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Support groups available for mindfulness meditation, anxiety, smoking cessation, and overeating.

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Smoking Addiction Support Groups
Health/Disability Related 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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General Mental Health Support Groups
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Parent Resource Information and Support Meetings (PRISM) monthly support and educational / informational meetings for parents whose children (of any age) have disabilities. Educational classes for adults and teens with disabilities, call for reservations if child care is needed. Some transportation is available; call for information.

Parent to Parent Omaha offers parent to parent support for families of newly-diagnosed children with developmental disabilities.

Just Friends is a peer mentoring and friendship program that gives adolescents with developmental disabilities the opportunity to participate in social and recreational activities with adolescents who do not have developmental disabilities. Staff members provide support to participants, offer monthly social events and provide educational classes.

Best Buddies is a peer mentoring program for young adults with developmental disabilities. Through this program, young adults with developmental disabilities are matched to local college students and participate in social recreational activities. Individuals with disabilities experience friendships with their peers and feel included.

Recreational activities include STARS Basketball League and First Chapter Book Club.

Ultimate Life is a fee-based companion program in which Community Living Specialists (CLS) accompany adults with developmental disabilities to various activities. The program was created to provide opportunities for individuals to participate in the community in activities of their choosing with someone other than a parent and/or staff and consumers from residential settings.

Advocacy and referral source of information on developmental disabilities for the community. Provides disability awareness training for community groups as well as students in area colleges who are majoring in medicine, special education and related fields; provides a voice in the community for issues that affect people with developmental disabilities.

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Disease/Disability Information
Peer to Peer Networking
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Full service hospital. Additional services include Meals on Wheels, Behavioral Health services, both inpatient and outpatient, Monthly outpatient clinics, Alzheimer's support group.

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Inpatient Mental Health Facilities
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
General Counseling Services
Home Delivered Meals
Hospitals

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

Provides hope to cancer patients and their families. In June 2023, Gems of Hope and its programs joined the Nassif Community Cancer Center and St. Luke's Foundation. Both the Community Cancer Center and St. Luke's Foundation are committed to the mission of Gems of Hope and continuing its programs and fundraising efforts to benefit local cancer patients in Eastern Iowa.

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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Medication Based Treatment for Substance Use Disorders
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
General Counseling Services
Integrated Co-Occurring Disorders Treatment
Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Inpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Gambling Disorder Counseling
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
DUI Offender Programs
Provides information and referral, creates public awareness, fosters a supportive environment, and raises funds for research.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information

Education, research, and support programs for families, individuals and physicians to benefit those with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Support group for those who have Crohn's Disease and or Ulcerative Colitis and their family and friends. Multiple groups are located across Nebraska and Iowa, see website or call for details.

The national Information Resource Center offers specialists for a specific resource, referrals to other organizations, or answers to questions.

Support groups include Serving Persons in Crisis Everyday (SPICE), Alcoholics Anonymous women's group, and Grief Share.

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Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Offers education and information for those who have endometriosis. Can also provide information about where to go for help with Endometriosis Surgery or Adenomyosis Disease/Surgery.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information

Offers many different support groups, including caregiver education, wellness for clients identifying as women and men or gender expansive, new diagnosis, youth support, balanced wellness, and Spanish speaking.

Offers group counseling services that integrates mental health treatment with that for substance abuse. This enables clients to learn skills to manage mental health challenges as well as skills related to substance use modification, which can significantly enhance their success rates.

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Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Psychiatric Disorder Counseling
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment
The Family Resource Center offers a Cancer Support Group on the 1st Thursday each month from 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm. The group is open to anyone with cancer and meets at the Family Resource Center.
Provides information for various health/disability-related support groups.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
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.

Committed to increasing access to quality health care, ensuring survivors and families are connected with the proper resources, educating healthcare and service providers regarding brain injury, and continuing to increase awareness and understanding of brain injury.

Support groups held around the state of Nebraska and in Council Bluffs, Iowa.

Services include:

- Resource Facilitation: Works collaboratively with individuals and community service providers to develop a support system for individuals living with a brain injury, including but not limited to finding and sharing informational resources, making referrals to service providers, connecting individuals with peer support groups, and providing personalized case management services.

- Community Education: Works to educate individuals and communities and bring awareness to the impact of brain injury through educational presentations, brain injury training, and awareness campaigns. This includes educating families, communities, and organizations about the unique needs of individuals with brain injuries to help remove the stigma and confusion about brain injury, in additional to teaching ways to prevent or reduce the risk of brain injuries.

- Advocacy: Advocates for the brain injury community at the state government level by following legislative proceedings and speaking for or against bills as it benefits individuals affected by a brain injury.

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Case/Care Management
Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities

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

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Health/Disability Related Support 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
Weight Management
Fall Prevention Programs

Offers group counseling services that integrates mental health treatment with that for substance abuse. This enables clients to learn skills to manage mental health challenges as well as skills related to substance use modification, which can significantly enhance their success rates.

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Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Psychiatric Disorder Counseling
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Provides information for potential, current or family members of Lyme disease patients. Information available for health care providers too.

Support Groups in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City, Council Bluffs, Grinnell (Jasper County) and Davenport, Bremer County (Waverly).

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Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Offers a program that matches trained volunteer breast cancer survivors to people living with breast cancer through face to face visits or by phone.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Alzheimer's Support Groups.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Fights type 1 diabetes (T1D) by funding research, advocating for policies that accelerate access to new therapies, and providing a support network for millions of people around the world impacted by T1D.

Outreach program includes the delivery of a Bag of Hope or Adult T1D Kit for families. Mentor families are provided to those newly diagnosed. Support groups for families and adults meet monthly.

Educational brochures and videos, newsletter with information both locally and nationally on fundraising events, research and products.

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Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Support group for Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA) or brain-injury survivors and their family members, caregivers, and friends. Provides education on issues affecting CVA and support for all involved. Aphasia is an impairment of the ability to use or comprehend words, usually acquired as a result of stroke or other brain injury.