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Outpatient and intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment program offering a continuum of care from evaluation to education/intervention to treatment and aftercare for adolescents and adults experiencing life area problems due to misuse, abuse, or dependence on alcohol/drugs. Individualized treatment services provided in individual, family, and group counseling sessions.

Inpatient treatment for adults available in Elgin.

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Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Inpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Transitional housing program for homeless youth. Offers case management, food, transportation, money management, counseling, and other services to youth ages 16-21 who are homeless or living in a shelter.
Provides transitional housing for men only. Most clients are referred from another agency.

Provides transitional services to formerly incarcerated individuals.

Services include, but are not limited to:
- Transitional housing
- Counseling
- Vocational assistance (including job skills training and career counseling)
- Life skills development (including budgeting, health and wellness information, parenting training, etc.)

In some cases Neuro/Bio-feedback can be provided to help those with damaged or toxic brains. This portion of the program is based on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and can begin after a person is stabilized with Neuro/Bio-feedback.

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Ex-Offender Employment Programs
Ex-Offender Counseling
Ex-Offender Reentry Programs
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Life Skills Education
Curtis Center offers transitional single-room-occupancy rental units with supportive services for homeless men and women.
Provides temporary housing to homeless men who are taking care of their children. Housing includes free and safe accommodation to fathers with children, with the goal of strengthening the family unit and assisting the fathers to become work ready.

Provides an 18-month program with stable and safe housing while youth learn skills and habits that can end chronic homelessness, reintegrate youth into the community, and help youth find and maintain long-term jobs at livable wages.

Supportive Housing Program is a HUD-funded transitional living program for youth ages 18-24. Youth are provided with a subsidized house/apartment and work with a case manager to reduce homelessness or unsafe living conditions and to achieve permanent housing. Supportive Housing serves both single youth as well as pregnant and/or parenting youth. Youth can remain in Supportive Housing for up to 24 months.

Permanent Housing Program is a HUD-funded program for youth ages 18-24. Youth are provided with a subsidized house/apartment and work with a case manager to reduce homelessness or unsafe living conditions and to achieve permanent housing. Permanent Housing serves youth who have a mental health and/or substance abuse diagnosis. Permanent Housing serves both single youth as well as pregnant and/or parenting youth. There is no time-limit to their participation.

Life skills training in the areas of education, employment, independent living, and parenting.

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Homeless Permanent Supportive Housing
Transitional Housing/Shelter

Provides intensive case management for adults and families who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness. Program will assist clients with obtaining and retaining stable housing and employment while developing essential life skills. Also provides transitional and independent living for DCFS referrals.

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Life Skills Education
Vocational Rehabilitation
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Case/Care Management

Offers a transitional living center for homeless veterans who want a chance to rebuild their lives. Many veterans enroll after undergoing intensive substance abuse treatment. Clients must undergo a screening process and abide by all rules while a part of the center. Graduates are encouraged to enroll in TLS-Aftercare, a program that offers ongoing support and crisis intervention within the community.

Provides housing for chronically homeless adults. This program allows for a focus on specific Chronically Homeless sub-populations in need in the community, such as women, persons with mental illness, substance abuse problems, or dual diagnosis; veterans; or those with HIV/AIDS.

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Transitional Housing/Shelter
Homeless Permanent Supportive Housing

Designated dual-diagnosis/co-occurring mental health & substance abuse treatment facility. Gateway is able to provide treatment to those with substance use disorder, with or without a mental health diagnosis.

Substance use treatment options vary by location, but may include:

-- Residential treatment.

-- Outpatient treatment.

-- Virtual addiction treatment.

-- Detoxification.

Services may include:

-- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT).

-- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

-- Dilectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

-- Co-Occuring Diagnosis/Dual Diagnosis Treatment.

-- Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT).

-- Mindfulness-Based Sobriety.

-- Motivational Interviewing (MI).

-- Recovery Support Groups.

-- Trauma-Responsive Treatment.

-- 12-Step Facilitation.

