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Workforce and Innovation Opportunity Act Program | C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation

Provides activities designed to increase employment, retention, earnings, and skills in the American workforce.

Provides guidance with job readiness, job search, work-based learning, and classroom training needed to secure and retain employment and become self-sufficient.

Works on assisting out-of-school and in-school youth prepare for employment and postsecondary education opportunities, attain educational and/or skills training credentials, and secure employment with career/promotional opportunities.

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ECHO Housing and Employment Support | Cunningham Children's Home

Provides intensive case management for adults and families who are experiencing homelessness or are at risk of homelessness. Program will assist clients with obtaining and retaining stable housing and employment while developing essential life skills. Also provides transitional and independent living for DCFS referrals.

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Iowa Aftercare Services Network | Iowa Aftercare Services Network

Provides assistance for youth, ages 17 up to age 23, who are preparing to exit or have 'aged out' of foster care or other court ordered placement, meet the challenges of living independently and transition successfully to adulthood.Case Management provides coordination and linkage to available community resources.

Services include life skills training and experimental learning opportunities, assistance in obtaining and maintaining a safe and stable place to live, assistance in identifying and achieving personal education and employment goals, access to financial assistance to meet emergency or short-term needs, and assistance in obtaining medical care and mental health services.

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Daybreak Center | Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet

Provides emergency housing and supportive services to homeless individuals and families. Services include case management, information and referral to community resources, education assistance, workshops, and access to food pantry.


Cold Shelter available on nights when it is 20F or below.

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Workforce and Innovation Opportunity Act Program | C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation

Provides activities designed to increase employment, retention, earnings, and skills in the American workforce.

Provides guidance with job readiness, job search, work-based learning, and classroom training needed to secure and retain employment and become self-sufficient.

Works on assisting out-of-school and in-school youth prepare for employment and postsecondary education opportunities, attain educational and/or skills training credentials, and secure employment with career/promotional opportunities.

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Mental Health Case Management | Northwestern Medicine

Mental health case management. Aids in assessment, planning, and support for a variety of needs. Assists with housing, public income entitlements, accessing various services, and more.

Case management services include, advocacy for mental health and other services, identifying and linking individuals with necessary resources, building skills for daily living.

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Behavioral Healthcare and Integrated Care | Sinnissippi Centers

Offers a wide range of behavioral healthcare and integrated care services, including:

Individualized Treatment Services includes, comprehensive mental health and substance use assessment, counseling services, crisis stabilization, life skills development, and dual diagnosis services.

Substance use treatment services includes, outpatient treatment services, DUI evaluations and risk education, substance abuse education, substance use counseling, and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).

Psychiatric services include, medication assessment, medication monitoring, psychiatric services available in all Sinnissippi Centers' main office locations.

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Exectant and Parenting Teen Education Program | Family Place, The

Offers to create educational opportunities in which children, youth and families are productive, caring, informed, healthy, lifelong learners helping to sustain economic security through education.

Provides a Family literacy program,  and GED/HSED to residents in Decatur County, Iowa.

Offers parent education home visiting services to expectant teens and teen parents. Creating the support which children and youth will learn, grow and develop by providing parent child instruction and parenting skills classes, nutrition education and life skills education.

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Skills Training | The Arc of Winnebago, Boone, and Ogle Counties

Offers life skills training workshops for building capacity for independence.

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Workforce and Innovation Opportunity Act Program | C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation

Provides activities designed to increase employment, retention, earnings, and skills in the American workforce.

Provides guidance with job readiness, job search, work-based learning, and classroom training needed to secure and retain employment and become self-sufficient.

Works on assisting out-of-school and in-school youth prepare for employment and postsecondary education opportunities, attain educational and/or skills training credentials, and secure employment with career/promotional opportunities.

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Day Habilitation Services | Christian Opportunity Center

Supports people with disabilities in learning new skills in the following areas: intellectual functioning, physical and emotional health and development, language and communication, cognitive functioning, social and community integration, functional skill development, behavior management, responsibility and self direction, daily living activities, self advocacy and mobility.

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Iowa Aftercare Services Network | Children's Square USA

Assistance for youth, 18 - 21 years of age, who have 'aged out' of foster care, meet the challenges of living independently, and achieve self efficiency.

Case management provides coordination and linkage to available community resources.

Services include life skills training and experimental learning opportunities, assistance in obtaining and maintaining a safe and stable place to live, assistance in identifying and achieving personal education and employment goals, access to financial assistance to meet emergency or short-term needs, and assistance in obtaining medical care and mental health services.

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Adult Education Classes - Getting Ahead in a Just Gettin’ By World | Omaha Bridges Out of Poverty, Inc.

