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Day rehabilitation programs provide daily living skills, pre-vocational, social skills training, and special activities.
Community support services provide one-to-one assistance in independent living, to maximize community participation and enhance quality of life.
Residential rehabilitation provides a structured skill-building program within a group home setting.
Vocational services provides work-related training, both on and off the job, to assist individuals with mental illness to choose, obtain, and retain employment.
Peer Specialists are trained to assist those newly diagnosed with a mental health issue or are in the midst of recovery and need motivation. Peer Specialists offer insight for dealing with mental illness and how it impacts work, relationships, finances, health, and more. They also connect clients with resources and programs.
Homeless outreach services identify and engage persons who are homeless and have mental illness, and assist them to obtain housing, rehabilitation, case management and connections to other mainstream benefits. Staff meet clients in the community at shelters, hospitals, the jail system, and outside/on the streets as part of the Street Outreach team.
Assertive Community Treatment services provide a clinical team that delivers treatment, rehabilitation, and support services for persons in the community.
Case management services including assistance in applying for entitlements/financial aid, and coordination of services.
Community housing (e.g. apartments) linked with mental health rehabilitation and support services.
Family education services offer education and support to family members affected by mental illness. Individual and family sessions available. Family to Family classes offered every eight weeks.
Psychiatric Outpatient including medication management and counseling coupled with primary health care services. Also includes care coordination and health and wellness services.
First Episode Psychosis services for persons 14-34 years of age and experiencing first time with psychosis.
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PROJECT RECOVERY is a mental health program that activates during presidential declared disasters and works to assess the individuals immediate needs by helping them develop solutions to issues or problems that may be presented. This Iowa Department of Human Services program empowers and guides people to resources for ongoing support. The point of entry is through the IOWA CONCERN LINE Service provided are:
TELEPHONE CRISIS COUNSELING & REFERRAL assistance is free statewide.
INDIVIDUAL and GROUP CRISIS COUNSELING to help people access and identify resources that will aid in the recovery process. This includes resources that could aid in the recovery from severe storms and flooding.
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES, on-site supportive, educational, face-to-face interventions with individuals and communities (school, church, etc).
REFERRALS: in some cases, survivors may need long-term, more formal mental health services beyond immediate services. Referrals are made to an appropriate agency or licensed mental health professional or to other specific disaster services available through DHS.
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Online support group available through website.
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Online support group available through website.
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