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Offers a comprehensive mental health center that provides outpatient individual, family, and group psychotherapy. Services include mental health evaluations to screen, diagnose, and plan treatment for individuals experiencing acute or chronic psychiatric issues. Psychiatric case management is available to assess needs, coordinate services, and monitor progress to ensure effective care.

Integrated Health and Community Outreach Programs are offered, including Jail Diversion programs, Integrated Health programs, and Support Community Living programs. Life skills education is provided to help individuals develop the knowledge and skills necessary for independent living, addressing areas such as job search, money management, nutrition, home management, and health care.

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Diversion Programs
Life Skills Education
General Counseling Services
Psychiatric Case Management
Mental Health Evaluation
Integrated Physical/Mental Health Services
The Training Advancement Skills in the Community (TASC) Day Habilitation program is an organized program of activities designed to foster the acquisition of skills, build positive social behavior and interpersonal competence, greater independence and personal choice. Day Habilitation services are designed and developed in a manner that is individualized and focused on enabling the member to attain or maintain their maximum potential. TASC defines the scope of these services and supports based on the identified needs and desires of the person served. Services offered enable and enhance the member's: intellectual functioning, physical and emotional health and development, language and communication development, cognitive functioning, socialization and community integration, functional skill development, behavior management, responsibility and self direction, daily living skills, self-advocacy skills or mobility.

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Social Skills Training
Behavior Modification
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Life Skills Education

Helps youth achieve positive growth and development, improve expectations and capabilities for future success, and avoid and/or reduce risk-taking behavior.

Offers academic enrichment, life skills education, parental involvement, recreational/cultural opportunities, positive adult mentors, and community service.

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Youth Violence Prevention
Youth Enrichment Programs
Life Skills Education

Offers to help individuals who have been in foster care move towards stability and self-sufficiency in six areas: education, employment, housing, health, life skills and relationships.

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Life Skills Education
Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups

Tenant education program that helps people learn how to find and keep decent rental housing and how to become more successful renters. Renters who complete this program of six modules earn a certificate of completion to show potential landlords and property managers that they want to be reliable tenants.

Rent Wise modules are offered quarterly.

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Financial Literacy Training
Life Skills Education

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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Life Skills Education
Mobile Food Pantry Programs
Nutrition Education
Food Pantries

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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High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Community Colleges
Literacy Programs
High School Equivalency/GED Test Sites
Tutoring Services
Career Counseling
Adult Basic Education
Citizenship Education
English as a Second Language
Life Skills Education

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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General Counseling Services
Life Skills Education
Career Counseling
General Health Education Programs
Financial Literacy Training

A 12-week education course for individuals who are unemployed, underemployed, or hard-to-employ designed to promote personal growth and professional success. Program participants receive mentors, weekly job leads and referrals, transportation, food, housing, and more. A job fair is held at the end of each course.

Offers a state-wide transitional and independent living coaching program, that includes educational and financial literacy programming, designed to provide support and guidance to youth and young adults ages 14-26 who have foster care or experience, are pregnant/parenting, or are homeless/near homeless.

Coaching assists these youth and young adults with the challenges of becoming independent. A Coach will work one-on-one with each of these youth to access their strengths and abilities, as well as assist the youth in identifying their personal vision for becoming a successful independent adult. A Coach will assist them in their time of transition and provide ongoing support.

Provides day and respite services, and addresses individual needs and desires for care, for informed choices and the individual's vision for the future. OWL is an approved provider for the Brain Injury Waiver Program, which was created by Iowa State Legislature in 1996. Services provided through the program include, supported Community Living-designed to assist the consumer with daily living needs, which includes, but are not limited to, community skills, personal needs, budgeting, social skills, home management and individual advocacy.

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Independent Living Skills Instruction
Life Skills Education
Supported Living Services for Adults With Disabilities
Services helping older, unconnected youth age 14-25 voluntarily transition successfully into adulthood. Examples of eligible youth would be those currently or formerly in foster care, homeless or near homeless without family support, past involvement with the juvenile justice system, or those on probation that meet specific qualifying circumstances.

Offers leadership opportunities, financial literacy and asset-building through Opportunity Passport, central navigation to connect to services, coaching toward goals, and gap funding for essential services or resources.

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Life Skills Education
Temporary Financial Assistance
Case/Care Management

Provides in-house and community based opportunities for those struggling with a disability, empowering them to work on their life goals and become more active in their community.

Offers assistance with money skills training, using public transportation in the community, learning community safety skills, choosing appropriate clothing, filling out job applications, and practicing interviewing skills.

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Life Skills Education
Prejob Guidance
Prevocational Training

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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In Person Crisis Intervention
Alcohol Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Drug Use Disorder Education/Prevention
Psychiatric Medication Services
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Mental Health Evaluation
Integrated Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment
Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
General Psychiatry
Medication Based Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
Life Skills Education
General Counseling Services

Offers to teach the life skills necessary to prevent further involvement with the criminal justice system. Life skills taught include, Decision-making, Conflict resolution, Coping, Communication, Future goal development.

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.

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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High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Community Colleges
Literacy Programs
High School Equivalency/GED Test Sites
Tutoring Services
Career Counseling
Adult Basic Education
Citizenship Education
English as a Second Language
Life Skills Education

Provides transition service programs to prepare students for adult life based on their goals, interests, and abilities.

Programs include:

- Transition Club; a weekly after-school program for students who will be transitioning from high school to adulthood

- S.T.A.R.; a spring break program for students to learn independent living skills, public transportation, employment, and residential options

- S.T.W.S.P.; a one-week program for students who are interested in preparing for employment and is designed for students who need increased staff support

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.
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.
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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Supported Employment
Life Skills Education
Mental Health Related Community Support Services (CSS)
Support and mentorship for high school girls ages 15-18. Offers weekly sessions in the evening related to careers, college, financial literacy, and identity development/diversity.
Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Music Therapy, Speech Therapy, Exercise and Sports Development Program, Counseling and Psychological Services, Nursing Services, Life Skills, Dietary services, Recreational Services.

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Life Skills Education
General Counseling Services
Occupational Therapy
Physical Therapy
Speech Therapy
Nutrition Education

Provides special education services to students, ages 5 to 21, diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Classroom placements are determined by grade, ability levels and communication needs. The program utilizes Structured Teacch and Applied Behavior Analysis.

Bridge to Independence Program serves students aged 18-21, offering personalized chances to earn graduation credits. Emphasizing practical life and social skills, students are expected to secure and keep employment. Vocational training is mandatory, and "Bridge Entrepreneurial Projects" offer extra opportunities.

K -12 students, classrooms have a clear structure, using varied teaching methods and ongoing assessments. Students face stimulating materials and are motivated to showcase their knowledge and skills creatively and traditionally.

Vocational Services around 50-60% of students receive vocational services, covering career exploration, resume development, skills training, and hands-on work experiences.

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.