Mental Health Care in Des Moines, IA

New Connections

What Does New Connections Offer?

New Connections is a mental health facility at 1801 Hickman Road, Des Moines, Iowa, offering outpatient care and partial hospitalization. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance and state-financed insurance. Therapy approaches include CBT.

1801 Hickman Road
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 New Connections

  • Outpatient
  • Partial hospitalization/day treatment

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • County or local government funds
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Other State funds
  • Private health insurance
  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Crisis and Emergency Services

  • Crisis intervention team

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

  • Activity therapy
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Group therapy
  • Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
  • Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Who the Program Serves

  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI)
  • Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Court-ordered outpatient treatment
  • 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 New Connections

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 · 2.0 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)

In crisis? Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org, any time. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911. anxiety.help is an independent guide, not a mental health provider or crisis service, and doesn't give medical advice. For a free, confidential referral, call SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357.