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Recovery support groups for those overcoming the dual hurdles of addiction and past criminal justice involvement. Family members, friends, and allies of recovery are also welcome.

Provides peer-led support groups for any adult who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. In-person and Zoom meetings available.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Peer to Peer Networking

Offers a self-help group for adults with Depression & Bipolar Disorder. The purpose of the group is to offer a supportive place for people with depression and bipolar disorder to gather on a regular basis for support and encouragement.

Significant others are welcome.

Offers support groups for family and loved ones of adults living with mental illness. Also available in Spanish (Grupo de Apoyo Familiares de NAMI).

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Provides information and support group for persons who have Alopecia (a condition resulting in loss of bodily hair). Call for meeting times and locations.

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Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Offers opportunities to meet new people and explore new places. Helps members navigate the complex world of friendship and connection. Social Coaches work with individuals and groups to build skills that create fulfilling connections. Membership is required.

-- Social Opportunities: Provides weekly events where members can connect with other members with disabilities. Staff support members as much as they need. The purpose of social opportunities is to meet other people and explore community spaces.

-- Co-Op Meetings: Provides quarterly information sessions to members with disabilities and their families (who are also members). Provides information about disability services in the area and how to better utilize Community Choices services and programs. Co-Op meetings also include a 30-minute social time for everyone to connect and catch up with the cooperative community.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Developmental Disabilities Day Habilitation Programs

Information resource to headache sufferers, their families, and the health care providers who treat them. Information on types of headaches as well as a physician finder.

Support community via chat rooms and blogs.

Promotes research into potential headache causes and treatments.

Public education regarding headaches.

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Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Offers individualized services and supports to families who have a child with a developmental disability or other special needs. Offering to assist families in understanding systems of support that are often fragmented and difficult to access. Provides, information and referrals, respite services, parenting skills classes, support groups and social opportunities.

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Parenting Skills Classes
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information
Children's In Home Respite Care
Families/Friends of Individuals With Health/Disabilities Related Issues Support Groups
Specialized Information and Referral
Connects you with other parents who have worked through troubling behaviors, medical procedures, and other challenges that may be similar to issues you are experiencing.
Matches those people who are waiting for an organ transplant or have recently received a transplant with a mentor who has successfully received an organ transplant. This is a free, confidential, one-on-one service for advice and support.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Offers free support groups for those impacted by dementia.

Offers support groups for individuals who have experienced strokes or cancer and individuals who had weight loss surgery.

Offers a variety of senior-centered activities and programming which include:
- Congregate Meals ("Peace Meal")
- Computer lab
- Fitness Center
- Grief, Caregiver, and Parkinson's support groups
- Transportation offered, within a 7-mile radius, reservation required

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Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Senior Centers
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Congregate Meals/Nutrition Sites

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

Offering The GROW program which is based on education and support. Group meetings are held weekly and include monthly social activities as well as personal contact throughout the year.

People come to GROW with diverse problems in living, such as mental health issues, emotional troubles, or difficulty coping with grief, loneliness, depression, anger, anxiety, or stress. Through leadership, education and community building; individuals attending weekly group meetings are given the tools and support to help in recovery, prevention and personal growth.

All services and groups are anonymous and confidential.

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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Fall Prevention Programs
Weight Management
Therapeutic Exercise
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Support groups available for mindfulness meditation, anxiety, smoking cessation, and overeating.

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Smoking Addiction Support Groups
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Blind Rehabilitation Services provides advanced low vision optometry, legally blind rehabilitation, and visual impairment support for veterans. The program includes opportunities for mutual support among individuals with visual impairments, fostering the sharing of information, resources, practical tips for daily living, and encouragement. Eligibility is limited to veterans who meet the required guidelines.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Condition Specific Rehabilitation Services

Provides support groups for a variety of medical conditions and diseases. Call to find out more information about which support groups are offered and where.

Provides case management services for individuals living with HIV/AIDS. Also prescribes PrEP and offers non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis.

Programming includes:

-- Medical case management

-- Support groups

-- Oral health care

-- Housing services

-- Utility support

-- Primary medical care

-- Nutrition services

-- Vaccination programs

-- Transportation assistance

-- Mental health services

-- Legal assistance (for eligible individuals within the care connect region)

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AIDS/HIV Clinics
Case/Care Management
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Offers support groups for:

-- Brain injuries.

-- Caregivers.

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Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Support group information for patients and their families.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Provides community to women and men dealing with infertility, connecting them with others who can help, empowering them to find resolution, and advocating for access to all family building options.

Peer led support groups are hosted by a volunteer and are composed of a varying number of people. Groups are often "drop in" in nature and last about two hours. Groups currently meeting in Bellevue, Nebraska and in Coralville, Waterloo, and Burlington, Iowa.

Support groups are led by a mental health professional. Individuals can process feeling relating to infertility or their family building efforts. Often composed of 8 to 10 individuals or 4 to 5 couples and scheduled weekly for 10-12 weeks. Support group leaders often have an intake appointment with each participant prior to the start of the group.

Helpline.

Online support community.

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Infertility Support Groups
Medical Information Services
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information
Provides support groups for individuals with cancer diagnoses and their loved ones.
Provides information and support for those suffering from fibromyalgia and/or chronic pain.