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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.

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Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Adoptive Family Recruitment
Parenting Skills Classes
The Family Resource Center provides a culturally welcoming environment where families and individuals can gather to develop personal, educational, and family skills.

Through the Family Strengthening Program, families learn about resources and positive ways to integrate into a new culture, overcome barriers and make informed decisions about their future.

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Parenting Skills Classes
Financial Literacy Training
Family Life Education
Nutrition Education
General Health Education Programs
Family support for families prenatal until school age.

Home based parent education is a Parents as Teachers and Early Head Start affiliated program. Provides in home visitation including parenting support and education. Certified Parent Educators provide personalized visits, group connections, and a resource network to support families through the most critical years of a child's development. Assist with increasing parent knowledge of early childhood development, support children's learning, connect families with needed resources, and empower families. Provides developmental screenings, mental health screening/maternal depression screening, parent/child activity groups, safe sleep education, and breastfeeding support.

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Parenting Skills Classes
Home Based Parenting Education
Provides research-based strategies to support the holistic development of the young child. Offers information and/or classes about parenting, grandparenting, discipline, child care selection, children and divorce, and money management.

Offers online professional development for early childhood professionals.

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Co-Parenting Workshops
Parenting Materials
Parenting Skills Classes
Child Care Provider Training
The Family Resource Center offers classes designed to help parents of young children understand child development and learn what to expect as their child grows.
Young Families Incentive Program for parents of young children. Parents earn points by participating in healthy, educational activities that will assist their children in a stronger future. Points are then used to 'purchase' needed infant and toddler items.

Nurturing Parenting Program classes emphasize the importance of raising children in a warm, trusting and caring household.

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Parent Support Groups
Parenting Skills Classes

All Parenting Classes are offered as follows:

Family Parenting Classes
Group
Individual

Classes can also be offered in the privacy of client's home or within the community.


Wraparound supportive services for individuals and families.

Offers parenting support and education for women and men.

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Parenting Skills Classes
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Offers ongoing educational classes for resume drafting, parenting, internet safety, child abuse prevention, etc.
Provides research-based strategies to support the holistic development of the young child. Offers information and/or classes about parenting, grandparenting, discipline, child care selection, children and divorce, and money management.

Offers online professional development for early childhood professionals.

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Co-Parenting Workshops
Parenting Materials
Parenting Skills Classes
Child Care Provider Training
Domestic violence program offers assessment and treatment. A domestic violence victim advocate is available.

Prevention and Support Services
1) 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
2) Marriage and family counseling
3) Classes: Anger Management, PREP (couple relationship skills training), Dads 101, Parent University (April)

Outreach to the military: training and briefings on intimate partner violence and child abuse awareness and prevention; needs assessments; collaboration with off-base agencies; referral resource for military families.

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Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention
Marriage and Relationships Counseling
Child Abuse Prevention
Anger Management
Abuse Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes
Home Based Parenting Education
Provides research-based strategies to support the holistic development of the young child. Offers information and/or classes about parenting, grandparenting, discipline, child care selection, children and divorce, and money management.

Offers online professional development for early childhood professionals.

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Co-Parenting Workshops
Parenting Materials
Parenting Skills Classes
Child Care Provider Training
Provides research-based strategies to support the holistic development of the young child. Offers information and/or classes about parenting, grandparenting, discipline, child care selection, children and divorce, and money management.

Offers online professional development for early childhood professionals.

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Co-Parenting Workshops
Parenting Materials
Parenting Skills Classes
Child Care Provider Training
Provides research-based strategies to support the holistic development of the young child. Offers information and/or classes about parenting, grandparenting, discipline, child care selection, children and divorce, and money management.

Offers online professional development for early childhood professionals.

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Co-Parenting Workshops
Parenting Materials
Parenting Skills Classes
Child Care Provider Training
Offers one-to-one counseling, group or family sessions for substance abuse including opioids, as well as for problem gambling. Offers substance abuse evaluation, DUI classes, restorative parenting classes, and referrals to other social services in the area.

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Drug Use Disorder Support Groups
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
DUI Offender Programs
Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Gambling Disorder Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes

Provides adolescent pregnancy prevention programs such as, Draw the Line, Love Notes and other research based curriculum to school districts and community organizations. These programs are available in 8 counties Appanoose, Clarke, Dallas, Davis, Decatur, Marion, Ringgold and Wapello Counties.


Expectant and Parenting Teen program available for Dallas, Decatur, Marion and Wapello Counties. Parents as Teachers parent education home visiting available for 0-5 in Decatur County, Iowa. Family literacy, GED/HSED available to residents in Decatur County, Iowa.

