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Career Navigators – Iowa Central Community College

A team of Career Navigators is dedicated to helping students discover their own unique career pathway and connect¬ing students with the resources they need to achieve their career goals. Understanding that every person has a unique set of skills, experience, values, challenges, and goals, we help develop a career pathway that is customized for each student, which will include a combination of career exploration activities and career education training.


Career Navigators assist students with the following services: career and education guidance, training program placement, one-to-one advising, tuition assistance, transportation assistance, childcare assistance, soft skills development, job placement assistance, and much more.
Call 515-574-1972 for more information.
Website - https://www.iowacentral.edu/businessandcommunity/GAP.asp

Categories :   Education, Employment Services, Family Services, Financial Assistance

Phone Number :   515-574-1972

Address :   One Triton Circle, Fort Dodge

Website :   http://www.iowacentral.edu

Services :   Achieving Maximum Potential, Education, Education and Training, Job Placement, Job Training, Leadership Skills, Vocational Training

Catherine Vincent Deardorf Charitable Foundation

Mrs. Catherine Deardorf established the Catherine Vincent Deardorf Charitable Foundation, a private 501(c)3 foundation, in February of 1993. Since its inception, the foundation has granted over $6.7 million to Webster County entities. The fine arts, education, libraries, and parks have been the key recipients of funds with non-recurring and broadly inclusive programs preferred. The foundation has a particular interest in linking community members, meaningful projects, and funds for the enrichment of all. Visit www.deardorf.org for more information or to apply for a grant.

Categories :   Foundations

Phone Number :   515.955.0670

Address :   c/o First American Bank, Maureen E. Merrill, Wealth Management Group, 1207 Central Ave, Fort Dodge

Website :   www.deardorf.org

Contact Person :   Maureen E. Merrill. First American Bank Wealth Management Group

Services :   Community Betterment, Foundations

Catholic Charities

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.

Categories :   Family Services, Mental Health Services, Parenting, Pregnancy & Sexual Health, Youth Services

Phone Number :   515.576.4156

Address :   3 N 17th St Suite 1, Fort Dodge

Website :   www.cathchar.com

Contact Person :   JoDeanna Ramirez

Contact Email :   jramirez@cathchar.com

Services :   Achieving Maximum Potential, Aggression Replacement Therapy, Child Therapy, Counseling For Private Insurance Holders, Family Planning, Grief Therapy, Marriage Counseling, Mental Health Therapy, Parental Crisis, Parenting, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Education, Teen Pregnancy Support, Telehealth

Central Iowa Community Services (CICS)

Webster County is part of the Central Iowa Community Services (CICS) mental health region. CICS seeks to provide individualized supports that assure choice, empowerment, and community integration for persons with mental illness, intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. CICS serves to provide individuals with access to a regionwide system of services and supports by taking applications, making eligibility decisions, evaluating need, and working to create and implement a mental health and/or disability service (MHDS) plan.

Categories :   Crisis/Emergency Information, Disability Services, Mental Health Services

Phone Number :   (515) 573-1485

Address :   308 Central Ave, Fort Dodge

Website :   https://www.cicsmhds.org

Services :   Disability Services, Emotional Support and Care Coordination with Local Agencies and Providers

Central Iowa RSVP (Retired & Senior Volunteer Program)

Central Iowa RSVP (Retired & Senior Volulnteer Program) North provides adult volunteers aged 55+ from Hamilton and Webster Counties quality opportunities to share their skills, interests, and life experiences in response to a wide variety of community needs. RSVP provides an effective volunteer management infrastructure for screening, recruiting and placing volunteers in assignments that will enhance the services of public, nonprofit and health care agencies while also enriching the lives of the volunteers.

Categories :   Senior Citizens, Volunteering

Phone Number :   515-832-2525

Address :   308 Central Avenue, Fort Dodge

Website :   www.rsvpvolunteer.org

Contact Person :   Becky Koppen

Contact Email :   rsvphamco@cirsvp.org

Services :   Senior Citizens, Volunteer Opportunities

Child Abuse Neglect Reporting Hotline

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.

Categories :   Child Care Services & Resources, Crisis/Emergency Information, Family Services, Parenting

Phone Number :   800.362.2178

Website :   https://hhs.iowa.gov/report-abuse-and-fraud

Services :   Child Abuse, Hotline

Child Health Specialty Clinics

Child Health Specialty Clinics (CHSC) serves Iowa children and youth (from birth through 21 years of age) who have or are at risk of having a special health care need. These can include chronic conditions like asthma or diabetes, behavioral or developmental disorders like attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or autism and more complex medical needs like spina bifida.

CHSC provides

  • Family to Family Support-individual problem solving and emotional support as you care for your child.
  • Care Coordination-help access the care your child needs.
  • Clinical Services-gap filling clinical services and access to pediatric specialty providers.
  • Systems Building-build partnerships and expand community based services and supports for families.

