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Community Programs
Alternative to Suspension Program
Alternative to Suspension provides a structured environment
for youth who have been suspended or who have severe school
attendance problems. Students spend their suspension at the
START program site in Davenport where they work on homework,
participate in life skills groups and perform community service.
Davenport contact:
Josh
Krauss 563-322-7419 or
josh.kauss@lsiowa.org
CARE
Community • Advocacy • Resources • Education
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Children with Severe Emotional Disorders (SEDs) deserve quality
services and support. CARE offers intense, collaborative
case management services to families with children who have
SEDs to keep the family intact and avoid placement outside
of the home. A CARE coordinator will connect families with
community resources, research the best options in the community
to meet their individual needs and assist them in navigating
the current care system.
Dubuque contact:
Jim Guentherman 563-582-0044
james.guentherman@lsiowa.org
Cedar Brief Intensive Services
(CBIS) Cedar County
CBIS serves boys and girls ages birth to 17 who may be
at risk of out-of-home placement due to disruptive behavior
in school, at home or in their community. CBIS caseworkers
connect families with community resources by researching
the best community options to meet their individual needs.
Muscatine contact:
Paige Osborne 563-322-7419
paige.osborne@lsiowa.org
CHOICES
The CHOICES program is a comprehensive
program designed to reach and teach “at-risk” adolescents tools to
change behaviors and attitudes about teen sexuality. Lutheran
Services in Iowa received funding from the Adolescent Pregnancy
Prevention grant and receives referrals for the program from
JCOs, schools, churches, the Department of Human
Services and self referrals.
Sioux City contact:
Monica White 712-255-2505
monica.white@lsiowa.org
Denison contact:
Susan Salmon 712-263-9341
susan.salmon@lsiowa.org
Muscatine contact:
Paige Osborne 563-263-5170
paige.osborne@lsiowa.org
Drug Screening
Lutheran Services in Iowa facilitates drug screening for
persons involved with the child welfare system who may or
may not have a substance abuse problem. Referrals are made
by the Department of Human Services and are conducted at
random by the LSI drug screening team. LSI offers a variety
of drug testing methods including: urine analysis, oral swabs,
sweat patches and hair follicle testing.
Clinton contact:
Bobbi Bartels 563-243-8200
bobbi.bartels@lsiowa.org
Crisis Intervention
Crisis intervention is a preventative and intensive crisis
service dedicated to serving Black Hawk, Bremer, Butler, Franklin, Grundy, Floyd, Mitchell and Chickasaw Counties residents 0-18
and their families. The program helps maintain family unity
by offering an alternative to out-of-home placement for families
in crisis. Referral sources can be DHS, JCS or any community
organization or individual. Lutheran Services in Iowa is
able to provide crisis counseling to families within one
hour of referral and then provide follow-up counseling/crisis services until the family either stabilizes or is
linked to ongoing counseling or community support services.
Crisis intervention also utilizes family team meetings to
assist in identifying family strengths and needs.
Waterloo contact:
Jennifer Shaw
jennifer.shaw@lsiowa.org
Early Intervention
Early Intervention provides short-term, 45-day crisis intervention
and prevention services to Buchanan, Delaware and Fayette
County youth, ages 11 to 16, and their families. The program
is designed to strengthen families who may otherwise need
to enter the DHS system or JCS. Early Intervention utilizes
the family team meeting concept with goals that include keeping
the family intact, connecting them to community-based services
and maintaining the child(ren) in the home.
Manchester contact:
Leann McIntyre 563-927-3281
leann.mcintyre@lsiowa.org
Family Advocacy
Program
This program provides supports to families with a child
or adolescent that is demonstrating persistent psychiatric and
behavioral concerns, in an attempt to avoid out-of-home placement.
The program also works to build a bridge between the child
welfare system, juvenile court system and the mental health
system by providing case coordination and support to the
child/adolescent and family.
Muscatine
contact:
Paige Osborne 563-263-5170 ext. 104
paige.osborne@lsiowa.org
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Delinquency
Programs
Girls
Day Treatment
GDT provides structured gender-specific skill development,
life skills development, supervision and service learning
opportunities for girls age 12-17 who reside in Scott County.
