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105 East Highway 30, Cozad, NE 69130

Connects youth and families with resources and support.

Navigators are able to “fill gaps” for families by connecting them with local resources and/or through flexible funding for needs such as rent, utilities, transportation, and more.

Community Response is designed to reduce unnecessary involvement of child welfare and juvenile justice while increasing community supports for youth and families.

Coordinates existing resources and matches participants with resources to solve an immediate need.

700 Jefferson Street, Burlington, IA 52601

Helps individuals achieve economic and social self-sufficiency.

304 East 6th Street, Suite A, North Platte, NE 69101

Connects youth and families with resources and support.  Navigators have the ability to “fill gaps”, either through helping agencies partner around a common goal, or through flexible funding for needs such as rent, utilities, transportation, and more. 

Limited funding sometimes available for vehicle repair, minor home repairs and dental work.
 
Community Response is designed to reduce unnecessary involvement of child welfare and juvenile justice while increasing the informal and community supports for youth and families.  By utilizing Central Navigation, the goal is to coordinate existing resources and match participants with a resource to either solve an immediate need or develop a longer-term coaching relationship.

301 Maple Street, Suite 3, Shenandoah, IA 51601

Provides intense support to families receiving FIP (Family Investment Plan). Structured home visits conducted by family development specialists include assessments that support healthy self-exploration, science-informed goal pursuit designed to build core skills, a framework and process for career development, and connecting families to stabilizing supports and career opportunities in the community.

1017 7th Street, Harlan, IA 51537

Provides intense support to families receiving FIP (Family Investment Plan). Structured home visits conducted by family development specialists include assessments that support healthy self-exploration, science-informed goal pursuit designed to build core skills, a framework and process for career development, and connecting families to stabilizing supports and career opportunities in the community.

Provides in-home support to families receiving FIP (welfare) assistance, helping the family to increase stability and become economically self-sufficient. Family development specialists meet one-on-one with families in regular home visits. Families might pursue resources needed for stability, like emergency food, energy assistance, and stable housing. 

900 Alta Vista Street, Dubuque, IA 52001

FaDSS is a free and voluntary home visitation program that partners with families to set goals that lead to self sufficiency. FaDSS works with low income families, at or below 175% of federal poverty level based on family size or receiving cash assistance (FIP). FaDSS is a family based program, working with the whole family and offering activities and screening with children 0-5. FaDSS assists families in learning to set goals and advocate for themselves, as well as connecting with community resources.

1401 North Elm Street, Suite A, Jefferson, IA 50129

Program is designed to help families become self-sufficient. Provides a family specialist to work with families to identify situations that promote success, set goals for to reach self-sufficiency, also to identify tools and resources to overcome barriers. Working in partnership with a specialist, families learn how to make their own decisions and learn what resources they can utilize for help. This program works with community partners to help those in the program gain access to needed services.

220 West 7th Street, Suite 101, Dubuque, IA 52001

Provides help to individuals with development to achieve life goals. Offers participants social-emotional support and acts as a bridge in making connections to immediate needs, as well as developing life-changing skills. The program has 3 phases, each phase lasting 60 days. The participant will meet one on one with a Fountain of Youth professional each week to see how they are progressing with their goals and what can be done to help. This program consists of each participant making an individual success plan that pertains to one of the following areas: knowledge of self and others, citizenship, basic life skills, education, health and wellbeing, financial literacy and workplace success. The program is a minimum of 60 days commitment and a maximum of 6 months.

107 North 4th Avenue, Suite 7, Logan, IA 51546

Provides intense support to families receiving FIP (Family Investment Plan). Structured home visits conducted by family development specialists include assessments that support healthy self-exploration, science-informed goal pursuit designed to build core skills, a framework and process for career development, and connecting families to stabilizing supports and career opportunities in the community.

114 South Fillmore Street, Suite 2, Osceola, IA 50213

Offers a  partnership with families who receive FIP to provide them with the support they need to gain independence from public assistance. The program is voluntary and does not affect FIP benefits. It is focused on families success and growth. Contact your local outreach center for more information.

3362 53rd Avenue, Columbus, NE 68601

Assistance with goal setting to create stability; assistance with budgeting needs.

