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Provides crisis shelter for those who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, the following services are provided for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, prevention education, supportive counseling, sexual assault victim therapy. children's counseling (domestic and sexual violence), case management.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Hotlines

Services include:

-- 24-hour crisis line and crisis intervention

-- Safe shelter

-- Counseling for adults and children

-- Support groups for adults and children

-- Assistance with orders of protection and other court-related advocacy

-- Parenting assistance

-- Abuser groups held in an outside location

-- Healthy Relationships groups for high school students

Categories

Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Shelters
Domestic Violence Support Groups

Offers assessments and 26 week psycho-educational group services for persons who use power and control in their intimate relationships.

Categories

General Abuse Prevention
Abuse Counseling
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention
Protective/Restraining Orders

Services include:

-- 24-hour crisis line and crisis intervention

-- Safe shelter

-- Counseling for adults and children

-- Support groups for adults and children

-- Assistance with orders of protection and other court-related advocacy

-- Parenting assistance

-- Abuser groups held in an outside location

-- Healthy Relationships groups for high school students

Categories

Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Shelters
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
School System Advocacy
Adoption Legal Services
Tax Information
Advance Medical Directives
Protective/Restraining Orders
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Information Services
Patient Rights Assistance
Legal Representation
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Debt Management
Labor and Employment Law
Consumer Law
General Legal Aid
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
School System Advocacy
Adoption Legal Services
Tax Information
Advance Medical Directives
Protective/Restraining Orders
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Information Services
Patient Rights Assistance
Legal Representation
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Debt Management
Labor and Employment Law
Consumer Law
General Legal Aid
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

Provides advocates who are able to guide survivors through the legal system and help them access available legal remedies. Advocates also access immigration remedies through protective statutes such as the Violence Against Women Act. Agency operates a volunteer attorney led family law clinic in partnership with Chicago Volunteer Legal Services.

Categories

Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Ethnic Advocacy Groups

Provides a variety of domestic violence services, including, 24/7 domestic violence hotline, domestic violence shelters for individuals and families, legal advocacy for domestic violence, assistance with obtaining and filing orders of protection, domestic violence counseling services., Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR).

Categories

Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Shelters
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Provides a variety of domestic violence services, including, 24/7 domestic violence hotline, domestic violence shelters for individuals and families, legal advocacy for domestic violence, assistance with obtaining and filing orders of protection, domestic violence counseling services., Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR).

Categories

Domestic Violence Hotlines
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Shelters
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Provides crisis shelter for those who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, the following services are provided for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, prevention education, supportive counseling, sexual assault victim therapy. children's counseling (domestic and sexual violence), case management.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Hotlines

Services include:

-- 24-hour crisis line and crisis intervention

-- Safe shelter

-- Counseling for adults and children

-- Support groups for adults and children

-- Assistance with orders of protection and other court-related advocacy

-- Parenting assistance

-- Abuser groups held in an outside location

-- Healthy Relationships groups for high school students

Categories

Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Shelters
Domestic Violence Support Groups
The Clerk of Court provides public services related to court proceedings and maintains records of all court records. This office receives, files, and maintains all of the documentation that comprises the official court record for the following case types: felonies; misdemeanors; traffic violations; ordinance violations; civil, family, or paternity court cases; juvenile injunctions; restraining orders; and small claims court cases. The Clerk of Court is responsible for the collection of case related fees, fines and forfeitures; case management and event tracking; budget planning; records management; courtroom operation support; jury management; and facility planning. This office also issues copies of divorce decrees for divorces granted in the county court and provides assistance and necessary forms needed to file a petition with the court for a legal name change.

Categories

Divorce Records
Name/Personal Information Modification Assistance
Jury Selection
County Clerk of the Courts Offices
Court Filing Offices
Temporary Restraining Orders

Rape crisis center services are available via the hotline. Sexual assault program services include:

-- Crisis intervention

-- 24-hour response at medical facilities or police stations

-- Assistance and support with medical and legal procedures

-- Counseling for child and adult survivors of sexual assault

The YWCA also provides information and referral and extensive community education programs for:

-- Helping school children learn how to stay safe from abuse and how to report it

-- Helping schools work against bullying

-- Healthy Relationships groups for high school students

-- Providing professional training on sexual harassment, sexual assault issues, and many related topics

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
Sexual Assault Hotlines
Adult Sexual Assault Prevention
Protective/Restraining Orders
Sexual Assault Counseling
Child Sexual Assault Prevention

Provides advocates who are able to guide survivors through the legal system and help them access available legal remedies. Advocates also access immigration remedies through protective statutes such as the Violence Against Women Act. Agency operates a volunteer attorney led family law clinic in partnership with Chicago Volunteer Legal Services.

