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Choices:
The Choices Program enables students to make informed, healthy
choices and to explore the possible consequences of these
choices. Classes include: character Counts, teen health series
and in search of character.
Denison contact:
Susan Salmon at
712-263-9341 or
susan.salmon@lsiowa.org
Sioux City contact:
Monica White
at 712-255-2505 or
monica.white@lsiowa.org
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Crisis Child Care
Crisis Child Care provides free,
short-term child care to infants through 12-year-old children
in Story and Boone Counties
whose families are experiencing a crisis or emergency
and lack adequate child care. Registered child care providers
and foster homes provide a safe and nurturing environment
while parents address the crisis situation. Staff also
assist families through the crisis by providing support,
referrals and community resources.
Ames contact:
Jennifer Wilson at
515-232-7262 or
jennifer.wilson@lsiowa.org
To
reach the 24-hour crisis line, call 515-460-2423.
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FaDSS:
FaDSS is a voluntary program available to families receiving
FIP benefits. FaDSS works in partnership with PROMISE JOBS
to identify families at risk of long-term welfare dependency.
Serving Clay, Dickinson, Osceola and O'Brien counties, the
program's goal is to assist families in overcoming barriers
to become financially independent. FaDSS emphasizes family
strengths and builds upon those strengths by helping families
set and attain goals.
Certified family development specialists
may work with participants on money management, job seeking,
parenting, housing, transportation,
decision making, and any other barriers preventing self-sufficiency.
The program is designed to be flexible to meet multiple
family needs.
Spencer contact:
Karen Gotto at 712-260-2700
or
karen.gotto@lsiowa.org
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Together:
Families Together is a community-based voluntary prevention
program designed to screen, identify, coordinate services,
make referrals and work with families with children ages
prenatal to 18.
Serving Floyd, Chickasaw and Mitchell
counties, program goals include increasing parenting skills
and reducing
risk factors
contributing to incidents of child abuse.
Families Together
works to preserve the family as the central support system
for children by empowering parents to be
the best teachers, mentors, and role models. The program
provides
parenting education by using a variety of curriculum,
role modeling appropriate behavior, and acting as a referral
source within the community.
Charles City contact:
Nancy Beenblossom
at 319-233-3579 or
nancy.beenblossom@lsiowa.org
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Steps:
Family Steps is a voluntary home visitation program offered
to Crawford County families with infants through 5-year-old
children. A family support worker offers prenatal support,
helps the family prepare for the baby, and educates the family
about taking care of themselves while addressing the baby's
needs. Families work on building parenting skills and confidence.
Denison contact:
Monica White at
712-263-9341 or
monica.white@lsiowa.org
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of New Parents:
The Friends of New Parents program provides home visits to
families in an attempt to ease the transition of bringing
a new baby into the home. Participants receive resource information
as well as free gifts. FNP attempts to visit every newborn
in the county to provide information and support.
Des
Moines contact:
Carolyn Driscoll
at 515-271-7472 or
carolyn.driscoll@lsiowa.org
Muscatine contact:
Jill Hoben at 563-288-4171
or
jill.hoben@lsiowa.org
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Healthy Families, Healthy
Start, Empowerment:
Healthy Families, Healthy Start and Empowerment are early
childhood prevention programs that can provide continual
home visits starting prenatally and continuing to age three
or four. This program helps reduce the stress associated
with the birth of a baby and assists parents in providing
children a healthy start in life.
Serving Polk County, the
program promotes positive parenting, improves child health
and development, and prevents child
abuse and neglect.
Des Moines contact:
Nancy Krause at
515-271-7315 or
nancy.krause@lsiowa.org
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HOPES/Healthy
Families:
HOPES is an early childhood long-term prevention program
that provides ongoing in-home visits that can start prenatally
and continue to age three or four. This program assists parents
in giving their children a healthy start in life. Goals include
promoting positive parenting, improving child health and
development and preventing child abuse and neglect.
