Webster
Fort Dodge Resource Directory (directory for additional resources)
Mental Health & Addictions
Substance Abuse & Addictions | ||
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Al-Anon & Alateen | ||
(888) 425-2666 | Support for families of alcoholics. Meetings in Fort Dodge, Clarion, Pocahontas, Boone, and Carroll. | |
Alcohol Addiction- Iowa Department of Public Health | ||
(855) 581-8111 | 24/7 support for individuals concerned with a personal drinking problems or someone they know. | |
Alcoholics Anonymous | ||
24-Hour Service Toll Free Various Meeting Locations | Multiple meeting locations, days, and times available to provide support for individuals struggling with alcohol addiction and sobriety support. | |
Community & Family Resources, Fort Dodge | ||
(515) 576-7261 726 S 17th St | Outpatient counseling, inpatient treatment, half-way house for rehabilitation and prevention services. | |
Community Health Center | ||
(515) 576-6500 126 N 10th St. | Behavioral health services for all ages, especially children and youth throughout early development stages. Services include: behavioral health screening & counseling, crisis intervention, medication management, & substance abuse screening & counseling. | |
Drug Addiction- Iowa Department of Public Health | ||
(855) 581-8111 | 24/7 support for individuals struggling with the use of drugs, those worried for a friend or loved one, or simply in need of emotional support. | |
Gambling Addiction- Iowa Department of Public Health | ||
(800) 238-7633 | 24/7 support for individuals concerned with a personal gambling problem or of someone they know. | |
Iowa Drug & Alcohol Help Line | ||
(866) 242-4111 | First call in Iowa for substance abuse and gambling information, and referrals to treatment facilities and crisis counseling. | |
Iowa Narcotics Anonymous | ||
(800) 897-6242 Various Meeting Locations | Meetings for recovering addicts to help each other stay clean. NA is a program of complete abstinence from all drugs, with the only requirement for membership being a desire to stop using. Multiple meeting locations and times available in Webster County. | |
YWCA Center for Life Empowerment | ||
(515) 573-3931 826 1st Ave N | Residential treatment facility for women with alcohol and substance abuse issues, and homeless shelter and transitional housing services for women and children. Clients may have their children with them in the facility. Support services 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 woemen and men are also offered. | |
Crisis intervention & suicide | ||
Child Abuse & Neglect Reporting | ||
(800) 362-2178 | Child Abuse Hotline is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Be ready to provide identifying information and the wherabouts of the child. Callers may remain anonymous. | |
Children & Families of Iowa Local Crisis Hotline | ||
(515) 243-6147 | 24/7 hotline providing domestic violence services including: safe shelter, medical and legal advocacy, consultations, and trainings and counseling. | |
Department of Human Services | ||
(515) 955-6353 330 1st Ave N | Counseling | |
Domestic/Sexaual Assault Outreach Center Crisis Line | ||
(515) 955-2273 Toll Free Crisis Line | Offering safety, support, and hope to adult and child victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, and violent crime and loved ones of homicide victims. Crisis based shelter services include: crisis intervetion, transportation, safety planning, case mangement, referrals, counseling/support groups, court advocacy, medical advoaccy, child advoacyc, and other basic needs services for victims. | |
Iowa Concern | ||
(800) 447-1985 | Legal education, stress counselors, and information and referral servicer for a wide variety of topics related to legal, fianance, stress, or crisis/disaster. | |
Iowa Domestic Violence Hotline | ||
(800) 942-0333 | Immediate crisis counseling available for domestic abuse survivors and other affected by domestic violence. Provides information and education about domestic abuse issues, along with referrals for domestic violence projects in your area of the state. | |
Iowa Victim Service Call Center | ||
