Pre- and post-adoption counseling, education, support and resources to ensure lifelong success for both children and their families. Provides direct services through home studies and post placement reports for families adopting through Holt or another licensed agency including domestic home studies and embryo adoption home studies.

Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.

Out of home placement option for children and adolescents whose special needs hinder their success in a traditional foster care placement.

Offers 30 hours of training, in-service training, professional consultation, 24 hour on call support services, respite services for foster parents, and performance evaluations.

Foster parents are reimbursed for the child's basic needs, with an additional stipend for providing treatment.

Families First Counseling Services is a community mental health agency offering telemental health or office-based counseling, and behavioral and mental health services. Conjoint, family, and individual counseling settings are offered. Counseling topics include: abuse, adoption/foster care, aging, anger management, bereavement/grief, bullying, caregiver, death and dying, divorce, domestic violence, parenting, relationship, sexual orientation, and suicide issues. Additionally, counseling is offered for people dealing with mental health conditions such as anxiety disorders, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder / ADD and ADHD, bipolar disorder, chronic/severe mental illness, depression, mood disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, oppositional/defiant disorder, panic disorders, perinatal/postpartum depression, personality disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, psychiatric disorders, Reactive Attachment Disorder, schizophrenia, and self-injury. Supportive therapy includes play therapy.

Provides domestic, embryo and international adoption services.

Support for parents and grandparents who are parenting their children/grandchildren. Also open to other family members who are raising children.

Works in partnership with the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services to recruit and equip families to provide safe, caring, temporary care for a child while the birth family works towards reunification. Four Oaks serves all counties in Iowa.

Note: Inquiries about a specific child being placed in home should be made directly to HHS at (877) 364-1112.

Northeast Iowa Behavioral Health is a community mental health agency offering individual counseling and tele-health counseling settings. This organization provides services for clients with: AIDS/HIV, alzheimer's disease/dementia, anxiety disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder/ADD and ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, blindness, brain injuries, cancer, cerebral palsy, chronic/severe mental illness, chronic pain, co-occurring/mental health and substance use, deaf/hard of hearing, depression, developmental disabilities, diabetes, heart disease, learning disabilities, mood disorders, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, obsessive compulsive disorder/OCD, oppositional/defiant disorder, panic disorders, parkinson's disease, perinatal/postpartum depression, personality disorders, physical disabilities, post-traumatic stress disorder/PTSD, pregnancy/birth, reactive attachment disorder, schizophrenia, self-injury, and tourette's syndrome. Counseling topics include: abuse issues, adoption/foster care issues, aging issues, anger management issues, bereavement/grief issues, bullying issues, caregiver issues, cultural transition issues, death and dying issues, divorce issues, domestic violence issues, family planning issues, gambling addiction issues, gender identity issues, hoarding issues, human trafficking issues, internet addiction issues, juvenile delinquency, overspending issues, parenting issues, pre-marriage/marriage/divorce issues, relationship issues, reproductive issues, sexual/love addiction, sexual assault issues, sexual orientation issues, sexuality issues, spiritual/religious issues, suicide issues, terminal illness, and weight related issues. Therapy and supportive approaches service include: art therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, eye movement desensitization/reprocessing (EMDR), peer counseling, play therapy, and trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

Northeast Iowa Behavioral Health is a community mental health agency offering individual counseling and tele-health counseling settings. This organization provides services for clients with: AIDS/HIV, alzheimer's disease/dementia, anxiety disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder/ADD and ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, blindness, brain injuries, cancer, cerebral palsy, chronic/severe mental illness, chronic pain, co-occurring/mental health and substance use, deaf/hard of hearing, depression, developmental disabilities, diabetes, heart disease, learning disabilities, mood disorders, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, obsessive compulsive disorder/OCD, oppositional/defiant disorder, panic disorders, parkinson's disease, perinatal/postpartum depression, personality disorders, physical disabilities, post-traumatic stress disorder/PTSD, pregnancy/birth, reactive attachment disorder, schizophrenia, self-injury, and tourette's syndrome. Counseling topics include: abuse issues, adoption/foster care issues, aging issues, anger management issues, bereavement/grief issues, bullying issues, caregiver issues, cultural transition issues, death and dying issues, divorce issues, domestic violence issues, family planning issues, gambling addiction issues, gender identity issues, hoarding issues, human trafficking issues, internet addiction issues, juvenile delinquency, overspending issues, parenting issues, pre-marriage/marriage/divorce issues, relationship issues, reproductive issues, sexual/love addiction, sexual assault issues, sexual orientation issues, sexuality issues, spiritual/religious issues, suicide issues, terminal illness, and weight related issues. Therapy and supportive approaches service include: art therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, eye movement desensitization/reprocessing (EMDR), peer counseling, play therapy, and trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

Retention and recruitment of families who would like to adopt children through the child welfare system.

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Support Groups are offered to kinship parents, adoptive and foster parents. All support groups are listed on the website by county.

Senior Care Options program available to older Nebraskans who are considering admission to a nursing home and may be eligible for Medicaid assistance. Clients are screened according to a standardized assessment process developed by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Care Managers arrange for services, which allow older adults to live as independently as possible, for as long as possible.

