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SPRING 2009
Children and Families of Iowa • $10,000
Cornerstone Recovery addresses teenagers in treatment care for
substance abuse and mental health issues. Program implements evidence-based
therapeutic approaches to meet the needs of adolescents and families, providing
early intervention crucial to helping prevent teenagers from developing chronic
addictions to their drug of choice.
Des Moines Health Center • $30,000
Comprehensive school based oral health program providing an array of dental
services using portable equipment and a mobile dental clinic RV. Services include oral health
education, screenings and referrals to all pre-school and elementary schools. Fluoride varnish
is provided in pre-school sites, dental sealants and treatment services are provided to children
in 2nd and 3rd grades and 10 targeted pre-school sites. Dental screenings for 4 year olds and 8th
graders meets new State requirement for school entry.
Des Moines Pastoral Counseling Center • $15,000
The program provides a sliding payment scale for mental health counseling services
for uninsured and underinsured adults, teens and children.
Employee and Family Resources
• $20,000
Re-Thinking Drinking and Chance 4 Change Restorative Justice Youth Programs
works to help youth change their attitudes and behaviors related to underage possession and use
of alcohol and marijuana, as well as continuing to move this model closer to an evidence-based
program through rigorous evaluation. Youth formerly arrested for possession of alcohol and small
amounts of marijuana will be given the opportunity to examine their decision-making attitudes
and behaviors and, in a restorative justice setting with parents, other youth and adults,
identify the harms their offense has caused to themselves, their families and the at-large
community, and specific means to repair each harm.
Iowa Dental Foundation •
$7,500
Iowa Mission of Mercy will provide an opportunity for free oral health care to be
delivered by volunteers to those who otherwise would not have access to the needed services.
A field dental clinic is set up in a central location and care is provided for two full days.
Services include hygiene, pedodontic, restorative/endontic, oral surgery, or laboratory services.
Patients will also receive information from volunteers about appropriate oral health and hygiene
focused on prevention and best practices.
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Iowa State University, Polk County Extension Services • $15,000
Polk County Healthy Schools - Centers of Excellence build capacity to plan, implement and evaluate effective
school-based activity programming that may help reduce the prevalence of overweight and obesity. This project will
provide support and resources to help schools build effective physical activity and obesity prevention programs that
are compliant with the recently passed Healthy Kids Act, which holds schools accountable for promoting and tracking
student physical activity involvement at school. The project builds upon previous projects' work training staff,
acquiring equipment and establishing protocols to track and evaluate students' fitness.
Young Women's Resource Center • $15,000
Childbirth Education and Doula Programs (Perinatal Services) provide education and support to pregnant
young mothers in an effort to prevent health problems for their unborn babies and themselves. Primary goal
is to assist clients with seeking proper prenatal care to avert infant mortality, low birth weight and preterm
babies born to this high risk population. Additional goals include facilitating maternal/child well-being by
assisting with initial bonding, helping with breastfeeding initiation, and providing support during the postpartum
period.
Youth Emergency Services and Shelter of Iowa • $25,000
Crisis Assessment and Counseling Services provide children and families with 24 hour access to emergency
services via a crisis phone line, face-to-face crisis mediation, assessment and connection to an array of services.
The goals of the early intervention services are to meet the safety, physical and emotional needs of children, help kids
and parents resolve problems, keep families intact, divert children from juvenile shelter care placement, and prevent
further involvement in the child welfare system.
Mini-grant
Prevent Child Abuse Iowa • $5,000 ,br>
Project partners with AmeriCorps national service program members to expand Community Partnerships
for Protecting Children (CPPC) - a community effort that supports families and protects children from abuse.
CPPC efforts ensure that child protection staff and community members reach out earlier when families face
stress; intervene more rapidly, comprehensively, and effectively when abuse occurs; and join together to make
CPS policies and practices more effective.
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