Categories

Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Ethnic Advocacy Groups

Services include:

-- 24-hour crisis line and crisis intervention

-- Safe shelter

-- Counseling for adults and children

-- Support groups for adults and children

-- Assistance with orders of protection and other court-related advocacy

-- Parenting assistance

-- Abuser groups held in an outside location

-- Healthy Relationships groups for high school students

Categories

Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Shelters
Domestic Violence Support Groups

Provides crisis shelter for those who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, the following services are provided for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, prevention education, supportive counseling, sexual assault victim therapy. children's counseling (domestic and sexual violence), case management.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Hotlines

Provides crisis shelter for those who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, the following services are provided for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, prevention education, supportive counseling, sexual assault victim therapy. children's counseling (domestic and sexual violence), case management.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Hotlines
The Clerk of Court provides public services related to court proceedings and maintains records of all court records. This office receives, files, and maintains all of the documentation that comprises the official court record for the following case types: felonies; misdemeanors; traffic violations; ordinance violations; civil, family, or paternity court cases; juvenile injunctions; restraining orders; and small claims court cases. The Clerk of Court is responsible for the collection of case related fees, fines and forfeitures; case management and event tracking; budget planning; records management; courtroom operation support; jury management; and facility planning. This office also issues copies of divorce decrees for divorces granted in the county court and provides assistance and necessary forms needed to file a petition with the court for a legal name change.

Categories

Jury Selection
Temporary Restraining Orders
Divorce Records
Name/Personal Information Modification Assistance
County Clerk of the Courts Offices
Court Filing Offices

Provides crisis shelter for those who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, the following services are provided for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, prevention education, supportive counseling, sexual assault victim therapy. children's counseling (domestic and sexual violence), case management.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Hotlines

-- Prosecutes all felony, misdemeanor and traffic crimes committed within the County.

-- Advises and represents the County Board and the elected and appointed officials of the County.

-- Assists those petitioning for Orders of Protection.

-- Goes to court to collect unpaid child support.

Categories

Crime Victim Support
Protective/Restraining Orders
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Public Counsel
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

Categories

Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Welfare Rights Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
School System Advocacy
Adoption Legal Services
Tax Information
Advance Medical Directives
Protective/Restraining Orders
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Legal Information Services
Patient Rights Assistance
Legal Representation
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Debt Management
Labor and Employment Law
Consumer Law
General Legal Aid
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

Offers assessments and 26 week psycho-educational group services for persons who use power and control in their intimate relationships.

Categories

General Abuse Prevention
Abuse Counseling
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention
Protective/Restraining Orders

Provides crisis shelter for those who are victims of domestic violence. In addition, the following services are provided for both domestic violence and sexual assault survivors, legal advocacy, medical advocacy, prevention education, supportive counseling, sexual assault victim therapy. children's counseling (domestic and sexual violence), case management.

Categories

Domestic Violence Shelters
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Hotlines

Provides advocates who are able to guide survivors through the legal system and help them access available legal remedies. Advocates also access immigration remedies through protective statutes such as the Violence Against Women Act. Agency operates a volunteer attorney led family law clinic in partnership with Chicago Volunteer Legal Services.

Categories

Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Ethnic Advocacy Groups

Services include:

-- 24-hour crisis line and crisis intervention

-- Safe shelter

-- Counseling for adults and children

-- Support groups for adults and children

-- Assistance with orders of protection and other court-related advocacy

-- Parenting assistance

-- Abuser groups held in an outside location

-- Healthy Relationships groups for high school students

Categories

Protective/Restraining Orders
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Abuse Counseling
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Domestic Violence Shelters
Domestic Violence Support Groups