Toll Free Crisis Line
CULTURALLY SPECIFIC RESOURCES
Amani Community Services
2315 Falls Avenue, Suite 1
Waterloo, IA 50701
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Service Areas: Waterloo, Cedar Rapids
Crisis Line: 888-983-2533
Website: www.amani-cs.org
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Services Offered: Amani Community Services is a culturally specific domestic violence and sexual assault agency serving African Americans in Black Hawk and Linn Counties. Our staff provides counseling, outreach services, personal advocacy, legal advocacy, children's programming, and information and referrals.
Deaf Iowans Against Abuse (DIAA)
1652 42nd Street NE, Suite D
Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
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Service Areas: Cedar Rapids
24/7 Crisis Line: 319-531-7719
24/7 Text Only: 515-661-4015
Website: www.csddiaa.org
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Services Offered: 24-hour crisis hotline; peer counseling; housing advocacy & support; prevention education; community awareness; legal, medical & youth advocacy; male allies; safety planning; information & referrals.
L.U.N.A. (Latinas Unidas Por Un Nuevo Amanecer)
100 East Euclid Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50313
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Service Areas: Polk, Warren, Marshall
Crisis Line: 866-256-7668
Website: www.lunaiowa.org
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Services Offered: 24-hour crisis line (Spanish & English); one-on-one counseling; court advocacy; support groups; safety planning; community referrals; domestic violence & sexual assault advocacy training.
Meskwaki Victim Services
1834 340th Street
Tama, IA 52339
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Service Areas: Statewide
Crisis Line: 855-840-7362
Website: www.meskwaki.org
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Services Offered: 24-hour emergency crisis line for primary and secondary Native American survivors of SA/DV and their families; medical and legal advocacy; direct support, help meeting basic needs; individual, gamily and group counseling; transportation services.
Monsoon United Asian Women of Iowa
4952 Franklin Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50310
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Service Areas: Statewide
Crisis Line: 866-881-4641
Website: www.muawi.org
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Services Offered: Assistance for Iowa's API population affected by SA/DV; individual and group counseling; legal, medical, & youth advocacy; housing, education, employment, and government benefit applications; information and referrals; community resource center; community outreach and education; youth internships and programming. Monsoon extends its services nationally to other API programs.
Nisaa African Family Services
4936 Franklin Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50310
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Service Areas: Statewide
Crisis Line: 515-255-5430
Website: www.nisaa-afs.org
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Services Offered: Assistance for Iowa's African Immigrants and Refugee population affected by SA/DV; promotes social, economic and political self determination of all women; seeking to build healthy communities through transformative justice and social change.
