Parent Partners Provide Mentoring and Support in Rural Iowa
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Description
Features a statewide program in Iowa that pairs families whose children have been removed from the home with mentors with shared experience who have successfully navigated the state's Department of Human Services system. Describes the services that mentors provide: coaching, advocating, and connecting clients with community resources.
Author(s)
Allee Mead
Citation
Rural Monitor
Date
03/2022
Type
Document
Organization
Rural Health Information Hub
Tagged as
Behavioral health · Child welfare · Children and youth · Families · Human services · Stigma · Substance use and misuse · Iowa