Local Support Groups

Over half of our employees have some type of disability. As you work to become more independent yourself, we can share with you our own experiences having a disability, encountering and overcoming barriers to our independence, and how we’ve become advocates for ourselves and for others.

Below you will find information on local peer support groups by County and Organization.  Likewise, if you click on the County name, you will be redirected to the Iowa Compass Social and Emotional Support listings for your area.

If you know of any groups that are not currently listed here, please let us know so we can update this page!  Likewise, let us know if you notice any errors so that we can make necessary changes to keep this listing as up to date as possible.

Local Peer Support Groups:

Benton

• Home Instead Senior Care
• Peer Recovery Zone

Cedar

Henry

• Henry County Health Center
  • Cancer; Cardiac; Diabetes; ect.
• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 
  • Henry County Outreach
• Choices Drop-In Center
• Life Connections Peer Recovery Services
• Cardiac and Pulmonary Support Group
• Coffee Club for Diabetics 

Iowa

Johnson

• Abbe Center for Community Mental Health
  • Pathways Adult Day Health Center
• ChildServe – Iowa City
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Support Group
• Johnson County Vision Loss Support Group
• National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) – Johnson County
  • NAMI Connection Support Group
  • NAMI Family Support Group
  • R Place Peer Center
• National Aphasia Association-Iowa City
• National Stuttering Association-Iowa City
• The Arc of Southeast Iowa
• The Iowa City Autism Community
  • Children’s Playgroup
  • Online Community
  • Parent/Caregiver Meetings
  • Social Group for Adults with Autism and ADHD
• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 
  • Abdominal; Alcoholics Anonymous; All Organ Transplant; American Cancer Society Look Good…Feel Better Program; Bariatric Surgery; Beyond the Bump; Blood and Marrow Transplant; Brain Injury; Breast Cancer and High Risk Breast; Breastfeeding; Burn/Necrotizing Fasciitis; Caregiver; Cowden Syndrome; Epilepsy; Huntington’s Disease; Iowa Pulmonary Hypertension; Leukemia and Lymphoma Society; Keokuk Outreach Cancer; Lung Transplant; LVAD; Multiple Myeloma; Online Cancer Support Group; Prostate Cancer Breakfast Club; Supporting Cancer Patients; Transplant; Yoga Support Group for Cancer Survivors; etc.

Jones

• Jones County Vision Loss Support Group

Linn

• Abbe Mental Health Center
• Hawkeye Area Down Syndrome Association
• Linn County Vision Loss Support Group
• Mercy Medical Center – Cedar Rapids
  • Cancer Support Groups
  • Lung Transplant; Female Cardia; Respiratory; Dementia/Alzheimer’s Caregiver; etc.
• The Arc of East Central Iowa

Washington

• Al-Anon and Alateen Family Groups
• Alcoholics Anonymous
• Choices Drop-In Recovery Center
• University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics 
  • Washington Area Outreach Cancer Support Group