(800) 770-1650 | Condiential support for victims of crime or concerned loves ones. Culturally specific programs also available. Immediate crisis counseling available for domestic abuse survivors and other affected by domestic violence. Provides information and education about domestic abuse issues, along with referrals for domestic violence projects in your area of the state. | |
National Parent Helpline | ||
(855) 427-2736 | Helpline providing emotional support from a trained advocate. (M-F 10:00am-7:00pm PST) | |
Suicide Prevention Lifeline | ||
(800) 273-8255 | National suicide prevention network that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress at anytime. Specific resource available for various groups (youth, disaster survivors, loss survivors, LGBTQ+, etc.) | |
Teen Help Line | ||
(800) 443-8336 | Personal teen-to-teen education and support before problems become a crisis. | |
Upper Des Moines | ||
(515) 576-7774 10th & 1st Ave S | Referral services to assistance in finding the help people need. M-F 8:00-4:30. Upper Des Moines also offers a variety of other services, including: client advocacy, budget counseling, wheels to work, transportation assistance, Baby's Room (clothing and supplies for inffants ages birth to two), farmer's market coupons, and more. | |
Youth Shelter Care of North Cental Iowa | ||
(515) 955-4222 301 Ave M West | Crisis intervention for youth, family counseling, school problems. | |
Mental health services & facilities | ||
Berryhill Center | ||
(515) 955-7171 24 hr Line 702 Kenyon Rd | Psychological & psychiatric counseling and consultation services for: depression, stress, panic disorders, phobias, child behavior disorders, grief counseling, primary care, and 24-hour behavioral health crisis services. | |
Catholic Social Services | ||
(515) 576-4156 1200 3rd Ave NW, Suite 1 | Serving individuals and families of all faith backgrounds, providing individual, couples, and family therapy. Play therapy also available for children ages 4 and up. Confidential locations offer safety and privacy, with day and evening appointments available. | |
Child Health Specialty Clinics | ||
(515) 955-8326 804 Kenyon Rd. Suite 205 | Regional Autism Assistance Program | |
Children & Families of Iowa | ||
(515) 573-2193 111 Avenue O West | Individual & family counseling | |
Coleman Counseling, Inc | ||
(515) 368-0150 321 NW 3rd St. | Remedial/behavioral intervention services, adoption services, mental health/marriage therapy, skill development, and supervised visits. | |
Community & Family Resouces- Fort Dodge | ||
(515) 576-7261 726 S 17th St. | Counseling services for concerns including depression, anxiety, self-esteem, relationships, anger, emotional regulation, and support through life decisions. Services available in individual, group, couple, and family formats. Outpatient psychiatry servives are also available to treat anxiety disorders, depression, bipolar disorder, attention-deficit disorder, and schizophrenia. | |
Community Health Center | ||
(515) 576-6500 126 N 10th St. | Behavioral health services for all ages, especially children and youth throughout early development stages. Services include: behavioral health screening & counseling, crisis intervention, medication management, & substance abuse screening & counseling. | |
Genesis Mental Health Associates | ||
(515) 576-6441 1218 Central Ave | Outpatient mental health assessment, counseling, and medication management for children, families, couples, and adults. | |
ICCC, Student Counseling Center | ||
(515) 574-1051 1st Floor AST Building, Office 117G | The Iowa Central Community College Counseling Center offers a supportive environment, short-term counseling, crisis intervention, and referral services to all students so they may successfully experience educational opportunities in the classroom and outside of the classroom. | |
Krueger Counseling Center- Youth Shelter Care | ||
(515) 955-4831 301 Ave M West | Outpatient mental health center providing individual, family, and group counseling, as well as in-home counseling and CRISIS interventions. | |
Lee & Associates Psychiatry | ||
(515) 574-6120 804 Kenyon Rd Suite A | Psychiatric evaluations and mental health services. | |
Lincoln Mental Health | ||
(515) 955-1836 1728 Central Ave, Suite 14 | Mental health therapy and mental health counseling for depression, ansiety, mood disorders, ADHD, anger management, and other mental health issures. Specialties include: adult and juvenile corrections, adult and adolescent substance issues, anger and behavior managment, adolescent behavioral issues, and anxiety. | |
