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Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

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Literacy Programs
Team Sports/Leagues
Mentoring Programs
Boys/Girls Clubs
Tutoring Services

Connects individuals who are experiencing life hardships with others who provide friendship and mentoring. Mentoring covers topics such as coping with grief, budgeting, or tackling any of life's other hardships.

School based mentoring program.
Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

Categories

Literacy Programs
Team Sports/Leagues
Mentoring Programs
Boys/Girls Clubs
Tutoring Services
Long term residential placement for youth 10-18 years of age. Outpatient substance abuse treatment and therapy services available for youth placed in the long-term residential program.

Behavioral health services for youth 5-18 years of age depending on the program or service.

Volunteer mentoring program for 3rd through 12th grade in math or reading skills.

Family preservation services in Iowa and Nebraska.

Educational programs for professionals working with youth.

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Mentoring Programs
Residential Mental Health Treatment Facilities
Family Preservation Programs
Mentoring program for Ames High School female identifying students.
Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

Categories

Literacy Programs
Team Sports/Leagues
Mentoring Programs
Boys/Girls Clubs
Tutoring Services
Public school system.

Early childhood program.

Teammates program (Tom Osborne Program) provides mentoring.

Newcomers program assists adjustment of non-English proficient students.

Special education.

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Special Education
Mentoring Programs
School Districts
Early Childhood Education
Provides career-based mentoring for middle and high school students in Polk County.
Group career based. For specific schools- call to see if offered in your school.
School-based mentoring program pairs adult volunteers one-to-one with students.
Mentoring program includes skills mastery, character building, and fun, plus individualized attention from trained adults who serve as role models.
Mentoring program for African American young adults ages 19-30. These young people are matched to a "seasoned" adult to assist them with life's transitions. Mentors make a one-year commitment to help young people achieve their goals, problem solve and provide a listening ear.
Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Outdoor activities, including Carter Lake Summer Camp (Mon-Fri 8 am-4 pm).

Meals served. Limited bus service - call for details.

Categories

Literacy Programs
Team Sports/Leagues
Mentoring Programs
Boys/Girls Clubs
Tutoring Services
The Integrated Health Home Program is a statewide initiative designed to assist adults with serious mental health conditions who are Medicaid beneficiaries in coordinating and managing their health and mental health care services. The program provides support and assistance for clients in identifying their goals, communicating these goals to their healthcare team, and works with the healthcare team to ensure that the needs of the client are met. Services include coordinating the client's primary and specialty care providers; coordinating the care provided in the hospital, clinic, and the community; access to a Peer Support Specialist who have experienced living with mental illness.

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Peer Mental Health Support Services
Peer Role Model Programs
Mentoring program includes skills mastery, character building, and fun, plus individualized attention from trained adults who serve as role models.

Offers to empower male youth to make positive life choices. Program provides participants with mentor/mentee matches, weekly group mentoring sessions, graduation ceremonies and special events. Locations vary within the Polk County area, including community and school-based sites.

Character and leadership development. Programs include aquatics, arts, sports, fitness and recreation, health and life skills, educational and career development, job training, career preparation, tutoring services, and age appropriate community service.

Categories

Team Sports/Leagues
Mentoring Programs
Tutoring Services
Boys/Girls Clubs
Literacy Programs

Provides help to children to reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that have a measurable impact on youth.

Social development, social recreation, art, dance, drama, and physical education.

Education support (grades K-12) including tutoring and computer training. STEM activities (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math).

Career development (7-18 years), including non-traditional careers.

Family counseling

USDA Meal Program, nutrition education, gardening

Adolescent pregnancy 4-component prevention program for girls 9-18 years old.

Pathfinders Mentoring Program matches girls, ages 5-16, with professional women in the Omaha business community to work on academic and personal goals. Scholarships may be awarded at the end of the successful completion of high school and the Pathfinders program.

Transportation to programs.

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Boys/Girls Clubs
Mentoring Programs
Team Sports/Leagues
Youth Enrichment Programs
Tutoring Services
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Prejob Guidance
Sexuality/Reproductive Health Education

Provides trained volunteer mentors to at-risk children in need of a positive adult role model, by working in partnership with the children, their families and the community. Programs include:

ONE-ON-ONE PROGRAM: matches a volunteer mentor with a Child in Need of Assistance or through a referral from our local school districts. Mentor Iowa works directly with the Department of Human Services (DHHS), Juvenile Court Services and local school districts who identify children who could benefit from having a mentor.

EARLY SERVICES PROJECT (ESP) -Working with Juvenile Court Services, Orchard Place Child Guidance Center, and the Des Moines Public School District, Mentor Iowa provides mentoring services to children, ages 4 - 11, who have committed a minor delinquent act.

TRANSITION PROGRAM - A collaboration with JCS, Des Moines Public School District and Sequel Care. Mentor Iowa provides mentoring services to teens, ages 14 and up, who are reentering the community after an out of home placement due to a crime they committed.

TRUANCY COURT - A collaboration with Truancy Court, Des Moines Public Schools and the Polk County Attorney's office. Mentor Iowa volunteers are matched with referred middle school students who have a history of truancy.

GIRL POWER - a program for females between the ages of 11 through 16. Girl Power is designed to provide a forum for young women to interact with each other and discuss areas of common concern. Issues addressed include: career exploration, substance use and abuse, gangs and violence and sexuality and healthy decision making. The mentors of these young women are encouraged to participate in the Girl Power program.

The Mentoring Program matches youth, ages 5 to 17 years old from the Clayton Ridge School District with an adult who has similar interests. The adult supports the youth by sharing time and experiences of interest to them.
Counseling services for individuals and families, including play therapy for children. Telehealth services to Norfolk office include medication management and therapy.

Family support services.

Drug and alcohol evaluations.

Drug and alcohol intensive outpatient programs for adults and adolescents.

Mentoring program.

Medication management.

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Assessment for Substance Use Disorders
Child Guidance
General Counseling Services
Psychiatric Medication Services
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Mentoring Programs
Mental Health Evaluation
Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Provides inpatient mental health services to children and adolescents who have failed outpatient mental wellbeing services and cannot maintain safety in the community.

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Mentoring Programs
Child Advocacy Centers
Therapeutic Camps
Inpatient Mental Health Facilities

Provides volunteers to help children in school with learning skills such as reading, spelling, mathematics, writing, and social skills.

Mentoring program includes skills mastery, character building, and fun, plus individualized attention from trained adults who serve as role models.