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Four Oaks, located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is dedicated to providing comprehensive services that support families and children in need. With a focus on affordable housing, foster care, adoption, and education services, the organization aims to create stability and promote well-being within the community. The organization employs a TotalChild strategy, emphasizing trauma-informed care and collaboration with various partner agencies to ensure the best outcomes for families. Through workforce development, prevention services, and therapeutic support, Four Oaks strives to foster resilience and empower individuals to achieve lasting change. Generated from the website

Established in 1973, Four Oaks is one of the largest private, nonprofit child welfare and juvenile justice organizations in Iowa. The agency provides services to more than 5,000 people annually from over 90 counties across various Iowa cities. It offers a wide range of services, including prevention programs, community-based and aftercare services, community and after school programs, and residential treatment programs. Its residential treatment program includes the Smith center, residential treatment and youth shelters, sexual abuse treatment and reorientation program, chemical dependency program; a young women's residential treatment center, and youth emergency shelter. Four Oaks is governed by volunteer board of directors from the Cedar Rapids, Marion and Iowa City professional and business communities. Its community-based mental health services provide outpatient individual and family psychotherapy to children and their families who are eligible for behavioral health services. The agency is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

Tanager Place is a private, nonprofit organization, which provides services to children and families challenged by social and psychological needs. Its main campus is located in southwest Cedar Rapids, Iowa. This 24-acre campus includes residential units, psychiatric units, intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded, recreational facilities, volleyball court, softball diamond, walking trail, playground, basketball hoops, tennis courts, gymnasium and administrative facilities. Tanager Place also operates the Katz Center, a clinic and school, as well as the Lund Educational Center and Joe & Natalie Cohn Expressive Arts House. Tanager Place offers community-based programs to children and families throughout Iowa. It serves hundreds of children and families in more than 45 Iowa counties. Tanager Place is accredited by the Council on Accreditation for Children and Family Services and licensed by the Iowa Department of Human Services.