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Offers a 24 hour Mobile Crisis Response Team in coordination with Central Iowa Community Services (CICS) and the Care Connections of Northern Iowa region. Anyone experiencing a mental health crisis can call to have the Mobile Crisis Unit dispatched.

Offers behavioral health services to any child or adolescent in need. Services include psychiatry/medication management, individual therapy, family therapy, substance use disorder services/addiction treatment, crisis services (24/7 Crisis Line, Mobile Crisis, CSCBS), case management, peer support, care team/specialized services, and school-based services (where applicable).

Provides mental health services to individuals including psychiatric evaluation and assessment, addiction medicine, crisis intervention, and access to community resources. Services are designed to address urgent mental health needs and offer timely care as an alternative to delayed appointments, ensuring immediate support for those in crisis.

Crisis team (Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor) provide mobile crisis response and offer on-site counseling, mental health evaluation, and assess the need for psychiatric hospitalization.

A program made up of dedicated, caring, and specially trained professionals who provide a comprehensive organized approach for the redirection and control of the harmful aspects of stress caused by a traumatic or critical incident. Services are provided to Emergency Services Personnel. All 99 counties are covered by a CISM Team, find the county team lead below for further assistance.

BENTON COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPT. TEAM - Team leader is Deputy Shelby Chekal, (319) 310-2424/Sheriff’s Office: (319) 472-2337 ext. 6238. Counties covered: Benton County only. BREMER COUNTY CISM TEAM - Team Lead: Kip Ladage (319) 404-4363. Counties covered: Black Hawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Chickasaw, Fayette, Floyd, Grundy, Howard. Note: Butler and Floyd Counties also covered by the North Iowa CISM Team (Mason City). CENTRAL IOWA CISM TEAM (American Red Cross) - Team Lead: Dianne Fagner (515) 277-5406, Alternate Team Lead: John Coulter (641) 344-4235. Counties covered: Adair, Boone, Carroll, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Greene, Guthrie, Hardin, Jasper, Lucas, Madison, Marshall, Polk, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Story, Tama, Union, Warren, and Wayne. Note: Des Moines Police Department, Polk County Sheriff and Polk County Mental Health all have a Peer Support Team that provides CISM support: for Des Moines PD contact Sgt. Sean O'Neil (515) 283-4811, Polk County Sheriff's Office, contact Sgt. Ayal Naggar (515) 466-0889 and Polk County Mental Health, contact Sara Lupkes (515) 286-3589. DUBUQUE CISM TEAM - Team Lead: Jessica George (563) 599-6558 or (563) 583-1711, Alternate Team Lead: Marty Benda (563) 590-5955. Counties covered: Allamakee, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Jackson, Jones, Linn, Winneshiek. Note: Jones and Jackson Counties also covered by the Quad Cities CISM Team. FORT DODGE - Team Lead: Gary Snook (515) 571-1712. Counties covered: Calhoun, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas, and Webster. NORTH IOWA CISM TEAM (MASON CITY) - Team Lead: Kelli Carlson (641) 390-1438, Alternate Team Lead: Brian Koob (641) 430-2950. Counties covered: Butler, Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Franklin, Hancock, Kossuth, Mitchell, Winnebago, Worth, and Wright. Note: Butler and Floyd Counties also covered by the Bremer County CISM Team. Note: Kossuth County is also covered by the Spencer / Spirit Lake CISM Team. NW IOWA CISM TEAM – Team Lead: Shawn Scholten (712) 476-5245. Counties covered: Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Plymouth, and Sioux. QUAD CITIES IA/IL - Iowa Team Lead: Jamie Temple (563) 271-8106 or (563) 323-1000. Counties covered: Cedar, Clinton, Jackson, Johnson, Louisa, Muscatine, and Scott. Note: Jones and Jackson Counties also covered by the Dubuque CISM Team. SIOUXLAND CISM - Team Lead Kayla Mayer (712-225-2129) or Jessie Dominoski (712-301-1889). Counties covered: Cherokee, Crawford, Ida, Monona, Sac and Woodbury. SOUTHEAST IOWA ALLIANCE – Team Lead: Brandon Howard (319) 576-1113 or (319) 753-8390. Alternate Team Lead: Gary Syznula (319) 572-2238. Counties covered: Des Moines, Henry, Lee, Van Buren, and Washington. Note: Van Buren County is also covered by the Southern Prairie CISM Team. SOUTHERN PRAIRIE CISM TEAM - Team Lead: Jeanetta Nieuwsma (712) 314-2152, Alternate Team Lead: Teri VanKooten (641) 820-0121. Counties Covered: Appanoose, Davis, Iowa, Jefferson, Keokuk, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Van Buren, and Wapello. Van Buren County is also covered by the Southeast Alliance. SOUTHWEST IOWA CISM TEAM - Team Lead: Rita Pierson (712) 322-1896 or (402) 680-8407, Alternate Team Lead: Marsha Houser (402) 403-7195. Counties covered: Adams, Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Shelby, and Taylor. SPENCER AND SPIRIT LAKE CISM TEAMS - Spencer Team Lead: Chris Meyer (712) 240-2810 or (712) 264-6517, Spirit Lake Team Lead: Steve Hopkins (712) 330-1144. Both teams work together to cover: Buena Vista, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto and Sioux. Note: Kossuth County is also covered by the North Iowa CISM Team. IOWA STATEWIDE CISM TEAM RESPONSE:IOWA CISM NETWORK - Coordinator: John Coulter (641) 344-4235, Vice Coordinator: Brian Koob (641) 344-5235. Note: Whenever an issue occurs or a team fails to respond to a request, please notify John Coulter or Brian Koob for resolution.