Lutheran Family Services | ||
(515) 573-3138 230 9th Ave N | Professional mental health counseling providing private and confidential services. Counselors are prepared for mental health concerns that include, but are not limited to: depression and suicidal thoughts, anxiety, trauma, personality disorders, grief and loss, parenting concerns, life transitions, abuse survivors, and chronic mental illness. | |
McColley-Nicola Therapy Services Inc. | ||
(515) 573-3382 318 7th Ave N | Outpatient counseling for individuals, couples, and families. | |
Mid-Iowa Family Therapy Clinic | ||
(515) 573-5128 1426 Central Ave Suite B | Comprehensive outpatient therapy services and psychiatric services through the Institute for Therapy and Psychological Solutions, LLC. Providing services for mental and behavioral health needs of children, adolescents, and adults that include: diagnostic assessments, individual, couple, and family therapy, and medication managment with psychiatry. | |
Miller Counseling Services, LLC | ||
(515) 573-7682 1611 1st Ave N Suite 3 | Counseling and therapy services for individuals (15 and older), couples, and families for a wide range of concerns, including depression, marital distress and conflict, anxiety, acute and chronic mental health problems, family relationship problems, and more. | |
Teen Line | ||
(800) 443-8336 | Personal teen-to-teen education and support before problems become a crisis. | |
Veterans Administration Mental Health Clinic | ||
(515) 574-5985 2419 2nd Ave N. | Tele-mental health servies for individuals that qualify for services through the U.S. Deparment of Vetrerans Affairs. | |
Webster County Community Services | ||
(515) 573-1485 723 1st Ave S | Targeted case management for persons with chronic mental illness and/or developmental disabilities. Individualized services provide assistance in planning and attaining goals to live more productive lives for individuals that qualify for services. | |
Webster County Public Health | ||
(515) 573-4107 723 1st Ave S | Community health programs that includes services and programs for mental and pyshsical health concerns. | |
Family
Child care, education, & Services | ||
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Child Care Discovery Center | ||
(515) 576-6771 2329 1st Ave S
| High quality childcare and preschool to form a solid early education foundation in a safe and nurturing enviornment. Programs for Infants through School Age kids. | |
Child Care Resource & Referral | ||
(515) 576-4088 900 Central Ave #14 | Program supporting quality child care in Iowa and assisting families in selecting child care providers who best meet the needs of a child and their family. | |
Community Christian Preschool- Fort Dodge | ||
(515) 573-3011 2406 9 1/2 Ave S | Liscensed preschool providing classes for 3 year old and 4 year old children. Classes are oriented around a faith-based curriculum. FREE preschool is offered for four year olds with option of morning and afternoon classes. Classes for four year olds incorporates more academic instruction. | |
Community Daycare & Preschool Center | ||
(515) 573-5461 1315 S 24th St. | Non-profit child care facility providing high quality child care for infants to school-aged children at an affordable rate to families in the community. Payment options include a sliding fee scale to families who qualify by income. | |
Dakota City Head Start | ||
(515) 332-3193 401 Main St, PO Box 28 | M-F 8:30am-12:45pm. Helping to prepare children to succeed in school and life. Children who are at least 3 by September 15th qualify, if household incomes are within | |
Discovery Daycare, Pocahontas | ||
(712) 335-4804 600 2nd Ave SW | Infant, Preschool, and School-Age childcare. | |
Kid's Korner, Fort Dodge | ||
(515) 576-7006 1436 3rd Ave S | Child care for infants to school age children. | |
Kid's Korner, Laurens | ||
(712) 841-5437 300 W Garfield St. | Quality child care services for infants, toddlers, and preschool children, as well as after-school care for siblings, in a safe and developmentally appropriate environment. | |
Kid's Palace- Gowrie | ||
(515) 352-5522 1019 Market St | Child care programs for infants, preschool, and school-age children at competative rates. | |
