A division of the Polk County Department of Community, Family and Youth Services that provides assistance to victims of crimes and includes the following programs: Violent/Personal Crime Assistance Program; Rape/Sexual Assault Care Center; Child Sexual Abuse Resource Coalition (C-SARC); Intra-Family Sexual Abuse Program (IFSAP) and Volunteer Progra...
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES FIRST offers counseling for children, adolescents and families. Focus on issues such as family life, parenting issues, mentoring, grief support, spiritual enrichment, literacy development, and educational consulting. The program exists to strengthen families by working to eradicate violence against women, improve family relati...
Therapy services are provided to women, men, children and families by licensed and accredited mental health professionals. Offers learning groups on various spiritual and emotional health topics such as boundaries, emotional healing and more.
Counseling.Peer support, where families can be put in touch with other families whose child has died of SIDS for support and information for grieving individuals and families.Materials such as pamphlets, brochures, and other resources about SIDS and grief are available to anyone who has experienced a SIDS death.
The Iowa Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Foundation is a statewide organization providing emotional support to SIDS and SUID families, educating professionals and the general public about SIDS and safe sleep practices, and funding medical research into the causes of SIDS. Other services include providing free safe sleep resources and education, free g...
Chastity education provides a time set aside for mothers and daughters or fathers and sons to explore human fertility and the wonder of growing up. Call for upcoming program dates and locations.Fertility Care Center provides the Creighton Model-Ovulation Method of natural family planning. The course consists of one group introductory session and ...
Hospital.Support groups for issues including grief, diabetes, brain injury, breastfeeding, fibromyalgia, and stroke. (Cancer support groups listed separately).
Iowa River Hospice works to compassionately serve patients and their families at home or at the hospice when curative care is no longer an option.
Offers a facility with 12 beds and has an RN on duty 24 hours a day. Care is provided for people of all ages with all diagnoses during the final stage of their life with routine home care, respite care or inpatient care. Cost of these services are covered by Medicare and Medicaid and may also be covered by private insurance, depending on the indivi...
Serving Persons in Crisis Everyday (SPICE), Last Tuesday of each month 1:30 pm.Alcoholics Anonymous, women's group, Tue 6:30 pm.Grief Share support group, call for date and times.
Trauma intervention and support for grieving children and adolescents. Support services include support group meetings which integrate various play activities and creative expressions with spiritual care. Support is also provided for families of grieving children/adolescents. Services include a grief resource library, crisis intervention, referr...
Free grief support for children (Ted E. Bear Hollow), teens and adults (Grief's Journey) experiencing the death of a loved one. Most groups meet on site, periodic offsite groups are also offered. Support groups are also being held virtually, due to the pandemic.Suicide loss survivors group.Family bereavement groups offered as once a month support g...
Support group for people who have experienced the loss of a loved one, whether a spouse, parent, child, or friend. Group also for bereaved children.
Offers grief support opportunities provided at no cost for anyone in the community. Services include: Amanda the Panda program’s grief camps (program listed separately), monthly or quarterly support groups, eight-week educational support groups, memorial gatherings, family nights, peer support and mailed resources. Events and support groups are hos...
Offers grief support opportunities provided at no cost for anyone in the community. Services include: Amanda the Panda program’s grief camps (program listed separately), monthly or quarterly support groups, eight-week educational support groups, memorial gatherings, family nights, peer support and mailed resources. Events and support groups are hos...
Offers grief support opportunities provided at no cost for anyone in the community. Services include: Amanda the Panda program’s grief camps (program listed separately), monthly or quarterly support groups, eight-week educational support groups, memorial gatherings, family nights, peer support and mailed resources. Events and support groups are hos...
Offers grief support opportunities provided at no cost for anyone in the community. Services include: Amanda the Panda program’s grief camps (program listed separately), monthly or quarterly support groups, eight-week educational support groups, memorial gatherings, family nights, peer support and mailed resources. Events and support groups are hos...
Offers grief support opportunities provided at no cost for anyone in the community. Services include: Amanda the Panda program’s grief camps (program listed separately), monthly or quarterly support groups, eight-week educational support groups, memorial gatherings, family nights, peer support and mailed resources. Events and support groups are hos...
Support for children who have lost parents or grandparents within the past six months. Six to eight week sessions once a year.
Grief support available for youth age 5+ through adults of any age that have experienced the death of a loved one. Support also available for adults experiencing Anticipatory Grief. Amanda the Panda offers a full year of free peer support services including 6-week support groups, overnight weekend camps, dinners, socials, and cheer box program. Ber...
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