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Life Skills Education
Adult Basic Education
Literacy Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Parent/Child Instruction
Nutrition Education
Parenting Materials
Classes on the topics of drugs and alcohol, parenting, anger management, and batterers intervention.

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Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Anger Management
Parenting Skills Classes

Provides pregnant and parenting young people (under 25) with support services and parent education.

The TYPP includes home-based support and education about healthy early child development, parenting skills and positive life skills.

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Parenting Skills Classes
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Family Resource Program offers language skills, citizenship classes, translation and other assistance regarding INS documents, birth certificates, marriage certificates, high school and college diploma, educational transcripts, and health care services. Offers tax return filings to the community. Employment assistance to job seekers, and employment Bulletin Board information and referral services through bilingual radio program.

Parenting Kindly education to Asian parents.

Youth Leadership Program where youth meet every week to learn leadership skills, community and cultural involvement, and career development skills. Offers Asian Student scholarships - currently provides four (4) $500 scholarships to Asian graduating seniors from any Lincoln Public School.

Seniors Program provides weekly group education programs at the center providing health and behavioral health services to Asian elders.

Cultural education through sharing and presenting the Asian cultural information and activities in Lincoln/Lancaster County. Other cultural activities such as lectures, Tet festival, talks and a number of multi-cultural training sessions, Vietnamese and Chinese language classes, and cooking classes are organized at the Center for a wide variety of groups throughout the year. Cultural and resource orientation classes are offered to New Americans and refugees to educate and share cultural aspects that will help to the refugee community to understand and adjust to have a harmonious life.

Help consumers prepare electronic and paper applications for SNAP, unemployment, legal aid and resumes.

Volunteer opportunities available throughout the year.

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Comprehensive Information and Referral
Ethnic Oriented Multipurpose Centers
Youth Enrichment Programs
Language Translation
Parenting Skills Classes
Citizenship Education
English as a Second Language
Language Interpretation
Offer voluntary case management services to families that would like extra support to ensure a healthy mom, healthy child and healthy family. Services include home visits, prenatal, postpartum and parenting education, child development screening and education, support groups and classes, links to other resources, parent involvement opportunities, limited transportation to and from program activities and interpretation services. Bilingual case managers and interpreters are available for non-English speaking families, as available.

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Home Based Parenting Education
Parenting Materials
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
School Based Teen Parent/Pregnant Teen Programs
Case/Care Management
Parenting Skills Classes

Provides equitable access and opportunities for economic success for underserved clients. Programs include job readiness, assisting with job placement and developing skills to aid in job retention, ELL, citizenship, computer skills, resume writing, networking, cultural transition support groups and peer discussions, effective parenting, education and coaching to enhance and promote financial literacy and long-term self-sufficiency, and other skills necessary to compete in the modern workplace.

The programs address the barriers impacting low income and refugee families and their ability to move along the self-sufficiency continuum. Barriers from employment discrimination, language barriers, poverty, family conflict, transportation, financial illiteracy, and much more. Programs and class offerings are designed to be flexible to fit individual needs, and include a "high touch" service model which is both culturally competent and language specific.

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Eye Examinations
Cultural Transition Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes
Financial Literacy Training
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Job Search/Placement
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs

Provides counseling services. Services are offered in English and Spanish.

Services include:

-- DUI evaluations

-- Gambling assessments

-- Substance abuse disorder treatment

-- Gambling disorder treatment

-- Aftercare group

-- Individual counseling

-- Family counseling

-- Parenting classes

-- Anger management

-- Stress management

-- Partners and family abuse prevention

-- Gambling early intervention

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Stress Management
Gambling Disorder Counseling
Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
Anger Management
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Spouse/Intimate Partner Abuse Prevention
Parenting Skills Classes
General Counseling Services
Offers one-to-one counseling, group or family sessions for substance abuse including opioids, as well as for problem gambling. Offers substance abuse evaluation, DUI classes, restorative parenting classes, and referrals to other social services in the area.

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Drug Use Disorder Support Groups
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
DUI Offender Programs
Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Gambling Disorder Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes
Provide classes relating to pregnancy, birth and childcare to teach new skills and give confidence.

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Parent Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Offers parenting services, both enhanced and "specialized." Clients may be court ordered or voluntarily attend. The M.I.S.T.E.R. Program is a Parenting Education Class that is designed to serve the unique programmatic needs of African American fathers. Classes occur in Rockford and Freeport.