Using an evidence-based poverty alleviation curriculum, individuals attend an 8-10 week long Getting Ahead class in a cohort of 12-14 people meeting once or twice per week, followed by Life Skill Coaching with certified coaches for as long as needed.

Individuals identify resources, tools, and skills needed to remove barriers to success in their lives. Participants, aka “Investigators”, investigate the root causes of poverty and how to make changes needed in their lives toward stability and self-sufficiency, through learning soft skills, SMART goal setting, building assets, decreasing debts, increasing salary and wages, learning and discussing hidden rules of economic classes, learning emotional regulation, and much more.

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Lifeskills Program | Fifth Street Renaissance/SARA Center

Provides a holistic approach to changing unhealthy lifestyles, addressing issues that have caused chronic homelessness and preventing relapse to offend. Program uses group, one-on-one, referral, and follow-up contact to address all barriers to healthy, independent living.

These barriers may include, domestic violence, mental health, physical health, substance abuse, parenting, sexual health, employment issues, literacy and educational advancement, and budgeting and maintaining a household.

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Skills Series | ATLAS of Lyon County

Offers educational courses which are free to the public. Each month a different topic is explored. Vouchers to ATLAS's Christmas Store or School Supply drives may be earned by attendees for active participation.

Courses offered may vary and may cover topics such as:

- Public Speaking

- Setting Boundaries

- Learning to Budget

- Grief Recovery

- Life Skills for Teens

- Parenting

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Community Classes | Catholic Charities, Diocese of Joliet

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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Adult Services | Maze of Life Resource Center

Provides programs and training for adults, including:

- Life skills training

- Counseling

- Life and health coaching

- Health and wellness training

- Career coaching and job application/resume training

- Financial literacy

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Independent Living Option (ILO) | Rutledge Youth Foundation

Program provides monthly subsidies to clients for rent, food, and utilities while the youth either works full time or attends school. While in the program, youths receive up to 7 hours per week of case management services, which focus heavily on teaching youths to shop, budget, and prioritize among other independent living skills.

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Recovery Life Skills Classes | Together We Can

Helps individuals learn skills and utilize tools to create and maintain wellness and to make choices that lead to healthier outcomes. Part of the process includes creating a Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) - which helps individuals discover simple, safe, and effective tools to create and maintain wellness, develop a daily plan to stay on track with life and wellness goals, and identify what throws goals off track and develop a plan to keep moving forward. This is led by trained facilitators who will also do follow-up to see if the plan needs updated at least twice a year.

Also offers the writing SMART Goals class. Here the person learns to write goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound. This is done by breaking down objectives into smaller, more manageable components that are easy to track and achieve. The goals can be about anything in the person’s life.

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Community Support | Liberty Centre Services

Assists with life skills, such as self-care, cooking and money management.  Also assists people with navigating their housing needs, benefit coordination, community resources, medications, therapy appointments and doctor appointments as well as supported employment.

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Behavioral Healthcare and Integrated Care | Sinnissippi Centers

Offers a wide range of behavioral healthcare and integrated care services, including:

Individualized Treatment Services includes, comprehensive mental health and substance use assessment, counseling services, crisis stabilization, life skills development, and dual diagnosis services.

Substance use treatment services includes, outpatient treatment services, DUI evaluations and risk education, substance abuse education, substance use counseling, and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).

Psychiatric services include, medication assessment, medication monitoring, psychiatric services available in all Sinnissippi Centers' main office locations.

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Special Education Services | Des Moines Public Schools

Provides an educational program for children and youth ages 12-21 with intellectual disabilities. The program stresses self-help skills, communication skills, socialization skills, functional academics, and vocational skills. Referrals for school enrollment come from the student's special education program. Ruby Van Meter also has a Related Arts program that provides education in the areas of Physical Education, Music, Work Experience, Home Living Skills and Swimming.

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Education Services | Western Nebraska Community College

Community college.

GED preparation and testing.

ESL - English as a Second language classes.

Adult basic education, including literacy, job seeking, and life skills education.

Citizenship preparation.

Tutors available in various locations in the Panhandle.

Single parent / displaced homemaker program provides career counseling, dependent care, non-traditional training, skills training, technology training, books and tuition, personal counseling, support groups, and transportation. Contact a student services advisor for information.

Veterans Upward Bound programs offer intensive basic skills development and short-term remedial courses for military veterans to help them successfully transition to post-secondary education.

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Community Programs | Rooted for Good

Provides agricultural and life skills services to individuals with developmental disabilities. Also provides a food pantry and mobile meal program. Works with Dekalb School District 428 on food education for students.

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