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Helps in the home with non-medical needs, including assistance with personal care (bathing, grooming, dressing, etc.), meal preparation, shopping, errands, laundry, housework, and/or companionship.

Offers an 8-hour course that teaches how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The training provides the skills needed to reach out and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing and mental health or substance use problem or experiencing a crisis.

Also offers a course designed to teach parents, family members, caregivers, teachers, school staff, peers, neighbors, health and human services workers, and other caring citizens how to help an adolescent (age 12-18) who is experiencing a mental health or addictions challenge or is in crisis. Topics include depression, anxiety, and eating disorders.

Program services include:

- Drop-in centers at O'Hare and Midway airports that offer a place to relax, refreshments, movies, and Internet and email access for traveling military and their families.

- Illinois AMVETS emergency fund to help military families in need.

- Troop entertainment.

- Discovery Kids programs for family of military including cultural and educational entertainment and holiday events.

- Support for homecomings and deployments.

- Community information.

Services offered:

- Sick and well-child visits

- School, camp, and sports physicals

- Obesity and asthma counseling

- Immunizations

- TB tests

Offers a little food pantry to those in need. Located on the north side of the Annex building. 

Community coalition aiming to aid communities in the coordination and integration of resources, and the use of evidence-based practices to reduce substance abuse. Focused on decreasing youth alcohol use and other substances by connecting parents with resources. Community meeting take place the fourth Tuesday of the month, at the Community Partners office.

The positive pressure coalition meeting meets the 3rd Tuesday of every other month at the public library at 12 pm.

Long term residential placement for youth 10-18 years of age. Outpatient substance abuse treatment and therapy services available for youth placed in the long-term residential program.

Behavioral health services for youth 5-18 years of age depending on the program or service.

Volunteer mentoring program for 3rd through 12th grade in math or reading skills.

Family preservation services in Iowa and Nebraska.

Educational programs for professionals working with youth.

Specializes in providing assistance to individuals, couples, children, adolescents, and families for a full range of life and family issues, including couples problems, depression, anxiety, childhood and adolescent behavioral issues, trauma, and grief.

Staff are also available to provide education seminars or specialized group counseling programs on site to any local organization, school, church, or business; topics include communication, conflict resolution, parent training and education, child and adolescent groups, marital enrichment, and anger management.

Services may be available outside of normal business hours.

Offers outpatient mental health therapy, providing individuals with the opportunity to discuss conditions such as depression, anxiety, relationship conflicts, and career frustrations with trained professionals. Therapy sessions help clients express feelings, understand patterns of thinking, gain perspective on past events and current relationships, set goals, and clarify future aspirations. Services are available at the West Des Moines office and include school-based therapy for all schools in Urbandale, as well as Perkins and Carver Elementary Schools in the Des Moines school district.

Also provides home-based mental health services for individuals unable to leave their homes due to severe mental or emotional disturbances, disabling medical conditions, or crises that place children at imminent risk of hospitalization or residential placement.

And offers home-based parenting education programs to support parents in developing effective parenting skills, addressing challenges with difficult children, promoting school-readiness activities, and resolving issues in the family setting, particularly for families at risk of child abuse, neglect, or out-of-home placement. Services are open to anyone.

Home delivered meals.

- For residents of Wymore, calls for home delivered meals must be made to the Beatrice Senior Center, at (402) 223-3055 or the main office at (402) 223-1376.

- For residents of Palmyra, calls for home delivered meals must be made to the Syracuse Senior Center, at (402) 269-2957.

- For residents of Nebraska City, home delivered meals must be arranged through the city's Meals on Wheels program.

Provides comprehensive counseling services. Assessment conducted during the first appointment. Creates and oversees individualized treatment plans, focusing on mood, anxiety, or other mental health concerns.

Services include, case management, independent living skills training, financial literacy training, parent skills classes, counseling, and affordable supportive housing placement.

Provides a 12-hour OWI class for individuals who have been charged with OWI (Operating While Intoxicated). 

Offers to assist a relative caregiver who wants to obtain guardianship through probate court of a relative's child living in the home of the caregiver. This includes

- Educating and helping the caregiver negotiate the probate court system.

• Assisting caregivers to obtain required documents.
• Arranging for legal counsel in counties where legal counsel is necessary.

  EFSP caseworkers meet with the relative caregiver monthly until guardianship has been obtained or until other services have been provided. These services can include crisis intervention, applying for benefits, working with local schools for the child's enrollment, and referral to a range of needed services that the caregiver may have to help meet the basic needs of the family.

Provides housing counseling on the topics of pre-purchase home buyer education, budget and credit workshops and counseling, post-purchase counseling, repairs for homes, delinquency and foreclosure prevention counseling.

Supported Community Living and Home Based Community Services to provide the support necessary to assist adults with severe and persistent mental illnesses to live, work and enjoy recreational opportunities in community settings and live as independently as possible.

Community Support Services include monitoring mental health symptoms, transportation, supportive relationships, communication with other providers, assistance in attending appointments and obtaining medication, and crisis intervention.

Day Habilitation programs provide daily structure and positive support to help clients establish relationships.

Head Start is a federally-funded program that serves children from ages three to five and pregnant women, offering a school readiness program in addition to comprehensive services to children and their families who meet income guidelines.