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Services include:

- Child health services

- Maternal health services

- Home health care and homemaker services

- Hospice care

- Cancer screening for women

- Health education, community education, and health planning

- Immunization clinics for children and adults

- Family planning services

- Blood pressure checks

- Disaster planning and preparedness

- Tobacco cessation classes

- Parent education classes

- Home visits for children ages 0-5

- Life Assist Emergency Response Alert

- Public health nursing visits

Offers homemaker services, including housekeeping, laundry, vacuuming, essential shopping, errands, and child care and parenting skills.

Provides a program that pairs families with a home-visitor based on each family’s needs and schedules. Home visitors emphasize practical parenting skills as well as family bonding before birth and as children grow up.

Domestic violence program offers assessment and treatment. A domestic violence victim advocate is available. Prevention and Support Services

• Prevention Services include: New Parent Support Program that provides prenatal and postnatal assistance, education, in home visits by a community health nurse for parents of children 0-3 years of age
• Marriage and family counseling
• Classes: Anger Management, PREP (couple relationship skills training), Dads 101, Parent University (April)

Offers family support services to all pregnant women and families with children ages 5 and under.  Nurses and Family Support Workers make home visits to provide information on pregnancy, caring for a new baby, toddler development, family life skills, and referrals to community resources.

Provides support and education programming for children up to age 3, as well as current and expecting parents.

Programs include:

- Home visits

- Developmental screening

- Early childhood information and activities

- Parents and teen parents support groups

- Assisted resource and referral

- Parental information and support

- Playgroups

- Toy and book lending library

- Individualized family service plan

- Parenting education classes

Provides advocacy, education, support, information and referral, and coaching services for families and children. Helps children during family separation by supporting placement in a safe, stable environment and encouraging a smooth return home when possible. Teaches families about laws, court processes, and case resolution. Offers one-on-one coaching to explain the rights, roles, and responsibilities of parents. Equips parents with age-appropriate skills to create safe, loving, and nurturing homes. Provides education, resources, and support to help prevent domestic violence, child abuse, and neglect. Offers domestic violence awareness education to help the community understand the effects of domestic violence on children, families, and victims.

Provides a home visiting program designed to support parents and caregivers, share information about child development and parenting, promote healthy and nurturing parent-child relationships, and provide information and referrals to strengthen families. Home visits are schedule at each family's convenience.

Provided to ensure the health of mothers in the Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Wayne Counties. Services include finding health care coverage, finding a health care provider or dentists, education to promote a healthy pregnancy, evaluate emotional stress and family adjustment to pregnancy and parenting, oral health services, arranging transportation to medical and dental appointments, making doctor appointments, social support and guidance, nutrition education and home visit after delivery of the baby. Helps to ensure the health of children, birth to 21 years of age in Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Wayne Counties. Services include help locating a doctor or dentist, finding health care coverage -Title XIX or Hawk-i, reminders for child/children medical and dental checkups, making doctor appointments, help to find community resources, health education and support, oral health services, help with payments for physical and dental exams, blood lead testing, immunizations 0-6 years, 7-18 years and adult immunizations.

Offers the following: family programming for parents of children ages 0–5 twice a week; child care during sessions; parent room for breaks; guest speakers; parent discussions on child growth; evening parenting classes in fall and spring that meet DHS rules; in-home visits for families with parenting stress; parenting strategies; community resource connections; group sessions; skill-building and education; early childhood prevention for high-risk mothers from pregnancy through age five; transportation; developmental checks; referrals; case management; focus on child safety, child health, and positive parenting.

Offers immunizations, vaccines, family case management, pregnancy testing services, county school nursing, vision and hearing screenings, high-risk infant and maternal home visits, childhood lead poisoning prevention, Kid Care enrollment.

Offers outpatient mental health therapy, providing individuals with the opportunity to discuss conditions such as depression, anxiety, relationship conflicts, and career frustrations with trained professionals. Therapy sessions help clients express feelings, understand patterns of thinking, gain perspective on past events and current relationships, set goals, and clarify future aspirations. Services are available at the West Des Moines office and include school-based therapy for all schools in Urbandale, as well as Perkins and Carver Elementary Schools in the Des Moines school district.

Also provides home-based mental health services for individuals unable to leave their homes due to severe mental or emotional disturbances, disabling medical conditions, or crises that place children at imminent risk of hospitalization or residential placement.

And offers home-based parenting education programs to support parents in developing effective parenting skills, addressing challenges with difficult children, promoting school-readiness activities, and resolving issues in the family setting, particularly for families at risk of child abuse, neglect, or out-of-home placement. Services are open to anyone.

Offers the following: family programming for parents of children ages 0–5 twice a week; child care during sessions; parent room for breaks; guest speakers; parent discussions on child growth; evening parenting classes in fall and spring that meet DHS rules; in-home visits for families with parenting stress; parenting strategies; community resource connections; group sessions; skill-building and education; early childhood prevention for high-risk mothers from pregnancy through age five; transportation; developmental checks; referrals; case management; focus on child safety, child health, and positive parenting.

Provides an in-home family-based parenting program promoting healthy and nurturing family relationships. These parenting sessions are intended as a tool to increase parental knowledge, skills, parent-child attachments, social competencies and improve the family's overall wellbeing and self-sufficiency. 

Offers a voluntary home visiting program for expectant parents and new parents. Home visitors help parents understand child development, keep babies safe and healthy, build parenting skills, connect to community supports, and set family goals such as school or work goals.

Provides information and support for parents. Home visits are available by trained parent educators. Group meetings with other parents are also available.

Provides a home visiting program that offers the following services for families expecting a baby and families with young children. Services include child development education and activities, promotes school readiness, community resource referrals, developmental screenings, group connections offering family activities and support from other families, lending library which offers toys, puzzles, and children's books to check out, and family events.