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Provides volunteers to help children in school with learning skills such as reading, spelling, mathematics, writing, and social skills.

Provides one-on-one mentoring relationships between a child facing adversity and an adult volunteer to promote self-confidence, academic achievement, and strong relationships with peers and adults.

Programs include:

- Community-Based Program: Children ages 5-16 are matched with adult mentors, who spend at least 8 hours a month with them for at least 1 year

- Lunch Buddies Program: Elementary and middle-school children meet with mentors every other week during their school lunch period

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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Boys/Girls Clubs
Mentoring Programs
Team Sports/Leagues
Tutoring Services
Literacy Programs
The PALS program pairs Luther College students with area elementary and middle-school students to provide one-on-one relationships between the student volunteers and children ages 5 to 15 who would like or need companionship. Children with special needs are matched first (i.e. disabilities, single parent households). The volunteers meet with their child at least once each month and a group recreational activity is scheduled monthly.

Provides free and confidential services. Services offered include pregnancy testing, pregnancy counseling, limited ultrasound, on-going pregnancy support, referrals for community support services, support after an abortion, Earn While You Learn Program, fatherhood mentoring programs, and Mother's/Maternity Home.

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Specialized Information and Referral
Pregnancy Counseling
Childbirth Education
Parenting Skills Classes
Mentoring Programs
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Pregnancy Testing
Vocational Rehabilitation

Offers to empower male youth to make positive life choices. Program provides participants with mentor/mentee matches, weekly group mentoring sessions, graduation ceremonies and special events. Locations vary within the Polk County area, including community and school-based sites.

Offers educational, social, cultural, and recreational opportunities for families including mentoring, community meal, and summer food program.

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Summer Food Service Programs
Community Meals
Youth Enrichment Programs
Mentoring Programs
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.

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

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

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

Provides help to children to reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that have a measurable impact on youth.

Provides programs for families involved in the child welfare system or in crisis that need encouragement while they change their lives. Services include advocacy, mentoring, mediation, alternative counseling, workshops, outreach and 3rd party visits.

Also provides group sessions and trainings.

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Anger Management
Family Resource Centers/Outreach
Child Welfare/Family Services Associations
Youth/Student Support Groups
Financial Literacy Training
Mentoring Programs
Parent Support Groups
Mediation
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes
Child Advocacy Centers
Mentoring, tutoring and after school STEM program, community navigation for the metro area's refugee and immigrant youth.

- Prevention Education: Mentees participate in school based prevention education groups on a weekly basis. Topics covered include self-awareness, social bondage, etiquette, college and career education, and personal development.

- College/Career Preparation: Mentees receive individual mentorship to assist with developing and implementing college/career plans, college applications, completing the FASFA, scholarship forms, transportation to college/career interviews, and annual college tours.

- KFACT University: Continuing support to program participants through university.

- Labor of Love: Opportunities for mentees to give back to the community through volunteerism.

Provides community and school based mentoring for a young person with support, counsel, friendship, reinforcement, and a positive role model. This program seeks potential mentor adult volunteers that have time and interest in investing in one student about an hour a week to build a relationship to provide encouragement and support.

Adults interested in becoming a mentor should send an email with their request.

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.

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

Boys/Girls Clubs
Mentoring Programs
Team Sports/Leagues
Tutoring Services
Literacy Programs
Mentoring program includes skills mastery, character building, and fun, plus individualized attention from trained adults who serve as role models.

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.

Public school system.

Early childhood program.

Teammates program (Tom Osborne Program) provides mentoring.

Newcomers program assists adjustment of non-English proficient students.

Special education.

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Mentoring Programs
Special Education
Early Childhood Education
School Districts

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

Boys/Girls Clubs
Mentoring Programs
Team Sports/Leagues
Tutoring Services
Literacy Programs
School-based mentoring program pairs adult volunteers one-to-one with students.
School based mentoring program.
Volunteers (Bigs) are matched with Lincoln youth ages 7 to 16 based on their interests, skill sets, experience and any other pertinent information. The matches are then provided with support and guidance from professional match support staff.

The matches spend anywhere from 4 to 8 hours per month together, and a 12 month commitment is required.
Works to assist central Iowa families and students through counseling, health care services, mentoring, sports and community projects.