Clinton
contact:
Sheila Busch
at 563-243-8200 or
sheila.busch@lsiowa.org
Davenport
contact:
Lynn Meeske at 563-322-7419
or
lynne.meeske@lsiowa.org
Des Moines contact:
Nancy Krause at
515-271-7315 or
nancy.krause@lsiowa.org
Louisa
County contact:
Jill Hoben
at 563-288-4171 or
jill.hoben@lsiowa.org
Muscatine contact:
Jill Hoben at 563-288-4171
or
jill.hoben@lsiowa.org
Sioux
City contact:
Monica White at 712-255-2505 or
monica.white@lsiowa.org
Waterloo
contact:
Nancy Beenblossom at 319-233-3579 or
nancy.beenblossom@lsiowa.org
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Parenting:
This program offers support groups for pregnant and/or parenting
teens in every public high school or alternative learning
center in the tri-state Siouxland area. The groups offer
peer support and parenting education from the HOPES staff.
Groups are conducted at LSI/St. John for teens not enrolled
in school.
Sioux
City contact:
Monica White at 712-255-2505
or
monica.white@lsiowa.org
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Parenting:
Mobile Parenting is a parent educations program offered at
Polk County homeless shelters, correctional facilities and
local churches. Program facilitators use strength-based curriculum
and adapt lessons to participant's needs.
Classes are
offered at St. Joseph’s Emergency Shelter
for Families, the Family Violence Center, Fort Des Moines
Facility for Men and the Polk County Jail. Classes are also
offered in Spanish.
Des Moines contact:
Nancy Krause at
515-271-7315 or
nancy.krause@lsiowa.org
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Parent Program:
This in-home early childhood prevention program provides
ongoing in-home visits that can start prenatally and continue
to age three. The visits can be short- or long-term depending
on the family’s needs. Program goals include promoting
positive parenting, improving child health and development
and preventing child abuse and neglect.
Clinton
contact:
Sheila Busch
at 563-243-8200 or
sheila.busch@lsiowa.org
Cedar
County contact:
Rebecca Schultz
at 563-288-4171 or
rebecca.schultz@lsiowa.org
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Parent Program - Parent Ed:
This parent education program provides skill development
and parent education through group settings. The primary
goal is to improve child outcomes through improving parent
knowledge. Group classes are held in a variety of settings
in Clinton and Jackson Counties.
Clinton
contact:
Sheila Busch
at 563-243-8200 or
sheila.busch@lsiowa.org
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Place:
Located in Ames in the United Church of Christ, 219 6th Street,
People Place provides support and education through parenting
classes and support groups in a social-recreational, drop-in
settting. Staff also assist parents by providing information
at the center or referring them to other community organizations.
A family-focused library contains books, articles, videos,
audiotapes and children’s literature.
Ames contact:
People
Place at 515-233-1677 or
peopleplace@lsiowa.org
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MELD
New Parent Group
(People Place)
Extensive 2 year support and information groups for parents
of infants and toddlers (Meld New Parent) and for parents
of young children with special needs (Meld Special) offer
learning through group discussion and activities. Child/family
issues and topics related to parenting and infant/toddler
(or a child with special needs) are explored through use
of Meld curriculum and presentations from community professionals.
Connections to community resources are emphasized. Supper
and childcare provided.
Call 515-233-1677 for
information or to enroll.
Coordinator:
Kim McDermott
Facilitators: Alison Purtle
Ames
contact:
People Place at
515-233-1677 or
peopleplace@lsiowa.org
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Parents
As Teachers (PAT)
The PAT program features personalized home visits that focus
on the child’s developmental milestones and parent/child
interaction. A parent educator uses discussion, toys, books,
and everyday materials to help parents increase their understanding
of children’s developmental needs. Information about
child development and parenting issues are discussed at
each home visit.
Cedar
County contact:
Rebecca Schultz
at 563-288-4171 or
rebecca.schultz@lsiowa.org
Clinton
County contact:
Sheila Busch
at 563-243-8200 or
sheila.busch@lsiowa.org
Jackson
County contact:
Sheila Busch
at 563-652-4150 or
sheila.busch@lsiowa.org
Story
County contact:
Chris Rubino at
515-233-1677 or
chris.rubino@lsiowa.org
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