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Provides help to parents of young children through regular in-home visits and groups, the services provide parents with the education and skill building they need to raise children in a happy and healthy home.

Provides support groups for anyone who is parenting. Groups are a tool for relieving stress by allowing parents to discuss issues they are going through. These groups are a way for parents to find community and support.

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Adoption and Foster/Kinship Care Support Groups
Parent Support Groups

Provides help to parents of young children through regular in-home visits and groups, the services provide parents with the education and skill building they need to raise children in a happy and healthy home.

Provides fellowship and support to members, and information about the joys and challenges of raising twins, triplets and more in Des Moines and the surrounding area.

Provides support, friendship and connections with other families who are raising multiples.

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Parent Support Groups
Pregnancy/Childbirth Support Groups

Provides mental health services and assessments to children, teens, adults and seniors. Services include counseling, psychiatric services, family-based treatment for eating disorders, support groups for parents and single mothers, wilderness challenge program for teens, community seminars on mental health and family-related topics.

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Eating Disorders Treatment
Adolescent/Youth Counseling
Psychiatric Disorder Counseling
Wilderness Therapy Programs
Geriatric Counseling
General Counseling Services
Parent Support Groups
Mental Health Information/Education

Educates and equips parents and children with necessary tools for healthy relationships. Services are administered through parent coaching and mentoring, parent support groups, support groups for parents with children with disabilities, camp experiences for children, connection to community resources and emotional and financial (when available) support.

Parenting support including a moms discussion group (in English and Spanish), teen parents group, and a parenting skills class offered as a group or individually.

Grandparent support group meets monthly.

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Parent Support Groups
Parenting Skills Classes

Offers small parent-child groups designed for families with children, birth to 3 years, to share parenting questions and concerns, to celebrate their babies' achievements, and to have fun with books, toys, songs, and fingerplays. These take place in a variety of community sites.

Provides support services to pregnant and parenting teens and their families through home visits with a pediatric nurse practitioner and family support workers. Prenatal and postnatal education, support groups, child development classes, respite child care, case management and advocacy and referral is available.

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Parent Support Groups
Children's Out of Home Respite Care
Child Development Classes
Children's In Home Respite Care
Expectant/New Parent Assistance

Community support for moms of children birth through grade school.

Offers a variety of activities including Wednesday Dinner at 5:30 pm at Mother To Mother, Thursday Playdate at 4:30 pm at Mother To Mother, and Friday Coffee with the Coordinator at 10:30 am. Mothers must bring a child along to attend these activities.

Provides a 24-hour crisis line for Latina victims (men, women, children) of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. Individual counseling, support groups, court advocacy, safety planning, community groups, referrals and domestic violence and sexual assault advocacy training.

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Domestic Violence Hotlines
Abuse Counseling
Parent Support Groups
Domestic Violence Intervention Programs
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Legal Counseling
Offers the Baby Bucks program, and one-on-one mentoring with a male mentor.
Provides training in a peer based format so fathers can sit down and talk about different aspects of their lives and the issues they are facing.

Provides help to parents of young children through regular in-home visits and groups, the services provide parents with the education and skill building they need to raise children in a happy and healthy home.

Welcomes pregnant and/or parenting adolescents (age 19 and younger) and their support persons (partner, family member etc.) to a weekly informative and supportive meeting incorporating topics such as maternal health, parenting and emotional well-being. Provides transportation and childcare services as well as a free meal for participants and their children each week.

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Parent Support Groups
Expectant/New Parent Assistance

Provides help to parents of young children through regular in-home visits and groups, the services provide parents with the education and skill building they need to raise children in a happy and healthy home.

Provides before and after school programs, family support programs, early childhood education, and youth programs.

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Neighborhood Multipurpose Centers
Home Based Parenting Education
Parent Support Groups
Youth Enrichment Programs
Provides a place for young fathers to meet with other dads. The program is designed to improve opportunities for life long involvement of fathers with their children, and provide a comfortable place for dads to ask questions and learn about parenting. Topics focus on job training and employment, relationships, and legal issues. Provides a weekly meeting with a meal, on-site-childcare and transportation.
Families with children ages 0-5 can participate in our Afghan community prenatal and parenting groups and home visits. These are hosted with translators and staff who speak Dari/Pashto and offer guidance to multiple cultures navigating parenting and living in America.

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Parent Support Groups
Parenting Skills Classes
Young Families Incentive Program for parents of young children. Parents earn points by participating in healthy, educational activities that will assist their children in a stronger future. Points are then used to 'purchase' needed infant and toddler items.

Nurturing Parenting Program classes emphasize the importance of raising children in a warm, trusting and caring household.

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Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Parent Support Groups
Parenting Skills Classes

Provides help to parents of young children through regular in-home visits and groups, the services provide parents with the education and skill building they need to raise children in a happy and healthy home.

A voluntary program for prenatal families and families of children from birth to 5 years. This program is based on the belief that parents are their child's first and most influential teachers. Personal home visits to help parents know what to expect as child grows. Activities to help with child's development. Regular developmental and health screens. Referral network for additional services.

GROUP MEETINGS based on interest and concern are held monthly.

LENDING LIBRARY with toys and books available for participants.

FAMILY CABINET uses a point system used to earn diapers, formula, and other baby supplies.

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Early Childhood Education
Home Based Parenting Education
Diapers
Parenting Materials
Formula/Baby Food
Parent Support Groups
Weekly group meetings are held for young adults pregnant or parenting a childbirth until entry into kindergarten. Each meeting provides a meal, parent/child activities, childcare and parenting discussion groups. Groups are provided for expecting parents, childbirth, newborn, infant moms, toddler moms, preschool moms, dads, Hispanic Moms and Hispanic Dads, Afghan families, African French/Swahili families.
Provides a broad range of perinatal services for pregnant and parenting young individuals through the age of 24. Young Moms includes Pregnancy & Childbirth group, Parenting & Life Skills group, Better Beginnings Doula program, higher education resources, and individual support.

Accepts donations of new or gently used clothing.

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Parent Support Groups
General Clothing Donation Programs
Expectant/New Parent Assistance
Women's Centers
Parenting Skills Classes