Davenport contact:
Josh Krauss 563-322-7419
josh.krauss@lsiowa.org
Nurturing Opportunities
for Families
Nurturing Opportunities for Families provides short-term, 45-day crisis intervention and prevention services to Clinton and Jackson County youth, ages 11-16, and their families. The program is designed to strengthen families who may otherwise need to enter the DHS or JCS. This program utilizes the family team meeting concept with goals that include keeping the family intact, connecting them to community-based services and maintaining the child(ren) in the home.
Bobbi Bartels
563.243.8200
bobbi.bartels@lsiowa.org
PRISM
PRISM helps female offenders between ages fourteen and eighteen
from the Girls State Training School in Toledo transition
back into the Des Moines community. PRISM believes a successful
transition can be achieved through a healthy client relationship
by ensuring proper rehabilitation at the Girls State Training
School and continuing the relationship upon discharge until
maximum services are reached.
Des Moines contact:
Carmen Smith 515-274-4946
carmen.smith@lsiowa.org
Summer Community Services
SCS is provided to Muscatine County
males and females ages 12 to 17 as an opportunity to complete
their community service
hours assigned through Juvenile Court. The program participants
work on a myriad of different tasks in and around the city
of Muscatine during the summer months not only as a consequence
for prior behavior, but they are also taught to take pride
in themselves and the work that they do, to interact positively
with all peers and authority figures, and how to connect
to and value their community.
Muscatine contact:
Josh Krauss 563-288-6339
josh.krauss@lsiowa.org
Tracking and Monitoring Services
This program focuses on monitoring youth compliance with
probationary requirements and working one-on-one with youth
and his/her family to develop skills. Services may include
monitoring curfews, school attendance and community service
obligations, encouraging restitution and helping youth
empathize with victims.
Davenport contact:
Laurie Walters 563-322-7419
laurie.walters@lsiowa.org
Clinton contact:
Bobbi Bartels 563-243-8200
bobbi.bartels@lsiowa.org
Muscatine contact:
Paige Osborne 563- 263-5170
paige.osborne@lsiowa.org
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Family Centered/In-Home
Family Team Meetings
Family team meetings is a solution-focused intervention
to provide an opportunity for the family to identify the
issues they are facing. Family team meetings focus on gathering
strengths of family members. These meetings also assist
professionals in understanding the unique family dynamics
and how those dynamics feed the current family circumstances.
Family team meetings encourage the participants to ask
questions, brainstorm and contemplate solutions, therefore
families become a part of the solution.
Ames
contact:
Jana Olson 515-232-7262
jana.olson@lsiowa.org
Clinton contact:
Bobbi Bartels 563-243-8200
bobbi.bartels@lsiowa.org
Davenport
contact:
Laurie Walters 563-322-7419
laurie.walter@lsiowa.org
Dubuque service area contact:
Ann Morris 563-582-0044
ann.morris@lsiowa.org
Muscatine/CEDAR contact:
Paige Osborne 563-322-7419
paige.osborne@lsiowa.org
Waterloo contact:
Jennifer Shaw 319-233-3579
jennifer.shaw@lsiowa.org
Children’s
Mental Health (CMH) Waiver
LSI provides services under the
children’s mental health
waiver. This waiver provides therapy, skills to assist in
community and family living, and respite care for children
who have a serious emotional disorder. These services allow
an eligible child to live at home with their families, rather
than living in a medical or residential facility.
Ames
contact:
Jana Olson 515-232-7262
jana.olson@lsiowa.org
Clinton contact:
Bobbi Bartels 563-243-8200
bobbi.bartels@lsiowa.org
Davenport contact:
Laurie Walters 563-322-7419
laurie.walters@lsiowa.org
Denison contact:
Dawn Luetje at 712-263-9341
dawn.luetje@lsiowa.org
Des Moines contact:
Laura Weiler at 515-271-7391
laura.weiler@lsiowa.org
Heidi Smith at 515-271-7406
heidi.smith@lsiowa.org
Dubuque contact:
Jim Guentherman 563-582-0044
james.guentherman@lsiowa.org
Muscatine /CEDAR contact:
Mark Roberts 563-263-5170
jmark.roberts@lsiowa.org
Waterloo contact:
Jennifer Shaw 319-233-3579
jennifer.shaw@lsiowa.org
Skill/Therapy
Therapy and counseling services
are provided to address social, emotional and behavioral
problems that negatively affect
the child and family’s stability. Skill development
helps enhance and develop social, family and living skills.
Improved skills help restore communication and increase a
child’s ability to function independently. Skill development
also enables parents to meet their child’s needs.
