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Causes: Community Improvement & Capacity Building
Mission: The association provides support to the state of iowa sixth judicial district by providing programs supporting youth in preventing juvenile offenders and additional offender programs.
Programs: Children of promise programs: children of promise programs work to build safer communities by proactively servicing youth who are vulnerable to negative outcomes due to an accumulation of challenges in their lives. One-to-one mentoring serves youth ages 5-18 with a parent in corrections. Youth leadership provides small group mentoring and summer enrichment for at-risk youth. Foster grandparent program gives low-income citizens 55+ the opportunity to tutor and mentor youth in schools and daycares.
partnership for safe families/home to stay/mental health issues: provided programs to the community to prevent child abuse and domestic violence, supported low-income housing projects designed for those re-entering the community from a correctional facility, and led forums to challenge how mental health issues in corrections are addressed.
americorps: americorps is a national service program that addresses critical needs in the country. The "each one reach one" americorps program provides support to adult offenders and at risk youth in order to increase pro-social behavior and decrease recidivism rates in communities in linn, johnson and tama counties.
This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.