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Helping Services for Youth & Families’ Domestic Abuse Resource Center (DARC) is recognizing Domestic Violence Awareness during the month of October. In Iowa and around the world, October is a month to create awareness around domestic violence, using the color purple to symbolize the cause. Helping Services’ Domestic Abuse Resource Center advocates work alongside survivors…
Join us for popcorn and a showing of Hotel Transylvania3 2: Summer Vacation on October 5th at Decorah Softball Field. The Domestic Abuse Resource Center at Helping Services has partnered with CPPC and HAWC to host an outdoor movie night. The idea is to encourage healthy family-focused activities and connect with others in the community. …
Thank you to our generous donors! April is Child Abuse Prevention Month! Your support allows us to continue our work with young families and local area youth mentoring programs. Our domestic advocates work hard to keep children safe. Keep our important work going, consider a donation today! Don’t miss new job openings added this month….
Get to Know Helping Services Staff! Through these in-depth series of videos, we are able to go into more detail so you can better understand what we do and how we work with your community. https://youtu.be/rabtLs6aVSI DIRECTOR OF HELPING SERVICES. Ben Krouse-Gagne begins his video series “Getting to Know Us” by interviewing Carson Eggland, the…
Every January we are fortunate to partner with the Luther College social work course, “Crisis Intervention”, and provide our Victim Counselor Training. This collaboration came about as a way to offer the participants firsthand experience with crisis intervention, through volunteering with a victim service agency. While not all participants may pursue this volunteer opportunity, it…
The Domestic Abuse Resource Center team is offering a domestic violence survivor virtual no cost support group! Call us at (800) 383-2988 or email us at: info@helpingservices.org. Visit our CAREERS page to find out about job openings at Helping Services. DOMESTIC ABUSE ADVOCACY Learn more> FAMILY EDUCATION AND SUPPORT Learn more> SUBSTANCE/DRUG MISUSE PREVENTION Learn more> YOUTH MENTORING PROGRAMS…
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) Which Iowa counties do you serve? We serve Allamakee, Bremer, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Fayette, Howard, and Winneshiek counties in Iowa. Not every program is available in every county. Are you a government agency? Helping Services for Youth & Families is a 501(c)3 private nonprofit. We do receive state and federal grants,…