…Iowa. We provide a combination of substance use disorder treatment, mental health therapy, parenting skills training, and life skills training groups. Participating women work with therapists and case managers on…
…out to professional women’s groups, YWCA committees that support our mission, and by word of mouth to find mentors. Before I began working for the YWCA I was a board…
…students to build 5 cognitive and behavioral competencies: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision making. Family events provide education on effective and healthy discipline practices focusing on…
…this program in central Iowa but to also offer technical assistance and training to other communities and organizations, e.g., in Cedar Rapids, interested in starting a refugee childcare training program….
With a third year of support from IWF, Planned Parenthood will provide 1,600 comprehensive sexuality education programs to youth in middle schools and high schools in Iowa. Access to medically…
…to help improve the child care shortage in our state,” said Gov. Reynolds. “We know there is no one solution that will provide more availability to quality, affordable child care,…
…Comprehensive Services program serves survivors of labor and sex trafficking, most often referred by law enforcement who have come across victims during their investigations and “busts.” IWF has provided funding…
Iowa needs women farmers. Women-owned farms comprise only eight percent of all farms in Iowa, and that number is falling. Through Harvesting Our Potential: Training Women Farmers, WFAN empowers women…
…will help further develop services to reach more women and improve outcomes-based programming and measurements. Our support, combined with other funds, will provide meals, recruitment, supplies, and operational costs for…
…planning. Training will address both of these and a third component that is critical for women: a supportive network of other women. By training a cadre of the next generation…
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