Lutheran Services in Iowa

Lutheran Services in Iowa is a church-based organization that provides residential, home health care and social services. It offers home study, national and international adoption, and post- and pre-placement counseling services for adoptive and birth parents. Lutheran Services in Iowa provides Crisis Child Care, a short-term program that focuses on foster home residential care services for children of families facing catastrophic situations. It also offers several community-based prevention programs that emphasize parenting skills training, child abuse risk factors reduction, and screening and identification of at-risk children. The organization s home health care services include medication management, therapy and personal care services, as well as assistance with meal preparation, bathing, housekeeping and laundry. Additionally, it provides short-term respite care services for people who suffer with physical disabilities and delinquency prevention, crisis intervention and family advocacy programs. Lutheran Services in Iowa maintains one of its facilities in Dubuque, Iowa.