Ames
contact:
Jana Olson 515-232-7262
jana.olson@lsiowa.org
Clinton contact:
Bobbi Bartels 563-243-8200
bobbi.bartels@lsiowa.org
Davenport contact:
Laurie Walters 563-322-7419
laurie.walters@lsiowa.org
Denison
contact:
Dawn Luetje at 712-263-9341
dawn.luetje@lsiowa.org
Des Moines contact:
Joni Boyer & Renee Bell 515-274-4946
joni.boyer@lsiowa.org
renee.bell@lsiowa.org
Dubuque contact:
Ann Morris, Jim Guentherman 563-582-0044
ann.morris@lsiowa.org
james.guentherman@lsiowa.org
Manchester contact:
Carol Burchette
carol.burchette@lsiowa.org
Muscatine/CEDAR contact:
Paige Osborne 563-322-7419
paige.osborne@lsiowa.org
Waterloo contact:
Jennifer Shaw 319-233-3579
jennifer.shaw@lsiowa.org
Supervision
Supervision services are provided to monitor the well-being
of the children in the home and to provide supportive services
to parents.
Dubuque
contact:
Ann Morris 563-582-0044
ann.morris@lsiowa.org
In-home contact:
Ann Morris 563-582-0044
ann.morris@lsiowa.org
Private Pay contact:
Ann Morris 563-582-0044
ann.morris@lsiowa.org
Clinton contact:
Bobbi Bartels 563-243-8200
bobbi.bartels@lsiowa.org
Davenport contact:
Laurie Walters 563-322-7419
laurie.walters@lsiowa.org
Des Moines contact:
Joni Boyer 515-274-4946
joni.boyer@lsiowa.org
Manchester contact:
Carol Burchette
carol.burchette@lsiowa.org
Muscatine/CEDAR contact:
Paige Osborne 563-322-7419
paige.osborne@lsiowa.org
Waterloo contact:
Jennifer Shaw 319-233-3579
jennifer.shaw@lsiowa.org
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Foster Care
Foster Care and Special Needs Adoption Licensing
LSI does foster care and special needs adoption licensing as a partner of Iowa KidsNet, a statewide collaboration of agencies responsible for the recruitment, training, licensing and retention of Iowa foster and adoptive parents. For more information on how to become a foster or adoptive parent, call Iowa KidsNet at 1.800.243.0756 or visit www.iowakidsnet.com.
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Remedial Services
Remedial services are voluntary, skill-based services for youth with behavioral or mental health issues. Provided in an in-home or office setting, remedial services teach children and their families skills to deal with issues such as anger management, coping, making good decisions, communication, problem-solving, conflict resolution and relationships. Remedial services are also available for adults.
Ames
contact:
Jana Olson 515-232-7262
jana.olson@lsiowa.org
Clinton contact:
Bobbi Bartels 563-243-8200
bobbi.bartels@lsiowa.org
Davenport
contact:
Laurie Walters 563-322-7419
laurie.walters@lsiowa.org
Decorah contact:
Joshua Pedretti 563-379-7600
joshua.pedretti@lsiowa.org
Denison contact:
Amy Davis 712-263-9341
amy.davis@lsiowa.org
Des Moines
contact:
Jana Olson 515-271-7322
jana.olson@lsiowa.org
Dubuque contact:
Jim Guentherman 563-582-0044
james.guentherman@lsiowa.org
Manchester contact:
Carol Burchette 563-927-3281
carol.burchette@lsiowa.org
Muscatine contact:
Paige Osborne 563-322-7419
paige.osborne@lsiowa.org
Newton
contact:
Jana Olson 515-232-7262
jana.olson@lsiowa.org
Waterloo contact:
Jennifer Bumgarner 319-233-3579
jennifer.bumgarner@lsiowa.org
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Safety and Permanency Services
Family Safety, Risk and Permanency Services are a service contracted through the Iowa Department of Human Services to providers statewide, including LSI in the Waterloo and Dubuque service areas. Safety and Permanency services are designed to wrap around families to ensure safety of children in a home and provide stability and permanency within the family. This includes responding to crisis situations with in-home visitation and providing services that help keep families together.
Dubuque service area contact:
Ann Morris 563-582-0044
ann.morris@lsiowa.org
Waterloo contact:
Jennifer Shaw 319-233-3579
jennifer.shaw@lsiowa.org
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