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Provides accurate information on adoption, and lifelong support, so the family is successful in meeting the child's best interest by offering the following services and resources:

Provides free and confidential pregnancy counseling for families, every step of the way; before, during, and after the birth of the child.

Assistance with making an adoption plan or parenting plan.

Parenting education.

Support and education for baby's father on request.

Home studies for prospective adoptive parents.

Newborn care home for baby as a safe haven.

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Crisis Pregnancy Hotlines
Pregnancy Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes
Adoption Services

Offers:

- Systematic Training for Effective Parenting (STEP) for those interested in learning additional parenting skills.

- Children First, a two-session educational program for divorcing parents.

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Parenting Skills Classes
Co-Parenting Workshops
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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Parenting Skills Classes
Child Care Provider Training
Co-Parenting Workshops
Parenting Materials
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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Parenting Skills Classes
Child Care Provider Training
Co-Parenting Workshops
Parenting Materials
Offers several educational opportunities for parents to learn about trauma, sexual abuse, and other topics. See website for updated course list.

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Child Abuse Prevention
Parenting Skills Classes
General Abuse Prevention
Baby Bucks helps participants earn points by going to doctor appointments, taking parenting classes, having and keeping a job, or volunteering. Points can be used in the Baby Bucks store to obtain baby and maternity items.
Foster care and emergency foster care. Respite care for children in foster care or with natural parents. Home studies for prospective foster and relative placements for children.

Family Support / Community Treatment Aide helps parents create a healthy and positive home environment. Ensures proper care, safety and guidance of children, creates alternative support systems, and achieves self-sufficiency. Specialists usually meet with parent, youth or the entire family in their home, school or community setting to provide education, assistance, crisis intervention and support.

Parent Assist Service assists parents with 'at risk' youth by educating them on how to set rules, expectations and consequences and by providing them with information to additional resources.

Parent education classes.

Drug testing.

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Foster Homes for Dependent Children
Foster Parent/Family Recruitment
Parenting Skills Classes
Home Based Parenting Education
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
Provide classes relating to pregnancy, birth and childcare to teach new skills and give confidence.

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Parenting Skills Classes
Parent Counseling
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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Parenting Skills Classes
Child Care Provider Training
Co-Parenting Workshops
Parenting Materials
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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Parenting Skills Classes
Child Care Provider Training
Co-Parenting Workshops
Parenting Materials
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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Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
DUI Offender Programs
Parenting Skills Classes
Gambling Disorder Counseling
Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Drug Use Disorder Support Groups

Offers a sixteen-week intensive program that is family-based and designed for the prevention and treatment of child abuse and neglect.

Individual and family coaching sessions include modeling positive parenting skills and techniques individualized for each family.

Assists teenage and other at-risk mothers and their infants from conception up to 3 years of age.

Services provided:

-- Prenatal education.

-- Postnatal education.

-- Parenting skills classes.

-- Assistance with ongoing infant needs up to 3 years of age.

-- Assistance with infant Diapers Guidance.

-- Information and referrals to supportive services as needed.

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Diapers
Specialized Information and Referral
Childbirth Education
Parenting Skills Classes
Provides the following services:

Direct Clinical Services such as Outpatient Therapy: Individual, Family and Group, Psychiatric Evaluation, Medication Management, Psychological Evaluation and Testing, and Child Sexual Abuse Victim Treatment: Individual and Group.

School Based Mental Health and Outreach Services such as Outpatient Therapy at school and other locations, Child Mental Health training for school personnel, Case oriented consultation for school personnel, and Case Management Services like Healthy Start/Empowerment.

Early Childhood Mental Health Services Birth to age 5 such as Information and resources, Classroom observations, Professional training and education workshops, and Mental health assessment and treatment.

Community Services include Parent child skill building groups and Parent Education using Parents as Teachers model.

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School Based Integrated Services
Sexual Assault Counseling
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Psychiatric Case Management
Psychiatric Medication Services
Mental Health Evaluation
Parenting Skills Classes
Child Guidance
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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Parenting Skills Classes
Child Care Provider Training
Co-Parenting Workshops
Parenting Materials
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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Parenting Skills Classes
Child Care Provider Training
Co-Parenting Workshops
Parenting Materials

Classes on the topics of drugs and alcohol, parenting, anger management, and batterers intervention.

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

Offers community classes covering a variety of topics including Life Skills Training - Family Life Series, Stepping Up, personal development, anger management, and Positive Parenting.

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Anger Management
Parenting Skills Classes
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Life Skills 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.

Categories

Parenting Skills Classes
Child Care Provider Training
Co-Parenting Workshops
Parenting Materials
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.

Categories

Parenting Skills Classes
Child Care Provider Training
Co-Parenting Workshops
Parenting Materials
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.

Categories

Parenting Skills Classes
Child Care Provider Training
Co-Parenting Workshops
Parenting Materials

Provides accurate information on adoption, and lifelong support, so the family is successful in meeting the child's best interest by offering the following services and resources:

Provides free and confidential pregnancy counseling for families, every step of the way; before, during, and after the birth of the child.

Assistance with making an adoption plan or parenting plan.

Parenting education.

Support and education for baby's father on request.

Home studies for prospective adoptive parents.

Newborn care home for baby as a safe haven.

Categories

Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Crisis Pregnancy Hotlines
Pregnancy Counseling
Parenting Skills Classes
Adoption Services
Free classes, workshops, and support groups. Topics include nutrition education, computer skills, money management, employability, parents empowerment, self-esteem, stress management, anger management, and more.

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Nutrition Education
Financial Literacy Training
Anger Management
Parenting Skills Classes
Computer Literacy Training Programs

Offers to empower, support and advocate for foster, adoptive and kinship families across Iowa. IFAPA provides support, training and resources to promote safety, permanency and well-being for Iowa's children. Information and referrals are provided as well as parenting materials and skills classes. This is a private, non-profit organization. This is an affiliate of the National Foster Parents Association.

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Child Welfare/Family Services Associations
Parenting Skills Classes
Parenting Materials

Provides juvenile diversion services - call for specific program services.

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Parenting Skills Classes
Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
Diversion Programs