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State-run Woodward facility fined for resident injuries
The Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing handles inspections of the state-run Woodward Resource Center. (Photo illustration via Getty Images; logo courtesy of the Iowa Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing) The state-run Woodward Resource Center for adults with disabilities has been cited for two incidents that resulted in residents being treated at a hospital for injuries. According to state records, the facility has been fined $2,750 due to the staff being unable to demonstrate the skills and techniques necessary to manage residents' behavior, and failing to provide residents with nursing services required to meet their needs. In one incident, a resident who had complained of acute abdominal pain in March was sent to the emergency room of a hospital where it was discovered he had swallowed a plastic spoon. An endoscopy was then performed to remove the spoon. SUBSCRIBE: GET THE MORNING HEADLINES DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX State inspectors allege Woodward officials investigated the matter and reviewed video footage that showed the resident, who was to receive one-on-one monitoring from the staff, sitting at the dining room table and putting a spoon in his mouth and down his throat. The footage allegedly showed the worker assigned to watch him left the area at least once. Inspectors reported, without elaborating, that the video footage was 'unavailable' for them to review. The resident suffered from pica – the practice of eating inedible objects – and had previously swallowed batteries, coins and rocks. A Ziploc bag containing plastic straws and spoons was found in his bedroom after the incident involving the spoon. In the second incident, a resident of the home was transported to the hospital the evening of March 17, 2025, a day and a half after the staff had noticed one knee was bruised, swollen and unable to bear weight. The home's administrator of nursing later confirmed the staff should have notified Woodward's physician on the morning of March 16, 2025, when they first became aware of the injury. SUPPORT: YOU MAKE OUR WORK POSSIBLE
The Hill
11-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Victimized twice: Trump's DOJ cuts crime victim grants
President Trump ran on a pro-law enforcement, 'tough on crime' approach to criminal activity. A month ago, the White House claimed to offer 'unending support to every victim of crime.' Well, apparently that support just ended. Last month, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced — no, she bragged — that she was cutting $800 million in grants, including those providing services and support to crime victims. The suggestion that there is massive 'bloat' in helping people who have been violently victimized is absurd. The Department of Justice should look to its own history to understand how victims have been ignored and retraumatized by the criminal justice system, how Congress has taken steps to improve this and how hundreds of nonprofit organizations have been filling in the gaps. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan created the President's Task Force on Victims of Crime to address the needs of the millions of Americans and their families who were victimized by crime and ignored by the criminal justice system. This task force's research described a system that was 'appallingly out of balance' for victims, with a 'neglect of crime victims' that was 'a national disgrace.' The fiscally conservative Reagan administration recognized the need to have Congress provide federal funding 'to assist in the operation of federal, state, local and non-profit victim/witness assistance agencies that make comprehensive assistance available to all victims of crime.' And Congress did so. Nonprofit organizations also did so, helping to fill the gap and repair the trauma inflicted on innocent crime victims. National organizations such as the National Center for Victims of Crime and the National Crime Victim Law Institute ensure that critical services are provided to victims of child sex trafficking, domestic violence, rural crime victims and other violent crimes every day. Locally, many grassroots organizations rely on such grants to serve people in immediate need. These include programs such as the 'Emmett Till cold case investigations and prosecution program' in New Orleans and a program that serves human trafficking victims in Virginia — both of which the Department of Justice cut. These organizations do tremendous work, but this funding has never been an adequate amount to make victims whole. And yet, last month the Trump administration announced massive cuts to victim services because they no longer are 'aligned with Trump administration priorities.' Apparently, a national hotline connecting tens of thousands of victims to services, as the National Center for Victims of Crime's VictimConnect Resource Center does, was not a Department of Justice priority. Similarly, filling this gap by training nearly 2,500 victim attorneys and advocates from 36 states across 30 trainings to serve victims of crime, as the National Crime Victim Law Institute did last year alone, is not a priority under Bondi. It seems that providing sign language interpreters for deaf victims, a study of elder abuse victims and a program to keep prison guards safe are also not Justice Department priorities. Since the cuts were announced, the Department of Justice has at least temporarily reversed two of them. But it should be noted that the department initially claimed the cuts were all 'meticulously reviewed.' The threat to victims remains clear. Congress must act preemptively to ensure that these programs are protected and the Department of Justice gets its 'priorities' back in line. More than 40 years ago, Reagan's Presidential Task Force found that 'the innocent victims of crime have been overlooked, their cries for justice have gone unheeded, and their wounds — personal, emotional, and financial — have gone unattended.' Today, the Department of Justice must live up to its promise to crime victims, and Congress must heed the cries of victims and protect these needed — yet barely adequate — services from the Trump administration's assault. It is one thing to suffer the attack of a violent criminal; it is quite another to be assaulted by the Department of Justice when it terminates crucial services. Congress is all that stands between victims and this re-traumatization. It must stand up to the Department of Justice and insist that their newfound 'priorities' include these critical victim services. Mary G. Leary is a professor of law at the Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
RIFM releases "How to Use the Fragrance Material Safety Resource Center" video
Brief video guides access to peer-reviewed safety assessments covering over 2,100 fragrance ingredients and dozens of related research papers MAHWAH, N.J., Feb. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc. (RIFM) announced the posting of a video explaining how to navigate the Fragrance Material Safety Resource Center. (Watch the video at The Center is an ongoing collaboration between RIFM and science publishers Elsevier. It provides free access to dozens of recent and historical papers, as well as thousands of fragrance ingredient safety assessments and monographs. "The video shows how easy it is for fragrance safety stakeholders to find information to help with formulation and other critical work," explained RIFM Marketing Communications Specialist Olive Chon. "Elsevier will host a webinar detailing everything available via the Resource Center and how to access it later this year." Visit the Fragrance Material Safety Resource Center at About RIFM RIFM is an independent international non-profit scientific organization that assesses the safety of fragrance ingredients by the most current, internationally accepted guidelines—and has done so since its founding in 1966. RIFM's peer-reviewed safety assessments and research are free to the public via Media Contact: The Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc. (RIFM) Gary Sullivan Marketing & Communications Manager gsullivan@ View original content to download multimedia: SOURCE Research Institute for Fragrance Materials, Inc. Sign in to access your portfolio
