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Offers programs focusing on preventing use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and gambling. A DOT-approved DUI/OWI class is also offered.

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DUI Offender Programs
Gambling Disorder Relapse Prevention
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Mental Health Information/Education
Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Alcohol/Drug Impaired Driving Prevention
Offers mental health education services to emergency responders, service providers and to the public. Facilitates discussions between emergency responders, providers, and communities to better educate individuals and groups about the causes and nature of mental health and intellectual disorders. Can also help fund provider training.

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Disease/Disability Information
Mental Health Information/Education
Offers mental health education services to emergency responders, service providers and to the public. Facilitates discussions between emergency responders, providers, and communities to better educate individuals and groups about the causes and nature of mental health and intellectual disorders. Can also help fund provider training.

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Disease/Disability Information
Mental Health Information/Education

Counseling and education for individuals and families.

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General Counseling Services
Mental Health Information/Education
Offers programs focusing on preventing use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and gambling. A DOT-approved DUI/OWI class is also offered.

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DUI Offender Programs
Gambling Disorder Relapse Prevention
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Mental Health Information/Education
Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Alcohol/Drug Impaired Driving Prevention

Provides leadership to ensure the prevention and treatment of mental illness, developmental disabilities, substance abuse, and traumatic brain injury by identifying, planning, coordinating, fostering development, and contracting for quality services for all citizens. Responsibilities include allocating county funds designated for mental health services and providing community education programming.

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Charities/Grantmaking Organizations
Specialized Information and Referral
Mental Health Information/Education

Provides an advocacy group for persons with mental health concerns and has support groups statewide. It strives to raise public awareness and concern about mental illness, to foster research, to improve treatment and to upgrade the care delivery system.

NAMI locations offer a variety of support groups and educational programs for those with mental health concerns their family and friends. Visit the website or call to get more information about support groups available and other mental health resources available.

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Mental Health Information/Education
Mental Health Associations
General Mental Health Support Groups
Offers programs focusing on preventing use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and gambling. A DOT-approved DUI/OWI class is also offered.

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DUI Offender Programs
Gambling Disorder Relapse Prevention
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Mental Health Information/Education
Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Alcohol/Drug Impaired Driving Prevention

Provides 24 hour on-call and in-person crisis services for youth in Polk County. Crisis Responders provide assessments, interventions, and stabilization services in a public or community location for youth (ages 17 and under) who are experiencing crises such as: suicide ideation, substance use disorders, exposure to violence, and other behavioral and mental health situations.

Other services include counseling, mental health evaluations and suicide prevention services.

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In Person Crisis Intervention
Mental Health Evaluation
Suicide Prevention Hotlines
General Counseling Services
General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
Mental Health Information/Education
Works to support people affected by mental illness, educate with facts about mental health topics, and advocate for mental health concerns. Every NAMI signature program is free to those we serve.

NAMI Support Groups: Meet weekly providing support for adults living with mental illness and also for the family members caring for their loved one.

NAMI Educational Courses: Offered 3 to 4 times per year for the adult living with mental illness and for the family member or friend who wants to learn how to support their loved one.

NAMI public presentations: courageous adults living in recovery share their mental illness journey with the public.

NAMI Ending the Silence is for junior high and high schools,

NAMI In Our Own Voice is for the general public.

The Mental Health Wellness Center is located in Ames and is a peer-led drop-in center offering a stigma free environment of support. If you are in need of local resources, NAMI Central Iowa is here to help.

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Mental Health Associations
General Mental Health Support Groups
Mental Health Drop In Centers
Mental Health Information/Education
Families/Friends of Individuals With Mental Health Disorders Support Groups
Mental Health Self Management Programs

Offers substance use disorder treatment options and services for youth and adults, including: family education, case management, individual and group counseling, DUI evaluation and education, inpatient and outpatient treatment, and treatment for co-occurring mental health disorders.

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Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment
DUI Offender Programs
Inpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities
Integrated Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment
Mental Health Information/Education
Offers programs focusing on preventing use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and gambling. A DOT-approved DUI/OWI class is also offered.

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DUI Offender Programs
Gambling Disorder Relapse Prevention
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Mental Health Information/Education
Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Alcohol/Drug Impaired Driving Prevention

Provides mental health services and assessments to children, teens, adults and seniors. Services include counseling, psychiatric services, family-based treatment for eating disorders, support groups for parents and single mothers, wilderness challenge program for teens, community seminars on mental health and family-related topics.

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Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Parent Support Groups
Geriatric Counseling
Psychiatric Disorder Counseling
General Counseling Services
Mental Health Information/Education
Eating Disorders Treatment
Wilderness Therapy Programs

Offers a suicide prevention/mental health awareness education program in junior and senior high schools, in partnership with NAMI Mid Central Illinois. Aims to reduce stigma and encourages youth to reach out for help for themselves and their friends.

Offers mental health education services to emergency responders, service providers and to the public. Facilitates discussions between emergency responders, providers, and communities to better educate individuals and groups about the causes and nature of mental health and intellectual disorders. Can also help fund provider training.

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Disease/Disability Information
Mental Health Information/Education
Offers mental health education services to emergency responders, service providers and to the public. Facilitates discussions between emergency responders, providers, and communities to better educate individuals and groups about the causes and nature of mental health and intellectual disorders. Can also help fund provider training.

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Disease/Disability Information
Mental Health Information/Education

A website containing information to help survivors understand the complex emotional aftermath of suicide. Featured on the website is a community forum that is overseen by a mental health counselor and trained team of survivor moderators who provide information and hope. The website also features a blog, memorial wall, stories from survivors, and more.

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Suicide Loss Survivors Support Groups
Mental Health Information/Education
Offers programs focusing on preventing use and misuse of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs, and gambling. A DOT-approved DUI/OWI class is also offered.

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DUI Offender Programs
Gambling Disorder Relapse Prevention
Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Mental Health Information/Education
Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Alcohol/Drug Impaired Driving Prevention
Focuses on eliminating the loss of life from suicide by delivering innovative prevention programs, educating the public about risk factors and warning signs, raising funds for suicide research and programs, and reaching out to those individuals who have lost someone to suicide.
Offers programs to help evaluate and treat mental health problems. Services include individual and group therapy, psychological testing.

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Mental Health Information/Education
Psychiatric Disorder Counseling
Anger Management
General Counseling Services
Mental Health Evaluation
Provide classes for individuals with mental illness as well as for family members. Also, provide educational presentations on mental health and suicide prevention for the community.

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Mental Health Information/Education

Provides mental health and psychiatry services to those in need. Services include counseling, medication management, and mental health case management.

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Mental Health Information/Education
Mental Health Evaluation
General Psychiatry
General Counseling Services

Provides educational trainings in the areas of prevention, intervention, and post-vention. Trainings specific to Native populations are available.

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Mental Health Information/Education

Free, peer-led 8-session Education Program, open to adult family members, significant others, or friends of people who live with mental illness. The course is taught by trained family members of people living with mental illness.

Offers to prepare youth to make healthy choices through prevention and education programs relating to substance use, adolescent pregnancy, and suicide prevention. These services provide early awareness, intervention, and out-of-classroom support to give youth the tools they need to stay on the right path.

Programs include:

Substance Use Prevention

Smoking and or vaping cessation

Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention

Suicide Prevention

Youth Violence Prevention

Juvenile Delinquency Prevention

Human Trafficking Prevention

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Human Trafficking Prevention
Smoking/Vaping Cessation
Child Abuse Prevention
Smoking/Vaping Cessation Support
Youth Enrichment Programs
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Youth Violence Prevention
Mental Health Information/Education
Juvenile Delinquency Prevention