Mental Health Care in Des Moines, IA

Children and Families of Iowa

What Does Children and Families of Iowa Offer?

Children and Families of Iowa is a mental health facility at 1111 University Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa, offering outpatient care and telehealth therapy. It accepts Medicaid, private insurance, TRICARE, state-financed insurance and self-pay. Therapy approaches include CBT, EMDR and couples and family therapy.

1111 University Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50314

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at Children and Families of Iowa

  • Outpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • Medicaid
  • Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Couples/family therapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Who the Program Serves

  • Young adults
  • Seniors or older adults
  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
  • Clients who have experienced trauma
  • Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
  • Ages: Children/Adolescents
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors

Language Services

  • Spanish

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Family psychoeducation
  • Suicide prevention services
  • Education services

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in Iowa lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.

Other Mental Health Facilities Near Children and Families of Iowa

Measured by straight-line distance from this facility. See every listing on the Des Moines mental health care page.

Eyerly Ball CMHS, Des Moines

1319 Pennsylvania Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50316 · 1.3 mi

515-241-0982

  • Outpatient care
  • Telehealth therapy
  • CBT
  • DBT
  • EMDR
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Private insurance
  • Sliding fee
  • Payment help
  • Walk-in crisis

Sources

  1. SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov listing data, checked October 2026
  2. About FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)

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