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The Public Health Model offers a framework for understanding and
addressing substance abuse problems among women, families and communities. We
respond to the whole person. In addition to educational support groups for
substance abuse, we also address the co-occurring problems while building
protective factors – families need enough money, healthy friendships and meaning
in their lives to sustain long term sobriety.
The following groups run concurrently every Monday evening from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
at the Mills County Public Health Office, located at 101 Central, Suite B11, in
Glenwood, Iowa. The meetings are free, confidential, and open to the public.
Childcare is available onsite.
MOM (Mom’s Off Meth) Support Group:
You can share your struggles, fears and feelings by talking to other women who
have been where you are. Get helpful information and support in an atmosphere of
understanding and confidentiality.
Click here to visit the national Moms Off Meth website.
(Funded by a grant from Iowa West Foundation)
DAD (Dad’s Against Drugs) Support Group:
The DADS goal is to help men deal with the challenges in their lives due to
substance abuse. DADS is not a 12-step program, but a support network of fathers
dealing with similar issues.
(Funded by a grant from Boost4Families)
NOT ALONE Children’s Educational Support Group (Children
ages 5-18):
Education about addiction gives children a framework for what they are
experiencing. They hear the messages they need to hear – that they are not
alone. The entire family is strengthened, stress levels reduced, and resilience
enhanced, when these services are available to the children.
(Funded by grants from Boost4Families and Mills County Endowment)
Additional Service to Women and families –
RECOVERY COACHING:
The basic philosophy behind recovery coaching is that we humans have
immeasurable resources of energy, wisdom, and ability waiting to be set in
motion. We can create the life we want faster and more easily by having a coach
who helps us utilize our resources to facilitate change and realize our
potential. When you empower a person and show her what she can do instead of
focusing on what she can't do, you can improve her overall mental health and
life in general dramatically. Coaching answers the question of 'now what?' that
women in recovery ask as they transition into a clean and sober world.
(Funded by a grant from Iowa West Foundation)
For more information please call (712) 527-9699
or email
Julie Lynes, L.B.S.W., M.A. |
