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Offers support to women dealing with life-dominating challenges. Assistance also extends to women in prisons, substance abuse recovery centers, and homeless shelters, with the goal of helping them to prepare for successful societal reentry.

Program provides workshops by women who have overcome challenges and are graduates of the program, group and one-on-one mentoring, and an annual retreat.

Y-PALS Mentoring Program has adult mentors available to mentor children in the area.

Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

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Team Sports/Leagues
Literacy Programs
Boys/Girls Clubs
Mentoring Programs
Tutoring Services
Offers a wide range of training and consulting services to help youth-serving programs, schools, nonprofits, government organizations, and companies gain the support and resources they need to provide high quality mentoring experiences. Specializes in providing support around the best practices of mentoring, DEI, trauma informed care, social emotional learning, and workplace mentoring.
Support group and mentoring program for young moms. Provides intensive one-on-one mentoring to help moms become self-supporting.

Long term residential placement for youth 10-18 years of age. Outpatient substance abuse treatment and therapy services available for youth placed in the long-term residential program.

Behavioral health services for youth 5-18 years of age depending on the program or service.

Volunteer mentoring program for 3rd through 12th grade in math or reading skills.

Family preservation services in Iowa and Nebraska.

Educational programs for professionals working with youth.

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Mentoring Programs
Residential Mental Health Treatment Facilities
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Family Preservation Programs

Provides the opportunity for the mentor (Big) to visit their Little in the child's school, after school program, or at another youth-serving agency. This allows for the mentor to meet in a more structured environment than out in the community, usually for about an hour per week.

Serves children ages 5-14 by matching them with a caring, positive adult role model. The child and mentor meet in the community and spend time doing different activities they both enjoy and/or interact on any video conferencing platform that is not observable by BBBS. The participants commit to meeting for a minimum of 4 hours in 2-4 outings per month for a minimum of 12 months.

Can also work with the various school districts within the 5 county service area if there are children in the district that would like a Big Brother or Sister.

The Mentoring Program matches youth, ages 5 to 17 years old from the Clayton Ridge School District with an adult who has similar interests. The adult supports the youth by sharing time and experiences of interest to them.

Connects individuals who are experiencing life hardships to others who provide friendship and mentoring. Mentoring covers topics such as coping with grief, budgeting, or other life hardships.

Mentoring program for Ames High School female identifying students.
Community volunteers, college students or high school students spend a minimum of one hour per week with an elementary child to provide one on one mentoring.

Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

Categories

Team Sports/Leagues
Literacy Programs
Boys/Girls Clubs
Mentoring Programs
Tutoring Services

Matches youth ages 6-14 with positive and committed adult role models. The youth (Little) and mentor (Big) meet in the community and spend time exploring activities they already enjoy and more.

Mentoring program for ages 7-13.

Intensive support to high-risk children in foster care to stabilize placements and prevent entry into higher levels of care. Services offered include:

-- Brief individual and family counseling.

-- Placement stabilization services.

-- Crisis intervention.

-- Community linkage.

-- Foster parent support.

-- School intervention and tutoring.

-- Court advocacy.

-- Mentoring services.

-- Enrichment activities.

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General Counseling Services
General Crisis Intervention Hotlines
Mentoring Programs

Matches youth ages 5-12 with caring, positive, committed, adult role models. The youth (Little) and mentor (Big) meet in the community 2-4 times per month for a minimum of 4 hours and spend time exploring activities they already enjoy and trying some new ones.

Mentoring program opportunities include community based (traditional), couples match, and school-based.

Carpenter's Place has a wide range of volunteer opportunities; some have interaction with homeless guests, others do not. Opportunities may include providing mentoring, transportation, and life skills training for the residents in the Permanent Supportive Housing program or providing mentoring, tutoring, life skills training, transportation, mock interviews, etc. for Transitional Housing residents.

Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

Categories

Team Sports/Leagues
Literacy Programs
Boys/Girls Clubs
Mentoring Programs
Tutoring Services

Provides the opportunity for the mentor (Big) to visit their Little in the child's school, after school program, or at another youth-serving agency. This allows for the mentor to meet in a more structured environment than out in the community, usually for about an hour per week.

Intensive Placement Services (IPS) is a community and home-based therapeutic mentoring program provided to youth who are wards of the state and are identified by their DCFS/POS caseworker as needing more intensive services to stabilize their current placement in foster care.

Provides a re-entry program that assists individuals returning to the community from the correctional system. Assists individuals with the following:
- Learning basic skills.
- Leadership development.
- Interview preparation and job readiness.
- Group mentoring and peer-to-peer sessions.

Offers the following services:
- Case management.
- Job placement.
- Educational assessments.
- Advocacy.
- Counseling.
- Recreational activities.

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Mentoring Programs
Leadership Development
Ex-Offender Reentry Programs
Mentoring program includes skills mastery, character building, and fun, plus individualized attention from trained adults who serve as role models.
Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Categories

Team Sports/Leagues
Boys/Girls Clubs
Tutoring Services
Mentoring Programs
Literacy Programs