Housekeeping and supportive services to include grocery shopping, cleaning, laundry, transportation and personal care.

Family Caregiver Support for those caring for an aging adult or grandparents caring for a minor child. Provides information, assistance, support group, respite care, and supplemental services.

Home delivered meals are provided to homebound by reason of illness, disability or isolation. The meals meet 1/3 of the daily dietary recommended needs of adults 60 years and over and the requirements of the Older Americans Act and state and local laws.

Public benefit services, legal assistance, education, Medicare filing, and volunteer training through SHIIP.

Out of home placement option for children and adolescents whose special needs hinder their success in a traditional foster care placement.

Offers 30 hours of training, in-service training, professional consultation, 24 hour on call support services, respite services for foster parents, and performance evaluations.

Foster parents are reimbursed for the child's basic needs, with an additional stipend for providing treatment.

Northeast Iowa Behavioral Health is a community mental health agency offering individual counseling and tele-health counseling settings. This organization provides services for clients with: AIDS/HIV, alzheimer's disease/dementia, anxiety disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder/ADD and ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, blindness, brain injuries, cancer, cerebral palsy, chronic/severe mental illness, chronic pain, co-occurring/mental health and substance use, deaf/hard of hearing, depression, developmental disabilities, diabetes, heart disease, learning disabilities, mood disorders, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, obsessive compulsive disorder/OCD, oppositional/defiant disorder, panic disorders, parkinson's disease, perinatal/postpartum depression, personality disorders, physical disabilities, post-traumatic stress disorder/PTSD, pregnancy/birth, reactive attachment disorder, schizophrenia, self-injury, and tourette's syndrome. Counseling topics include: abuse issues, adoption/foster care issues, aging issues, anger management issues, bereavement/grief issues, bullying issues, caregiver issues, cultural transition issues, death and dying issues, divorce issues, domestic violence issues, family planning issues, gambling addiction issues, gender identity issues, hoarding issues, human trafficking issues, internet addiction issues, juvenile delinquency, overspending issues, parenting issues, pre-marriage/marriage/divorce issues, relationship issues, reproductive issues, sexual/love addiction, sexual assault issues, sexual orientation issues, sexuality issues, spiritual/religious issues, suicide issues, terminal illness, and weight related issues. Therapy and supportive approaches service include: art therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, eye movement desensitization/reprocessing (EMDR), peer counseling, play therapy, and trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

Provides training, resources, and professional guidance to earn a license to be a foster parent.

Recruits and prepares adoptive families. Offers services for identified adoptions, foster care adoptions, and post placement services.

Provides contractual home studies for domestic and international adoptions.

Provides training, resources, and professional guidance to earn a license to be a foster parent.

Northeast Iowa Behavioral Health is a community mental health agency offering individual counseling and tele-health counseling settings. This organization provides services for clients with: AIDS/HIV, alzheimer's disease/dementia, anxiety disorders, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder/ADD and ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, bipolar disorder, blindness, brain injuries, cancer, cerebral palsy, chronic/severe mental illness, chronic pain, co-occurring/mental health and substance use, deaf/hard of hearing, depression, developmental disabilities, diabetes, heart disease, learning disabilities, mood disorders, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, obsessive compulsive disorder/OCD, oppositional/defiant disorder, panic disorders, parkinson's disease, perinatal/postpartum depression, personality disorders, physical disabilities, post-traumatic stress disorder/PTSD, pregnancy/birth, reactive attachment disorder, schizophrenia, self-injury, and tourette's syndrome. Counseling topics include: abuse issues, adoption/foster care issues, aging issues, anger management issues, bereavement/grief issues, bullying issues, caregiver issues, cultural transition issues, death and dying issues, divorce issues, domestic violence issues, family planning issues, gambling addiction issues, gender identity issues, hoarding issues, human trafficking issues, internet addiction issues, juvenile delinquency, overspending issues, parenting issues, pre-marriage/marriage/divorce issues, relationship issues, reproductive issues, sexual/love addiction, sexual assault issues, sexual orientation issues, sexuality issues, spiritual/religious issues, substance use issues, suicide issues, terminal illness, and weight related issues. Therapy and supportive approaches service include: art therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, eye movement desensitization/reprocessing (EMDR), peer counseling, play therapy, and trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy.

Works with families and children in need of a safe and stable home. Home studies, support for foster and adoptive parents and relative caregivers, safety planning for families in crises, and life and parenting skills training are some of the services offered.

Bethany offers the Start Small Program, which provides diapers for immigrant and refugee families.

Provides training, resources, and professional guidance to earn a license to be a foster parent.

Provides out-of-home placement for a wide range of youth, including young victims of abuse and neglect, emergency short term care, and youth with severe emotional and behavioral disorders. The goals for the youth in care are either reunification with family, guardianship or adoption, or independent living. Care is delivered in private homes with specially trained foster parents. Foster Care Specialists are responsible for coordinating various services while youth are in care. If required, the agency will provide additional therapeutic support to both the biological family and foster family, as well as the youth in care.

Recruits and prepares adoptive families. Offers services for identified adoptions, foster care adoptions, and post placement services.

Provides contractual home studies for domestic and international adoptions.

Offers pregnancy counseling, domestic and international adoptions, post adoption services, and child sponsorship programs.