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Transitional shelter for up to 24 months and assistance in finding permanent shelter. Rent assistance.

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

Provides emergency shelter and longer-term housing opportunities and supportive services for single adults and families experiencing homelessness and extreme housing instability.

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Transitional Housing/Shelter
Homeless Permanent Supportive Housing
Homeless Shelter

Provides affordable housing and support services to those in need of help to build a new future. Offers a Transitional Living Program for up to two years to assist homeless young women and their children to achieve stability in their lives by providing them with a stable home and intensive support services. Also offers aftercare services to help families as they transition into permanent housing.

Offers permanent affordable housing and supportive services for homeless families with dependent children in which the head of household or their child has a disability. The program enables families with severe and persistent issues, such as mental illness, chronic health problems, and substance abuse to achieve long-term housing stability.

The goal is to help individuals reach their fullest potential by encouraging and mentoring them.

Some of the services provided include:

-- Counseling

-- Parenting classes

-- Budgeting

-- Support groups

-- Job or vocational training

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Transitional Housing/Shelter
Rapid Re-Housing Programs
Homeless Permanent Supportive Housing
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.

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

Veterans Transitional Housing provides group living with supportive services for male veterans experiencing homelessness and problems with mental illness or co-occurring disorders. Veterans must be services connected and approved to reside in the program by VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care Systems. Expected stay is six months.

Veterans Permanent Housing Program is rental assistance for veterans male or female who are experiencing homelessness and problems with mental illness, substance abuse, or co-occurring disorders.

Veterans Transition in Place provides scattered site housing for male or female veterans who are experiencing homelessness and problems with mental illness, substance abuse, or co-occurring disorders. Upon graduation, veterans retain lease of rental.

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Transitional Housing/Shelter
Homeless Permanent Supportive Housing
Assists participants in becoming self-sufficient, independent, and economically stable, and to develop healthy and supportive relationships. This is acquired through a variety of advocacy and voluntary support.

Provides outreach services, emergency shelter, and transitional living services.

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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Youth Centers
Supervised Living for Older Youth
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Transitional shelter for up to 24 months and assistance in finding permanent shelter. Rent assistance.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Transitional Housing/Shelter

Temporary housing for veterans for up to 90 days while they find and secure permanent housing. Can currently house 11 male veterans in Lincoln and 9 male or female veterans in Bloomington. Limited accommodations possible for families.

While in the GPD program, veterans will receive several services, housing intervention, case management, life skills training, access to either prepared meals or food pantry items, transportation, and assistance with applying for VA and Social Security benefits.

Offers a two year program for women with or without children. The women will be assisted in setting developmental goals and working with staff to achieve them.There are enhanced programs such as: case management, life skills, parenting support, financial management, education, and employment skills, community involvement, budgeting, homemaking and one-to-one support.

Provides supportive transitional and permanent housing for veterans experiencing homelessness. Apartments are available to qualify single female veterans, 1/2 parent veteran families, or veteran couples.

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Homeless Permanent Supportive Housing
Transitional Housing/Shelter

Open to women and their children who show commitment to being substance-free and investing in themselves long-term are eligible to stay at the 24 -hour shelter.

While at the shelter there is assistance to find employment offering resume assistance, getting signed up for long-term assistance, childcare/parenting assistance from local partners, mental health evaluation, education, and housing within 90- 120 days. The goal is for them to be set up with safe, affordable housing and the support structure needed to begin a successful step forward in their journey.

Transitional housing for homeless single veteran men.

Supportive services include therapy and case management.

Offers a variety of services to address the full range of housing needs Veterans may have. Services include:

Prevention services such as Supportive Services for Veteran Families that keep Veterans from becoming homeless.

Residential services such as the Health Care for Homeless Veterans Contracted Residential Services or Grant and Per Diem programs provide temporary placement, in the form of emergency or transitional housing, for Veterans who need a place to stay right now.

Permanent housing services such as the Supportive Services for Veteran Families and HUD-VA Supportive Housing, or HUD-VASH, programs connect Veterans to affordable housing in their communities. These services come with either short or long-term rental subsidies, case management, and varying levels of wrap-around supportive services to ensure that Veterans have all the necessary resources to stay housed.

VA also has programs to assist Veterans in the criminal justice system with accessing VA services, help Veterans gain meaningful employment, or take care of their health needs through primary care tailored to the unique access barriers that Veterans experiencing homelessness face.

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Homeless Permanent Supportive Housing
Transitional Housing/Shelter

Provides a family style home designed to empower single, unwed mothers through continued education, vocational & hands on experience. A combination of structured independence, skill training, and life coaching will provide a home for the homeless, and the opportunity to build a stable future for themselves and their children. The program will require moms to participate and complete parenting classes, nutrition, pre-postnatal care, living skills, financing, healthy coping & relationship skills, yoga & art therapy, counseling and bible study.

Each mom will be assigned a case manager who will help develop, design, and implement an individualized "life plan".

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Transitional Housing/Shelter
Transitional shelter for up to 24 months and assistance in finding permanent shelter. Rent assistance.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Rapid-Re-Housing program for chronically homeless families. Apartments in the Illinois Quad Cities available. Case managers are assigned to each family to help them obtain stable housing within the next two years.

Provides support, opportunities, and transitional housing for young women transitioning out of foster care. Young women work with staff to create personalized plans to help navigate key areas of life with the goal of completing the independent living program within approximately 24 months. Staff offer guidance and connect youth with essential resources, enabling them to take the next steps toward independence. This transitional living program must be completed while the client is going to school or work, and is not an emergency 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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Vocational Rehabilitation
Case/Care Management
Life Skills Education
Transitional Housing/Shelter
A transitional residence for men coming home from prison. Peer mentors, who have been through the criminal justice system themselves and found the path to success, will support each resident on their journey back into the community.

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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Youth Centers
Supervised Living for Older Youth
Transitional Housing/Shelter

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.