Wellmark Urban Dreams Community Center

1615 2nd Ave Des MoinesIA 50314

About Wellmark Urban Dreams Community Center – Des Moines

The Wellmark Urban Dreams Community Center offers addiction treatment services to teens and adults in the urban community of Des Moines, Iowa. You can also receive help for mental health conditions. They have nine other locations in the surrounding cities, but we will be focusing on their Des Moines location here. They offer outpatient services and an OWI program that is separated between 12-hour and 48-hour courses. They also offer classes for Spanish speakers. They can assist over 1,750 individuals through all of their programs combined.

You can get connected to the community with their monthly community engagement events. These are typically free events that put an emphasis on providing positive experiences that can help people meet local law enforcement professionals in a friendly way and engage with local businesses and community leaders. They usually attract over 15,000 families and community members each year.

Their community food pantry service receives food from generous businesses such as Pizza Hut and Whole Foods. Individuals can visit the pantry once daily in order to receive fresh and non-perishable food.

They also have a youth employment program for teens between the ages of 14 and 19. This program helps teens get hands-on experience in the workforce. There are also fun services such as their golf simulator. This allows people, from beginners to experts, to participate in a simulation with stunning detail. Aside from all this, they have panels and workshops that are relevant and can teach you a lot of important lessons and prepare you for the real world.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

12-Step

12 step programs such as Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous are support group style programs for individuals who are experiencing alcohol or substance use disorder. At Evoke they use a holistic model of addiction care that includes using 12 step programs. These programs are an integral part of most relapse prevention plans and provide continued support and accountability that support sobriety.

Aftercare Support

Completing a drug or alcohol rehab program shouldn't spell the end of substance abuse treatment. Aftercare involves making a sustainable plan for recovery, including ongoing support. This can include sober living arrangements like halfway houses, career counseling, and setting a patient up with community programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).

Intensive Outpatient

Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) are for those who want or need a very structured treatment program but who also wish to live at home and continue with certain responsibilities (such as work or school). IOP substance abuse treatment programs vary in duration and intensity, and certain outpatient rehab centers will offer individualized treatment programs.

Intervention Services

Intervention services helps family or friends of addicts stage an intervention, which is a meeting in which loved ones share their concerns and attempt to get an addict into treatment. Professional intervention specialists can help loved ones organize, gather, and communicate with an addict. They can guide intervention participants in describing the damage the addict's behavior is causing and that outside help is necessary to address the addiction. The ideal outcome of an intervention is for the addict to go to rehab and get the help they need.

Outpatient

Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.

Treatments

Programs

Adult Program

Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.

LGBTQ Program

Recovery is most successful when clients feel accepted and validated by their peers and treatment providers. Facilities that offer LGBTQ-inclusive programming are committed to creating a safe space where everyone can grow and recover without fear of judgment or discrimination. They will have dedicated policies in place to create a safe and supportive environment that fosters free expression.

Military Program

Serving in the military is both mentally and physically challenging, and can result in trauma that persists even after combat ends. Military programs are tailored to the specific and often complex needs of active duty personnel, veterans, and military families. Clients often access these programs through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Young Adult Program

Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.

Staff

Izaah Knox

Executive Director

Ahmed Ageyman, Ph.D.

BOD

Accreditations

Rehab in Cities Near Des Moines, Iowa

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