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A program where experienced parents of a child with an intellectual or developmental disability are matched with parents who are learning about the challenges of having a child with a disability.
Provides research-based strategies to support the holistic development of the young child. Offers information and/or classes about parenting, grandparenting, discipline, child care selection, children and divorce, and money management.

Offers online professional development for early childhood professionals.

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Parenting Materials
Parenting Skills Classes
Co-Parenting Workshops
Child Care Provider Training
Offers a program for parents and youth to work together and build relationships. Participants will practice skills, play learning games, and do family projects in highly interactive sessions. Sessions are designed to increase family bonding, build positive communication skills, and solve problems together.
Works with families and children in need of a safe and stable home. Home studies, support for foster and adoptive parents and relative caregivers, safety planning for families in crises, and life and parenting skills training are some of the services offered.

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Adoptive Family Recruitment
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Parenting Skills Classes

Family resource program to support parents in educating and nurturing their children. The program provides parents with opportunities to move toward self-sufficiency by working with other community organizations. Health and mental health services are also provided to participants.

Program helps parents better understand their child's stages of development with individualized visits in the home. The weekly visits are 90 minutes in length and are designed to meet the needs of each family. Staff will assist families in planning activities that encourage the child's growth. Social activities will be held twice monthly to provide the opportunity to interact with your child and other families.

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Home Based Parenting Education
Early Childhood Education
Head Start is a federally-funded program that serves children from birth to age five and pregnant women, offering a school readiness program in addition to comprehensive services to children and their families who meet income guidelines.

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Home Based Parenting Education
Child Development Classes
Early Childhood Education
Expectant/New Parent Assistance

Public health services include:

-- Family STEPS Home Visitation Program,

-- Child and Adolescent Immunization Program,

-- Vaccines for Adults Program,

-- Child and Adolescent Health/Oral Health,

-- Family Planning,

-- Emergency Preparedness,

-- Communicable Disease Investigation, and other initiatives to reduce health disparities.

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Communicable Disease Control
Home Based Parenting Education
General Immunization
Emergency Preparedness and Response Planning

Offers an Earn While You Learn program that lets a parent earn Baby Bucks for baby supplies.

Provides research-based strategies to support the holistic development of the young child. Offers information and/or classes about parenting, grandparenting, discipline, child care selection, children and divorce, and money management.

Offers online professional development for early childhood professionals.

Categories

Parenting Materials
Parenting Skills Classes
Co-Parenting Workshops
Child Care Provider Training
Provides research-based strategies to support the holistic development of the young child. Offers information and/or classes about parenting, grandparenting, discipline, child care selection, children and divorce, and money management.

Offers online professional development for early childhood professionals.

Categories

Parenting Materials
Parenting Skills Classes
Co-Parenting Workshops
Child Care Provider Training
Offers a program for parents and youth to work together and build relationships. Participants will practice skills, play learning games, and do family projects in highly interactive sessions. Sessions are designed to increase family bonding, build positive communication skills, and solve problems together.
Home based public health services for prenatal mothers including prenatal risk assessment, health screenings and health education.

Dental screening for children 0-21 years of age (iSmile).

Service Coordination provided to children who are at risk for developmental delay.

HAWK-I Coordination provides health care coverage for Iowa children in families with limited income.

Child care nurse consultation with child care providers to improve health and safety practices.

Lead screening to children aged 12 months or 24 months who have not had a screening by their medical provider.

Care coordination to connect children to medical and dental homes that serve their particular needs (Care for Kids).

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Lead Poisoning Screening
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Pediatric Developmental Assessment
Case/Care Management
Dental Screening
Education, advocacy, and legislative support for the respect and protection of all human life, born and unborn. Spiritual events.

Lending library of books, pamphlets, music, audio visuals, fetal development models, DVDs, CDs, etc. Free newsletter.

Mobile fetal ultrasound.

Parenting education for new and expecting parents.

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Pregnancy Counseling
Right to Life Groups
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Fetal Ultrasound
Parent Share and Support offers an adolescent pregnancy prevention program.

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Teen Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Parenting Skills Classes

A voluntary home visiting program that helps new and expectant parents strengthen their family's functioning and reduce their risk for child abuse and/or neglect. The program provides guidance about child development, child safety, and good parenting skills while providing support to the family.

Doula services are also available. This includes prenatal information and support, labor coaching, breastfeeding, postpartum depression support, and assistance in the early weeks after childbirth

Prenatal support groups are also available.

Offers group based parent education program for parents of children aged birth to twelve. Provides parent education, access to community resources, and peer support. The 9 week session is free.

Parenting programs for parents of children 2-5 years old, 6-16 years old, ADD/ADH/ADHD children, and Spanish speaking parents - La Crianiza Practica Le Los Hijos, Ninos.

Classes held in various locations.

Developmental screening, connection to community resources, home visits, and monthly family socialization activities available for qualifying families.

Provides home-visitation services to new and expectant families to strengthen the parent child relationship, encouraged healthy child growth and development and prevent child abuse and neglect.

Provides research-based strategies to support the holistic development of the young child. Offers information and/or classes about parenting, grandparenting, discipline, child care selection, children and divorce, and money management.

Offers online professional development for early childhood professionals.

Categories

Parenting Materials
Parenting Skills Classes
Co-Parenting Workshops
Child Care Provider Training
Provides research-based strategies to support the holistic development of the young child. Offers information and/or classes about parenting, grandparenting, discipline, child care selection, children and divorce, and money management.

Offers online professional development for early childhood professionals.

Categories

Parenting Materials
Parenting Skills Classes
Co-Parenting Workshops
Child Care Provider Training
Provides research-based strategies to support the holistic development of the young child. Offers information and/or classes about parenting, grandparenting, discipline, child care selection, children and divorce, and money management.

Offers online professional development for early childhood professionals.

Categories

Parenting Materials
Parenting Skills Classes
Co-Parenting Workshops
Child Care Provider Training
Provides research-based strategies to support the holistic development of the young child. Offers information and/or classes about parenting, grandparenting, discipline, child care selection, children and divorce, and money management.

Offers online professional development for early childhood professionals.

Categories

Parenting Materials
Parenting Skills Classes
Co-Parenting Workshops
Child Care Provider Training
Offers a program for parents and youth to work together and build relationships. Participants will practice skills, play learning games, and do family projects in highly interactive sessions. Sessions are designed to increase family bonding, build positive communication skills, and solve problems together.
Offers a program for parents and youth to work together and build relationships. Participants will practice skills, play learning games, and do family projects in highly interactive sessions. Sessions are designed to increase family bonding, build positive communication skills, and solve problems together.