Local agencies form collaborative effort to assist children endangered by drugs

Special to the Daily News Several county offices, along with Skiff Medical Center, have established a Drug Endangered Children Program in Jasper County. The mission of the Jasper County DEC Program is “to provide protection and service to drug endangered children in Jasper County and to discourage the production, possession and usage of controlled substances in the presence of children,” according to a news release issued by the Jasper County Sheriff’s Office. The agencies involved — which include the Jasper County Attorney’s Office, Jasper County Sheriff’s Office, Mid-Iowa Narcotics Enforcement Drug Task Force, Iowa Department of Human Resources, Skiff and the Regional Child Protection Center at Blank Children’s Hospital — work together to