1st Five is a public-private partnership bridging primary care and public health services in Iowa. The 1st Five model supports health providers in the earlier detection of social-emotional and developmental delays and family risk-related factors in children birth to 5 and coordinates referrals, interventions and follow-up.

Clients must have a primary care physican referral.  Fax Referrals to: (712) 377-6165 or (712) 859-3892

Serving Clinics & Providers in Calhoun, Hamilton, Hardin, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Webster & Wright Counties
 

Catholic Charities provides professional mental health services for individuals, couples and families and serves people of all ages, faiths and backgrounds. Therapists are independently licensed. No one needing mental health assistance is ever turned away for the inability to pay. Catholic Charities offers care for anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, marital concerns, pornography addiction, and behavioral issues. Crisis debriefing is available for 1st responders and free mental health assessments are available for school-age children.

If you suspect a child under the age of 18 is being abused or neglected, call the Abuse Hotline, available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Please be ready to provide identifying information and the whereabouts of the child. You may remain anonymous.

Family Foundations is a family support service available to all pregnant women and families with children up to age five in Calhoun, Pocahontas and Webster Counties. This is a free service provided by the Webster County Health Department. Nurses and family support workers can come to your home or an alternate location and provide information on pregnancy, new baby, toddler growth & development, family life skills and help you find available resources based on your family’s needs.

A source of help and information for Iowans in need.

Linking Families and Communities is devoted to empowering parents in raising happy, healthy children by providing families with educational, economic and health support by coordinating services with community resources. Linking Families and Communities provides information, referral and support to families.

Lutheran Services in Iowa is a statewide organization offering a multitude of services to children and families. Locally we offer Behavioral Health Intervention Services (BHIS) virtually and Outpatient Mental Health Therapy virtually.

MomTalk provides parent education and support for mothers raising children ages infant to 12 years. MomTalk addresses many issues facing families today including healthy lifestyle, self-sufficiency and improving family interactions. MomTalk is a program sponsored by Lutheran Family Service. For more information on program dates, please contact Janel Lincoln, MomTalk group leader, at 515.573.3138 or janellincoln@yahoo.com.

Prairie Lakes AEA is one of nine Area Education Agencies created in 1974 by the Iowa legislature to ensure equal educational opportunities for all children from birth through age 21. Support to local schools is provided through three service areas: Educational Services, Information & Technology and Special Education. Prairie Lakes AEA supports educators, parents, and the communities we serve as we work together toward one ultimate goal--to improve student learning. Our region stretches over 14 counties including 40 public and 11 accredited nonpublic schools.

Right, Turn Supervision Services LLC's mission is to support and develop positive changes in the individuals we are entrusted with. People are treated with dignity and respect and supported in the goal of becoming law-abiding productive members of our community. Right Turn offers a four (4)-hour course of parenting skills for divorcing and/or separating parents. The course will focus on what children need, healthy vs. problematic reactions, and how to identify and respond to your children's feelings. High conflict/DHS/Family court-involved cases can be accommodated.

Right Turns Supervision Services LLC (RTSS) is an approved provider for the Promoting Opportunities for Parents Program (POP2). Follow the link provided for the program overview/ expectations and application. The application must be filled out and provided to RTSS for submission for case review by the Child Support Recovery Unit (CSRU).

Participants will complete a 7-week fee for service parenting class in order to be eligible for benefits. Call Right Turn Supervision Services LLC for more details. 515-302-8205 or check out the website.

Registration fees will apply.

The Strengthening Families Program is for all parents and youth in 5th and 6th grade for the Fort Dodge community schools and is put on by Iowa State University Extension & Outreach – Webster County. This is a fun and effective prevention program aimed to reduce youth problem behaviors involves parent and middle school youth to enhance parenting skills and strengthen families. Voluntary enrollment. Fall and winter sessions.

Provides comprehensive pregnancy prevention programs including curriculum based sex education in schools grades 6-12, teen parent support group, youth and parent community awareness events, activities and presentations. Also increases adolescents' access to family planning services. TIPP is a program managed by the Webster County Health Department.

As one of 18 Community Action Agencies in Iowa, Upper Des Moines Opportunity, Inc. (UDMO) works in conjunction with general relief offices to provide emergency assistance programs and services to low income residents in need.

Every birthing hospital in the state of Iowa is required to provide information to unmarried parents regarding how to establish paternity. CWRTP developed a program to help hospital employees, community organization employees, and unmarried parents to understand the importance of paternity.

The Voluntary Paternity Affidavit (VPA) is a free form that legally establishes a legal father. Unmarried parents will receive a VPA at their birth hospital. The biological parents of child can complete the form any time after the child's birth. There is no age limit to establish a father through the VPA.

The legal father is whom the law recognizes as the father of the child. Legal fathers have the duty to support their children financially. When parents do not live together, the VPA can be used to get child and medical support orders.

Provides public health programs, home health services, nursing care, health counseling and immunizations and vaccinations. Additional services also include screenings, CPR/First Aid classes, nutrition programs, environmental health services, senior health, adolescent mental health, communicable diseases, maternal health, child health, developmental screenings, Breast & Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program and a child care nurse consultant program. Other programs managed by the Webster County Health Department include: Family Foundations, Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (Hawk-i), I-Smile Dental Health, Prescriptions for Kids, Teen Information Pregnancy Prevention Program (TIPP), Tobacco/Smoking Cessation Program, Webster County Family Planning Clinic and the Women, Infants & Children (WIC) Program.

Call the Health Department with questions Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 4:30 PM. An on-call nurse is also available 24/7 for questions/concerns.

Mental Health First Aid

Mental Health First Aid (adult) is a virtual training course designed to give members of the public key skills in mental health literacy and the ability to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. It is the gold standard of learning how to help others in distress. Learn more:

Mental Health First Aid

Stress on the Farm:

This 40-minute program, geared toward the agriculture community, includes information on the body’s response to stress, signs of stress, strategies to cope with stress, how to help others, and where to find resources. Now available virtually. Learn more:

Farm and Ranch Well Being and Mental Health

Iowa Concern Resources for Mental Health

Covid Recovery Iowa

The agency provides home-based services for pregnant women, infants and toddlers and center-based preschool services for 3 and 4 year olds. Services address health, nutrition and language development; social-emotional, physical and cognitive development. Programs support school readiness and family well-being. In providing services, Y.O.U.R., Inc. relies on additional community resource agencies to assist families in moving toward self-sufficiency and to help children reach their full potential. Sensory and development screenings are completed with each child and research-based ongoing assessment tracks their progress.

The YWCA Center for Life Empowerment operates a residential treatment facility for women with alcohol and substance abuse issues and also offers a homeless shelter and transitional housing services for women and children. Clients may have their children with them in the facility. Support services are also provided for those living in the facility, including parenting programs for young mothers and children’s programs. Intensive outpatient and extended outpatient substance abuse programs for women and men are also offered.