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Services include:
-- Respite care grant program
-- Equipment loan pool with delivery provided
-- Education regarding ALS and its impact on the family
-- One-on-one support
-- Support groups for patients, friends, and family members affected by ALS
-- Community referrals
-- Children's funds/grants
-- Brad Meyer Memorial Scholarship Fund

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Disease/Disability Information
Medical Equipment/Supplies
Respite Care Subsidies
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Provides a variety of health and disability support groups.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Provides support groups for individuals with cancer diagnoses and their loved ones.
Combines treatment and education within an individualized diabetes treatment program encompassing the critical areas of diet, medication, exercise, motivation, and emotional support. Offers a range of specialized programs and services, including a diabetes resource library and support groups for patients and their families.

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Diabetes Management Clinics
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Provides support groups that are set up based on need.

Neurological Support Group meetings fourth Tuesday of every month in the main floor conference room. Group is for patient or caregiver and includes Parkinson's, Lou Gehrig's, Alzheimer's, Huntington's or any other affliction that has brought on neurological challenges. The group is for either the person afflicted or the caregiver. Call for times.

Easterseals provides pediatric:

- Physical therapy.

- Behavioral Therapy (Social Worker).

- Mental Health(Social Worker).

- Mental Health Screenings.

- Aquatic therapy (summer only).

- Occupational therapy (summer only).

- Feeding Therapy (summer only).

- Summer Groups. - Autism lending library.

-Full Medical Autism Diagnostic Clinic.

-AAC Clinic.

-Seating and Mobility Clinic.

- English and Spanish Autism Parent Support Groups.

- Autism Newsletter English and Spanish.

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Occupational Therapy
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Mental Health Evaluation
Physical Therapy
Autism Therapy
Medical Social Work

Care Groups are supportive small groups that are designed to provide emotional and spiritual growth to individuals. Eastview offers the following small groups:

- Boundaries
- Domestic Abuse (women only)
- Divorce Care
- Financial Peace University
- Grief Share
- Healing from Depression
- Sexual Abuse (women only)
- Sexual Integrity (men only)
- Veterans Support
- Cancer Support (for those with cancer and caregivers)
- Recovery
- Parenting Support

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Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Veteran Support Groups
General Addictions/Substance Use Disorder Support Groups
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Parent Support Groups
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Separation/Divorce Support Groups

Offers a wide range of cancer care services to those seeking cancer treatment. Services include both inpatient and outpatient cancer treatment, oncology, radiation and ancillary services. Support groups for those going through cancer treatment, and their family members, are available. Call to get more information on when and where support groups are offered.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Cancer Clinics

Free support services for those with eating disorders, their friends and family.

Help line by telephone.

Support groups throughout the country.

Therapist and clinic referrals.

Peer mentorship programs.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information

Shares information on local parent support group meetings, such as the ASK (Autism Spectrum of Kearney) parent group or the Down's Syndrome Parent Support Group.

Provides a virtual place to come together as individuals, age 18 and older, to share our unique, yet common, experience as people who have a common story of losing a friend or loved one to death by suicide. Facilitators are trained by American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and attendance is ongoing for as long as is helpful.

Provides a variety of support groups for adult and teens living with symptoms or a diagnosis of a mental health condition. Also provides a family support group for individuals who have a loved one living with a mental health condition.

Support group offered include:

- Connections Group (adult group available in English and Spanish).

- Family Support (adult group available in English and Spanish).

- BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) Support Group (adult group).

- LGBTQ+ Support Group (adult group).

- Teen Support Group.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Cancer education includes brochures, speakers, signs and methods for prevention and detection, and covers topics such as breast cancer, colon cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, and smoking. Support group information also available. Contact by phone for services.

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Tobacco Use Education/Prevention
Breast Self Examination Instruction
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information

Provides a support group for adolescents and adults living with a mental health condition, including depression, mood disorders, and other mental health conditions.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Offers the following support groups: Alcoholics Anonymous, Alzheimer's Caregivers Support Group, GriefShare, and Special session "Surviving the Holidays" in November.