Kid's Spot, Lake City | ||
(712) 464-3053 114 N Michigan St | Child care for infants, toddlers, preschool, kindergarden, and school-age children. | |
KidZone Christian Daycare and Preschool- Fort Dodge | ||
(515) 955-3618 1111 5th Ave N | Child care for infants, pre-school, and school age children. | |
Linking Families & Communities | ||
(515) 955-5437 822 CentralAve, Suite 340 | Supporting families to help promote "Happy, Healthy Children" thorugh connecting families to preschool, providing preschool scholarships and dentral screening, and providing transportation services to children in the Head Start Program. | |
Maple Drive Head Start | ||
(515) 573-2882 3611 Maple Drive | M-F 8:30am-2:30pm. Helping to prepare children to succeed in school and life. Children who are at least 3 by September 15th qualify, if household incomes are within eligibility cirteria. | |
Prairie Lakes Area Education Agency | ||
Toll Free (515) 574-5500 1235 5th Ave S | Supporting educators, parents, and the communities they serve to improve student learging. Services include programs for sutdents with special needs, droupout prevention, IEP, IFSP, Leadership Skills, Positive behavior Intervention and Support, and many others. | |
Prairie Valley Elementary | ||
(515) 467-5700 3116 Zearing Ave | Preschool-4th grade education. Preschool education available for children 4 years old by September 15th. | |
Prince of Peace Lutheran Preschool- Fort Dodge | ||
(515) 573-8618 1023 S 27th St | Faith-based learning preschool with classes for 3 & 4 year-olds. | |
Riverside Early Learning Center | ||
(515) 574-5740 733 F St | Preschool and transitional kindergarten for approximately 150 students. Provoiding a safe, fun, and stimulating environment where all kids can learn and excel. Activities promote academic and character development through Positive Behavior Intervention Systems. | |
South Central Calhoun Early Learning Program | ||
Rockwell City Lake City 330 Brower St 709 West Main | Classes in Rockwell City and Lake City for children 3-5 years of age, providing a rich and varied learning experience that nurtures each child and promotes social, intellectual, and physical growth. | |
Southeast Webster-Grand Early Learning Program- Dayton | ||
(515) 547-2314 104 2nd St NW | Rich learning environment that encourages children's natural curiosity and supports them to take risks that lead to new skill devleopment. Children must be 3 by September 15th of current school year to be eligible for preschol program. Pre-K students must be 4 by September 15th of current school year. | |
St. Edmond's Preschool- Fort Dodge | ||
(515) 576-5182 2220 4th Ave N | Dioceasan Catholic School based preschool providing a Christ-centered education. | |
St. Paul's Lutheran Preschool- Fort Dodge | ||
(515) 955-7208 1217 4th Ave S | Quality Christian preschool encompassing education and fun activities for preschool ages 3-5. Age-appropriate Pre-K curriculum provided in a Christian grounding. | |
Tracey's Tots- Fort Dodge | ||
(515) 576-5437 109 S 8th St | Daycare providing full-time child care services for children ages 6 weeks to 12 years. Before and after-school care with pre-school programs and meals available. | |
Webster City Head Start | ||
(515) 832-3285 1317 Beach St | M-F 9:00am-1:15pm. Helping to prepare children to succeed in school and life. Children who are at least 3 by September 15th qualify, if household incomes are within | |
Y.O.U.R. Inc. Head Start Central Office | ||
(515) 573-2456 214 S. 13th St. | Providing Early Head Start (home-based) and Head Start services in Webster and surrounding counties based upon income eligibility determined by federal poverty guidelines. Programs focus on the total development of the child, working closely with other agencies to support children with special needs, and to help parents access resources to reach individual goals. | |
Parenting | ||
24/7 Dads | ||
(515) 573-2193 111 Ave O West | Parenting development and support program for all fathers that consists of 12, two-hour weekly sessions that focus on men's attitudes towar fathering and helping men evaluate their parenting skills. Goal of the program is to improve the well-being of children by increasing the proportion of children with involved, responsible, and commited fathers in their lives. | |