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General Counseling Services
Gambling Disorder Counseling
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Integrated Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Inpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities
DUI Offender Programs
Medication Based Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
Substance Use Disorder Counseling

Short term housing in private furnished apartment. Every family works with a Housing Advocate.

Scattered-site housing for homeless teens, state wards, former state wards, and juvenile offenders. 24-hour support, case management, and employment assistance. Nationally accredited by the Council of Accreditation (COA).

Provides shelter, food, clothing, and mentoring in addition to assisting with other practical needs to homeless pregnant women. Mothers may reside at the home during pregnancy and up to 14 months following childbirth.

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Post Pregnancy Shelter/Transitional Housing
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Homeless families with children participate in a housing and supportive services project for up to 24 months.

An optional opportunity for clients in the Branching Out Independent Living Program. Provides affordable, safe, temporary living spaces to young adults ages 18 to 26. Young adults in the program are surrounded by on-site support services to help them advance their careers, achieve their academic goals and develop the necessary skills to be independent.

Offers Christ-centered recovery and long-term transitional living program for women who have lost their housing.

Up to 18 months of residential housing for youth ages 16-21 experiencing homelessness, have runaway, or are aging out of foster care. Living accommodations, independent living skills training, educational opportunities, counseling, advocacy, referral services, and mentoring of youth in a person-centered approach. Each individual's innate talents are identified and shaped to empower the individual with the tools necessary to become a productive member of society.

- Administers the Section 8 program.

- Offers the Home Tenant Based Rental Assistance Program, a transitional program for the homeless or persons with disabilities with an agency referral.

- Offers the Mod Rehab program, which attaches Housing Choice Vouchers to privately owned units that are rehabilitated.

- Provides subsidized housing information.

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Government Subsidized Private Rental Housing Listings
Low Cost Home Rental Listings
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Section 8/Rental Assistance Program Rental Listings
Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers
Housing Authorities

Provides help to get young adults into safe, secure housing so they can focus on building a brighter future. These programs provide living options that center on participants achieving self-sufficiency. YSS advocates work one-on-one with the participants to create a plan to acquire safe and secure housing, stable employment, and financial stability.

Programs include:
Transitional Living Program (Ames, Boone, Marshalltown) - Single individuals ages 16-21
Rapid Rehousing (Ames, Boone, Des Moines, Marshalltown) - Single individuals ages 18-24
Lighthouse (Boone, Des Moines) - Families with parents ages 16-24
Tenant-Based Rental Assistance (Des Moines) - Single individuals or families ages 18-24 based on income

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Supervised Living for Older Youth
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Youth Centers

Transitional housing available to individuals who are LGBTQ+ and experiencing homelessness. Provides up to 24 months of housing with case management and referral services.

If HIV+, see Billy's House program.

Homeless families with children participate in a housing and supportive services project for up to 24 months.

Short-term transitional housing, designed to assist people with a diagnosed mental health or co-occurring condition while they transition to stability in the community. Helps clients secure permanent housing and connects them with community-based mental health or substance abuse services and avoid unnecessary incarceration.

Staff are available 24 hours a day at the facility for resident oversight and assistance. The building consists of 15 beds that are arranged in either single- or double-occupancy bedrooms, plus bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, and living room. Residents pay 30% of their income toward their living expenses at the facility.

Staff can help clients:

- Create a plan for housing

- Connect to services to improve physical and mental health

- Support in recovery from substance use

- Support in finding employment or applying for Social Security benefits

- Connect to programs that help with life skills (cooking/cleaning, budgeting, relationship/communication skills, etc.)

Provides a safe place for at-risk and homeless youth (age 16-24) to connect with services. Services include street outreach, drop-in services, daily meals, emergency beds, an art studio, computer lab and mental health counseling options.

The center can also connect youth and young adults with additional YSS supportive housing programs, such as Lighthouses, Transitional Living Program, and Rapid Re-housing.

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Street Outreach Programs
Soup Kitchens
Post Pregnancy Shelter/Transitional Housing
Runaway/Homeless Youth Counseling
Homeless Shelter
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Homeless Drop In Centers