention of Disabilities Grants and Projects, Center for Disabilities and Development, Iowa City, IA
1990-1991, Planner, Legislative Task Force on the Prevention of Disabilities. Iowa University Affiliated Program, College of Medicine, University of Iowa.
1986-1990, Prevention Specialist, Prevention of Disabilities Technical Assistance Grants, Iowa University Affiliated Program, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
1980-1985, Social Worker, Division of Developmental Disabilities, University Hospital School, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
1975-1980, Social Worker/Clinical Program Coordinator, Hills and Dales Child Development Center, Dubuque, Iowa.
SELECTED APPOINTMENTS/MEMBERSHIPS
EPSDT Healthy Mental Development Collaborative Board, Medicaid, Iowa Department of Human Services, 2004-present.
Iowa ABCD II Healthy Mental Development Clinical Panel, Iowa Assuring Better Child Development Initiative, Medicaid, Iowa Department of Human Services, 2004-2006.
Steering Committee, Healthy Iowans 2010 Mid-Course Review, Iowa Department of Public Health, 2004-2005.
Living Well With a Disability Advisory Committee, Iowa Disability and Health Grant through the Iowa Department of Public Heath, 2001-present.
Board of Directors, Systems Unlimited, Iowa City, Iowa, 2000-2005. Chair, Agency Services Committee, 2003-2005.
Iowa Developmental Services Workgroup, Iowa Departments of Public Health and Human Services, 2000-2002.
Central Point of Coordination Board of Directors, Allamakee County, Waukon, Iowa, 1999-2002.
Steering Committee, Healthy Iowans 2010, Iowa Department of Public Health, 1999-2000.
Healthy Iowans 2010, Chapter on Disabilities Committee, Iowa Department of Public Health, 1999-2000.
Iowa Blue Ribbon Panel of Prevention of Secondary Conditions, Iowa Disability and Health Grant through the Iowa Department of Public Health, 1998-2002.
Oral Health Action Committee, Iowa Department of Public Health, 1996-2000.
Interagency Committee on Child Passenger Safety, Iowa Governor's Traffic Safety Bureau, 1996-1999.
Allamakee County Case Management Advisory Committee, Waukon, Iowa, 1996-1999.
Public-Private Sector Committee on Child Health in Iowa, convened by the Prevention of Disabilities Policy Council and Medicaid, Iowa Department of Human Services, 1996-1998.
Chair, Interagency EPSDT School Screening Committee, Medicaid, Iowa Department of Human Services, 1996-1997.
EPSDT Interagency Planning Committee, Medicaid, Iowa Department of Human Services, 1993-2003.
SELECTED GRANTS AND PROJECTS
Project Director, Training in Early Identification for Health Providers Interagency Agreement, Empowerment, Iowa Department of Management, 2006-2007.
Project Director, Iowa's ABCD II Healthy Mental Development Initiative, under agreement with the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, funded by the National Academy for State Health Policy and the Commonwealth Fund, 2004-2006.
Project Co-Director, Iowa EPSDT Health Provider Information and Training Project, under agreement with the Iowa Medicaid Enterprise, 2002-present.
Project Co-Director, Prevention of Secondary Conditions Interventions Project, under contract with the Iowa Department of Public Health, funded by the CDC, 2002-2007.
Project Co-Director, Prevention of Secondary Conditions Interventions Project, under contract with the Iowa Department of Public Health, funded by the CDC, 1998-2002.
Project Director, Iowa Prevention of Disabilities Policy Council Interagency Agreement, 1998-present.
Project Coordinator, EPSDT Care for Kids Newsletter, under contract with the Iowa Department of Public Health Title V Program, 1996-2002.
Project Coordinator, Iowa EPSDT Health Provider Information and Training Initiative, under agreement with Medicaid, Iowa Department of Human Services, 1993-1997.
Project Coordinator, Iowa Prevention of Disabilities Policy Council Interagency Agreement, 1991-1998.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Healy, A, DeGarmo, K. "Healthy Mental Development in the Young Child: The Case for Practice Change", Iowa EPSDT Care for Kids Newsletter, accepted for publication in Winter 2007.
"The ABCD II Experience: Using Data to Gain Policy Maker Support for Systems Change," National Academy for State Health Policy Conference, Pittsburgh, PA. (October, 2006)
"Infusing Disability and Health into the State Public Health Agenda," National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Annual Grantee and Partner Meeting, Ames, IA. (June, 2006)
Gentsch, D, DeGarmo, K. (eds). Early Childhood Health Systems Integration: Principles for Consideration. Iowa City, IA: Institute for Public Health Practice, University of Iowa, 2006.
"Designing Evaluation to Inform Policy Makers," National Academy for State Health Policy ABCD II Consortium Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona. (February, 2006)
DeGarmo, K. A Report from the Iowa Summit on Access to Children's Dental Care. Iowa City, IA: Iowa Prevention of Disabilities Policy Council, May 2005.
Co-facilitator, "Applying Performance Based Program Evaluation to Your Program", National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM. (July, 2005)
Co-facilitator, "Marketing Health Promotion Interventions", National Center for Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. (July, 2004)
McBrien, D, Leeper, K, DeGarmo, K. "Iowa's Child Health Maintenance Clinical Forms: Facilitating Screening and Referral", Iowa EPSDT Care for Kids Newsletter, Vol. 11, Number 2, Summer 2004.
"Health Promotion Curricula for People with Disabilities: What Works, What Doesn't, and Why?," National Cntr for Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities Meeting. Baltimore, MD. (Aug., 2003)
"Marketing Health Promotion Interventions and Research Projects to People with Disabilities." National Center for Birth Defects & Developmental Disabilities Meeting.. Baltimore, MD. (August, 2003)
"Living Well with a Disability in Iowa", IDPH Barnraising Conference, Des Moines, Iowa, June 2001.
"Prevention of Behavioral Disorders.", Course segment in Introductions to Behavioral Disorders, University of Iowa College of Education. Fall 2001 and 2002.
"Prevention of Mental Retardation and Disabilities", Course segment in Introduction to Mental Retardation. University of Iowa College of Education. Fall 1999 and 2000.
DeGarmo, K. Developing EPSDT Screening Collaboratives with Iowa Schools. Iowa City, IA.: Iowa Prevention of Disabilities Policy Council, 1997.
Healy, A, DeGarmo, K. The Iowa State Plan for the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities. Iowa City, IA.: Iowa University Affiliated Program, 1990.