Offers crisis services for those experiencing mental health crises, such as suicidal thoughts, panic attacks, and acute psychosis; substance use crises, such as overdoses and withdrawal symptoms; and everyday issues such as relationship challenges, financial challenges, job loss, and grief and loss.

Services include:

- Pathways to Success: Provides access to intensive care coordination and additional home- and community-based services for youth ages 20 and younger with complex behavioral health needs.

- The Living Room: Offers a safe, quiet space where people experiencing emotional distress can find respite staffed by Certified Recovery Support Specialists who offer peer support. Designed as an alternative safe space for clients who might otherwise use emergency department services for mental health needs.

- Mobile Crisis Response: Clinicians respond to calls through the CARES Line and the national 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline when there is immediate need for support with the goal of stabilizing children and adults in community settings or determining the appropriate referral.

- Crisis Co-Response Team (CCRT): Teams that pair clinicians with police departments and law enforcement to provide crisis support and follow-up behavioral healthcare for individuals involved with 911 and emergency response calls.

Offers mobile crisis response services for individuals in need. Provides services 24-hours a day, including crisis stabilization, pre-admission screening, assessment, case management, community support, and counseling/therapy. 

Offers a wide range of behavioral healthcare and integrated care services. Services include the following:

Individualized Treatment Services includes, comprehensive mental health and substance use assessment, counseling services, crisis stabilization, life skills development, and dual diagnosis services.

Substance use treatment services includes, outpatient treatment services, DUI evaluations and risk education, substance abuse education, substance use counseling, and Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).

Psychiatric services include, medication assessment, medication monitoring, psychiatric services available in all Sinnissippi Centers' main office locations.

Open to those who are experiencing a mental health crisis that do not require hospitalization, or do not have access to a support system. Provides crisis stabilization and help to identify and connect the client to support systems prior to discharge from the ACSC.

​Stays can not exceed the 5 day limit.

Offers behavioral health services to any child or adolescent in need. Services include psychiatry/medication management, individual therapy, family therapy, substance use disorder services/addiction treatment, crisis services (24/7 Crisis Line, Mobile Crisis, CSCBS), case management, peer support, care team/specialized services, and school-based services (where applicable).

Provides crisis intervention services for children and youth. Crisis services include short-term stabilization where a child is at risk of self-harm, or harming others, individual and family psychotherapy/counseling, mental health assessment, case management and resource linkage assistance, and psychiatric services.

Provides mobile crisis response services to those in need. Services include on-site counseling, mental health evaluations, and assessments to check the need for psychiatric hospitalization.

Offering behavioral health services to any adult in need. Services include psychiatry/medication management, individual therapy, adult couples therapy, substance use disorder services/addiction treatment, crisis services (24/7 Crisis Line, Mobile Crisis, CSCBS, Crisis Stabilization Center), assertive community treatment (ACT), case management, peer support, and care team/wraparound services.

Offering behavioral health services to any adult in need. Services include psychiatry/medication management, individual therapy, adult couples therapy, substance use disorder services/addiction treatment, crisis services (24/7 Crisis Line, Mobile Crisis, CSCBS, Crisis Stabilization Center), assertive community treatment (ACT), case management, peer support, and care team/wraparound services.

Crisis team (Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor) provide mobile crisis response. Services include on-site counseling, mental health evaluations and assesses the need for psychiatric hospitalization.

Offers behavioral health services to any child or adolescent in need. Services include psychiatry/medication management, individual therapy, family therapy, substance use disorder services/addiction treatment, crisis services (24/7 Crisis Line, Mobile Crisis, CSCBS), case management, peer support, care team/specialized services, and school-based services (where applicable).

Offers a 24 hour Mobile Crisis Response Team in coordination with Central Iowa Community Services (CICS) and the Care Connections of Northern Iowa region. Anyone experiencing a mental health crisis can call to have the Mobile Crisis Unit dispatched.

Serves as a crisis team with an Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor providing mobile crisis response intervention including on-site counseling, mental health evaluation, and asessment for psychiatric hospitalization.