Crisis care is for families who are currently experiencing a crisis or emergency in their lives and lack adequate care for their children. The provide a safe and nurturing environment for children ages newborn to 12 years old (or 17 if the child has special needs).

Crisis Child Care is available for those experiencing illness or hospitalizations of guardians or family members, mental health issues, substance abuse issues in the home, domestic violence, death in the family, and much more.

Short-term intervention program to help abused, neglected, runaway, and troubled youth.

Safe Place program designates places in the community as a 'safe place' where kids can go when there are problems at home. Available 24 hours a day.

Emergency shelter for children and youth up to age 18.

Crisis Care program offers an emergency youth shelter for those in need. Youth receive basic needs as well as the counseling services, educational support, medical care and resources they need to heal from trauma. In addition to skills development and social interaction with kids their age, the shelter offers counseling and therapeutic services to treat behavioral, emotional or substance use problems.

The Crisis Respite Childcare service partners with local registered or licensed child care providers to assist families that are in need of childcare when they are experiencing a personal crisis.

Provides an emergency shelter for children who are placed due to a family or personal crisis.

Temporary, short term facility for runaway, homeless, or agency/court placed youth ages 0-18. Provides therapeutic counseling, crisis intervention, educational tutoring, basic living skills, and 24 hour supervision.

Parent Share and Support provides emergency/crisis childcare services to families in Buchanan, Delaware, and Fayette counties. Services are a short-term solution to assist in childcare needs such as medical emergency, counseling appointment, court proceeding, domestic violence, work, or school. Parent Share and Support staff work to place the child(ren) with a state registered provider in their area.

Crisis child care offers free, safe, child care to families of children 0-12, in the state of a crisis or emergency. Families must live in Boone or Story County. Contact our 24/7 hotline at 515-460-2423, provides crisis child care services for Boone or Story counties. provides free, short-term child care to children whose families are experiencing a crisis or an emergency in their lives and lack adequate care for their children. These services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Child care can be provided for up to 72 hours per admission.

Safe place for children to stay whose families are in, or approaching, crisis situations. Volunteer host families provide a home for children while their parents take the steps they need to reach stability.

Serves 8 counties which include Scott, Muscatine, Jackson and Clinton in Iowa and Henry, Mercer, Rock Island and parts of Whiteside in Illinois.

Offering shelter, education and mental health services to children ages 0-18 in the child welfare system.

Emergency shelter services to youth who do not have immediate access to a safe living arrangement. Youth may include state wards, probation, and private children and youth, ages 12-18.

Nationally accredited by the Council on Accreditation (COA).

Providing short-term 24/7 emergency care when families facing crisis are not able to provide regular care. Up to 72 hours of care can be provided to children birth-17 years of age.