400 South Burlington Ave, Hastings, NE 68901

Case management approach that empowers families to achieve change by recognizing their inherent strengths and skills.  Helps develop an action plan that includes personal aspirations and practical actions, all while providing relevant agency services and referrals to appropriate community resources.

1401 Center Street, Des Moines, IA 50314

Provides equitable access and opportunities for economic success for underserved clients. Programs include job readiness, assisting with job placement and developing skills to aid in job retention, ELL, citizenship, computer skills, resume writing, networking, cultural transition support groups and peer discussions, effective parenting, education and coaching to enhance and promote financial literacy and long-term self-sufficiency, and other skills necessary to compete in the modern workplace.

The programs address the barriers impacting low income and refugee families and their ability to move along the self-sufficiency continuum. Barriers from employment discrimination, language barriers, poverty, family conflict, transportation, financial illiteracy, and much more. Programs and class offerings are designed to be flexible to fit individual needs, and include a “high touch” service model which is both culturally competent and language specific.

419 Sumner Avenue, Humboldt, IA 50548

Offers visitation program for low-income families providing free services in partnership with their FaDSS Family Development Specialist who works with the whole family to address their basic needs, improve child well being, and develop career opportunities.

307 North Kickapoo Street, Lincoln, IL 62656

Offers case management to provide targeted services to families wanting to break the generational cycle of poverty and enable a path out of constant crisis. Services include, moving families from crises and vulnerability to stability and eventually self-sufficiency, meeting with a caseworker to develop your personalized action plan, tracking progress, reaching milestones, prepare for the future, service connections to: job training, health services, childcare and education, housing options, legal services, and more.

111 North 11th Street, Nebraska City, NE 68410

Family development assessment which helps families determine strengths and barriers toward being self-sufficient and to aid in setting family goals.

117 East Call Street, Algona, IA 50511

Provides support through a home visiting process to assist families moving from welfare to work, financial crisis, and financial management using a partnership between the family and a certified Family Development specialist.

145 North 7th Street, Denison, IA 51442

Provides intense support to families receiving FIP (Family Investment Plan). Structured home visits conducted by family development specialists include assessments that support healthy self-exploration, science-informed goal pursuit designed to build core skills, a framework and process for career development, and connecting families to stabilizing supports and career opportunities in the community.

105 2nd Avenue NE, Independence, IA 50644

An in-home family development program that focuses to support families in moving toward self-sufficiency, meet their goals, attaining skills and employment.

2816 1st Avenue, Perry, IA 50220

Program is designed to help families become self-sufficient. Provides a family specialist to work with families to identify situations that promote success, set goals for to reach self-sufficiency, also to identify tools and resources to overcome barriers. Working in partnership with a specialist, families learn how to make their own decisions and learn what resources they can utilize for help. This program works with community partners to help those in the program gain access to needed services.

975 Crescent Drive, Gering, NE 69341

Connects youth and families with resources and support. Navigators have the ability to “fill gaps”, either through helping agencies partner around a common goal, or through flexible funding for needs such as rent, utilities, transportation, and more.

Community Response is designed to reduce unnecessary involvement of child welfare and juvenile justice while increasing the informal and community supports for youth and families. By utilizing Central Navigation, the goal is to coordinate existing resources and match participants with a resource to either solve an immediate need or develop a longer-term coaching relationship.

302 South Lincoln Street, Rock Rapids, IA 51246

Engages families in dynamic partnerships to address their basic needs, improve child well-being, and develop career opportunities that, in turn, improves lives, families, and communities.

16555 Weber Road, Crest Hill, IL 60403

Offers community classes covering a variety of topics including Life Skills Training - Family Life Series, Stepping Up, personal development, anger management, and Positive Parenting.

3214 25th Street, Suite 2, Columbus, NE 68601

Connects youth and families to resources and support. Navigators help “fill gaps” by helping agencies partner around a common goal or by utilizing flexible funding for needs such as rent, utilities, transportation, and more.

Community Prevention reduces unnecessary involvement of child welfare and juvenile justice while increasing the informal and community supports for youth and families. Coordinates existing resources and matches participants with a resource to either solve an immediate need or develop a longer-term coaching relationship.