Children & Families of Iowa | ||
(515) 573-2193 111 Ave O West | Helping to keep children safe and, whenever possible, to keep families together. Services include: home studies, support for foster and adoptive partents and related caregivers, safety planning for families in crises, as well as life and parenting skills training. | |
Family Foundations | ||
(515) 573-4107 Webster County Health Department | Free family support services for pregnant women and families with children up to age 5. Nurses and family support workers meet with families to provide information on pregnancy, new baby, toddler growth & development, family life skills, and help to find available resoures based on family needs. | |
Iowa Foster & Adoptive Parents Assocation | ||
(800) 277-8145 | Resoruces, referrals, and peer support to foster, adoptive, and kinship families throughout Iowa. | |
ISU Webster County Extension | ||
(515) 576-2119 217 S 25th St. Suite C12 | Unbiased, research-based information and education to help you make better decisions today and tomorrow. | |
Linking Families & Communities | ||
(515) 955-5437 822 CentralAve, Suite 340 | Empowering families in raising happy, healthy children by providing families with educational, economic, and health support through coordination services with community resources. Linking Families & Communities provides information, referral, and support to families. | |
Mom Talk | ||
(515) 573-3138 Luteran Family Resource Center | Parent educaiton and support for mothers raising children age infant to 12. MomTalk address many issues facing families that include healthy lifesytle, self-sufficiency, and imporoving family interactions. | |
National Guard Family Assistance | ||
(515) 573-3851 1659 Nelson Ave | Assistance form families of miliatary personell while family members are deployed with financial issues, coping with deployed soldiers, and child care. | |
National Parent Helpline | ||
(855) 427-2736 | Helpline providing emotional support for parents from a trained advocate. (M-F 10:00am-7:00pm PST) | |
Right Turn Supervision Services | ||
(515) 302-8205 704 Central Ave, Suite 201 | Parenting skills course available for divorcing and/or separating parents. Course focuses on what children need, healthy child reactions, and how to identify and respond to your children's feelings. | |
Strengthening Families Program | ||
(515) 576-2119 217 S 25th St., Suite C12 | Program for all parents and youth in 6th grade in Fort Dodge Community Schools provided by Iowa State University Extension & Outreach- Webster County. This fun and effective prevention program is aimed to reduce youth problem behaviors, involving parents and middle school youth to enhance parenting skills and strengthening famiiles. Voluntary enrollment with fall and winter sessions. | |
Child & Family Law | ||
Iowa Concern- Legal | ||
(800) 447-1985 | Legal education and assistance avialable 24/7 by phone or live chat, with an attorney available for legal questions by phone or email. All information provided to Iowa Concern is kept confidential. | |
Iowa Legal Aid | ||
(800) 532-1275 1111 9th St., Suite 230 | Free legal assistance with civil legal problsms for clients who meet income and asset guidelines, based on the size of their household. Assistance provided ranges from counsel and advice to representation. Cases handeled include obtaining protective orders for victims of domestic violence and assisting with other family law issues. | |
Iowa Mediation Services | ||
(712) 262-7007 110 W 4th St, Suite 205 | Iowa Mediation Service offers a variety of family mediations and facilitations, whether for couples, parents and children, or across the generations. These can be one-time sessions for an hour, or a series of meetings to deal with several issues and to gradually develop solutions that work for all. | |
Youth Law Center | ||
(515) 244-1172 (800) 728-1172 300 Walnut Street, Suite 295 | Free legal advice to youth across the state of Iowa. Providing youth, and professionals who work with youth, legal information pertaining to areas such as emancipation, abuse and neglect, sex abuse, family problems, school, traffic, homelessness, chemical dependency, delinquency, guardianship/custody and teen parenting issues. Monday-Friday 8:00a.m.-4:30p.m., with 24-hour answering service that takes messages. | |