Categories :   Disability Services, Family Services, Health Services, Mental Health Services, Youth Services

Phone Number :   515.955.8326

Address :   Physicians Office Building West, 804 Kenyon Rd, Suite G

Website :   www.chsciowa.org

Contact Person :   Megan Sprecher

Contact Email :   megan-sprecher@uiowa.edu

Services :   Austism Program, Care For Children With Special Needs, Disability Services, Early ACCESS Service Coordination, Education, Emotional Support and Care Coordination with Local Agencies and Providers, Family to Family Support, Healthcare and Transitional Services and Support, Home Visits, IEP (Individualized Education Plan), IFSP (Individualized Family Service Plan), Immunizations, Problem Solving, Spanish Interpretor, Special Needs Assistance, Telehealth, Transportation

Community and Family Resources (CFR)

Community and Family Resources (CFR) is dedicated to proactively assisting individuals, families and communities achieve healthy behavior and lifestyle through advocacy, treatment and prevention of substance abuse, problem gambling and mental illness. CFR's addiction treatment services are provided to adolescents and adults on an outpatient basis as well as in a residential/inpatient setting. CFR offers the following programs:  Adult Crisis Stabilization Unit (ACSU), Recovery House, Prevention and Education, Detoxification, Residential Substance Use Treatment, Outpatient Substance Use Treatment, Problem Gambling Services,  and Mental Health Services.  Additional services include detoxification, transitional living/halfway housing and substance abuse/problem gambling prevention services. CFR has been a free standing comprehensive substance abuse provider dedicated to serving families since 1968. CFR has headquarters in Fort Dodge and also serves Boone, Calhoun, Hamilton, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Story, Webster and Wright counties.  CFR is licensed by the State of Iowa to provide Substance Abuse Services and accredited as a Mental Health Service Provider by the Iowa Department of Human Services.

Categories :   Mental Health Services, Smoking/Tobacco Cessation, Substance Abuse Services, Youth Services

Phone Number :   515.576.7261

Address :   211 Avenue M West, Fort Dodge, IA 50501

Website :   www.cfrhelps.org

Contact Person :   MicMickie Shubin

Contact Email :   MickieS@cfrhelps.org

Services :   Counseling For Private Insurance Holders, Crisis Intervention, Gambling Addiction Treatment, Substance Abuse Evaluations, Substance Abuse Treatment, Telehealth, Tobacco Cessation

Community Christian School

Community Christian School is a State of Iowa accredited non-denominational Christian school serving preschool through eighth grade students and their families. Community Christian School exists to serve God by providing families an academically excellent, Biblically integrated education, which encourages spiritual development and social responsibility in an environment where students can develop their God-given gifts and talents.

Categories :   Education

Phone Number :   515.573.3011

Address :   2406 9 1/2 Ave S, Fort Dodge

Website :   www.ccsfd.org

Contact Email :   ccsoffice@ccsfd.org

Services :   Achieving Maximum Potential, Education, Leadership Skills

Community Early Childhood Center

Community Early Childhood Center is dedicated to offering services that build youth in the community. They offer childcare and early learning opportunities for infants through 12 years including after-school education, positive youth support, children’s homelessness and youth enrichment. Their after-school program provides children with a safe, consistent and positive learning environment where they encourage the development of new friendships, a sense of belonging, positive staff interactions and hands-on activities including arts and crafts, outdoor recreation and music as they discover more about the world around them.

Categories :   After-School Programs, Child Care Services & Resources

Phone Number :   515.573.5461

Address :   1315 S 24th St, Fort Dodge

Website :   https://www.ceccfortdodge.org

Contact Email :   cecc@mediacombb.net

Services :   After-School Program, Care For Children With Special Needs, Education, Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS)

Community Health Center of Fort Dodge

Sliding fee primary health care, dental services and behavioral health services. Our mission is to make available quality medical and dental care, disease prevention, and health promotion services to anyone. Services include primary and preventative care, immunizations, family planning, women's health, well child visits, physicals/sports physicals, lab testing, dental care for all ages, preventative healthcare education, prescription assistance program, referrals to specialists, dental examinations & x-rays, dental treatment/fillings/extractions, chronic disease management, emergency treatment for pain/swelling/broken teeth, psychiatric medication management, on-site social worker consultations, individual, family, and couple mental health counseling, crisis intervention, treatment of anxiety disorders including PTSD, integrative behavioral therapy, stress management, treatment of mood disorders including depression and bipolar disorder, treatment of chronic psychotic illnesses including schizophrenia, substance abuse and addictions treatment, etc.

Categories :   Crisis/Emergency Information, Family Services, Health Services, Mental Health Services, Pregnancy & Sexual Health, Substance Abuse Services, Youth Services

Phone Number :   515.576.6500

Address :   126 N 10th St, Fort Dodge

Website :   www.chcfd.com

Contact Person :   Alyssa Pflibsen

Contact Email :   apflibsen@chcfortdodge.com

Services :   Behavioral Health, Dental Care, Emergency Treatment, Family Planning, Immunizations, Lab Testing, Medical/Prescription Needs, Mental Health Therapy, Preventative Healthcare Education

Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program

The CASA program provides a trained volunteer advocate to represent the best interest of children who have been abused and/or neglected and who are adjudicated Child In Need of Assistance.

Categories :   Legal Aid, Youth Services

Phone Number :   515.824.3023

Website :   www.casaiowa.org

Contact Person :   Crystal Engstrom

Contact Email :   crystal.engstrom@dia.iowa.gov

Services :   Child Abuse, Family Safety, Legal Aid

Crisis Intervention Service

Provides victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault in North Central Iowa with confidential, 24-hour services, including emergency shelter, safety, support and education with the assistance of professional staff and trained volunteers.

Categories :   Crisis/Emergency Information

Phone Number :   Sexual Assault Services: 515.570.4565 Domestic Abuse Service: 515.570.4185

Address :   809 Central Ave., Suite 305, Fort Dodge

Website :   www.cishelps.org

Contact Person :   Julee Wilson

Contact Email :   CIS@CIShelps.org

Services :   Clothing Assistance, Crisis Intervention, Crisis Shelter, Family Safety, Food Assistance, Problem Solving, Rental and Utility Deposit Assistance