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Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Parent support groups for parents of special needs children (developmental disabilities, behavioral/emotional disorders, or physical challenges).

Parenting classes.

Information and referral.

Educational materials and quarterly newsletter.

Trained advocates can attend meetings with parents, such as court hearings and IEPs, and can meet one on one in home to address parenting concerns.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Home Based Parenting Education
Parenting Skills Classes

Alzheimer's support group held the second Monday of each month at 1 pm.

Life after Loss support group held the third Tuesday of each month at 5 pm.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Offers a variety of health and mental health related support groups. To find out more information about the different support groups call Access to Health.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
General Mental Health Support Groups

Offers referrals to services that are available statewide. Educational materials are available. Call for locations of support groups. Customized Epilepsy education programs are available for a variety of audiences, which includes seizure recognition and first aid certification, seizure training for school personnel and seizure training for school nurses at Learn.Epilepsy.com. Annual Iowa Seizure Smart Conference features clinicians and other epilepsy experts, and introduces participants to a wide range of topics of interest to persons with epilepsy and their families.

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Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Designated dual-diagnosis/co-occurring mental health & substance abuse treatment facility. Gateway is able to provide treatment to those with substance use disorder, with or without a mental health diagnosis.

Substance use treatment options vary by location, but may include:

-- Residential treatment.

-- Outpatient treatment.

-- Virtual addiction treatment.

-- Detoxification.

Services may include:

-- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT).

-- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

-- Dilectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

-- Co-Occuring Diagnosis/Dual Diagnosis Treatment.

-- Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT).

-- Mindfulness-Based Sobriety.

-- Motivational Interviewing (MI).

-- Recovery Support Groups.

-- Trauma-Responsive Treatment.

-- 12-Step Facilitation.

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Transitional Housing/Shelter
General Counseling Services
Gambling Disorder Counseling
Inpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Medication Based Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
DUI Offender Programs
Integrated Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment
Education, information, advocacy, family networking, and support programs to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.

Coordinates vacations for individuals with developmental disabilities to various locations such as San Antonio Texas, Chicago Illinois, and Alaska by rail. Vacationers pay for the trip of their choice, with trained caregivers providing assistance at a 1:3 ratio.

Support groups.

People First self-advocacy group for people over the age of 18 who have a developmental disability.

Family Connections monthly informal gathering that offers a menu of speakers for family members with or without disabilities during the educational sessions.

Support for Inclusive Recreation.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Travel
Disability Awareness Training
Disability Rights Groups

Community-based Wellness Programs provide solutions to improve the quality of life for people living with chronic health issues.

LiveStrong at the Y helps cancer survivors increase strength and endurance, better their mental health, and build support with others that have also walked the difficult journey.

In Brain and Body, those with Parkinson's or other neurological conditions engage in physical and mental exercises that improve balance, memory, and more.

Y Weight Loss is designed for individuals looking to lose weight through education, personalized goal setting, and small, sustainable changes.

The Mills County YMCA only offers Y Weight Loss and the YMCA Healthy Living Center only offers Brain and Body.

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Therapeutic Exercise
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Fall Prevention Programs
Weight Management

MS Navigators are highly skilled, compassionate professionals who help connect clients to the information, resources and support needed to move their life with multiple sclerosis forward. These supportive partners help clients navigate the challenges of MS that are unique to their situation.

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Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Provides free programs and services to people impacted by cancer, which are offered from the point of diagnosis through early survivorship. Services include:

- Medical Presentations

- Counseling and Social Work Services

- Survivorship Programs

- Support Groups

- Stress Management

- Touch Therapy

- Healing Through Art

- Wig Boutique and Beautiful You Workshops

- Nutrition Classes

- Mindful Movements

- Individualized Exercise Program

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Natural Hair/Wig Donation Programs
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Counseling
Works to achieve widespread emotional acceptance and intellectual understanding about the misconceptions and lack of information about blindness. Contact for information on chapters and support groups across the state.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups