Mental health services includes the following:

Outreach Program offers community-based and in-home counseling services that include individual and family skill development and crisis intervention at school, home or in the community. Funding for the program is available through Title XIX.

Substance Abuse Services is an outpatient chemical dependency treatment program that serves youth who are using or abusing chemical substances.

Court Based Intervention Program and Early Services Project are diversion programs for first or second time offenders designed as a consequence and a deterrent to future system involvement.

Community Sanctions Program call for information on the Pace Sanctions and Pace Violators programs.

Juvenile Court School Program is a collaborative project between Juvenile Court, the Des Moines Public Schools, and PACE. Juvenile Court School Liaisons are housed in several middle schools and high schools to provide on-site supervision and interventions to youth under the jurisdiction of the court system or youth who are considered at-risk for juvenile court involvement.