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Tanager Place Awarded Business 380 Excellence Award

Tanager Place is proud to announce we have been awarded the Gazette’s Business 380 Excellence Award for best non-profit in the Corridor! The award was presented to our CEO, Okpara Rice, at the Gazette’s second-annual Business 380 Excellence Award banquet on September 8, 2016. Gazette business editor Michael Chevy Castranova…

New tool helps police reunite non-verbal residents with families in Linn County

Autism Spectrum Disorder

CEDAR RAPIDS — The Cedar Rapids Police Department and Linn County Sheriff’s Office have a new tool to help reunite residents with autism, Alzheimer’s disease and other developmental disabilities with their loved ones or guardians. The agencies, along with the City of Cedar Rapids’ Information Technology Department, Tanager Place and…

Help for mental health

About Us

When a child has a stomach ache or a fever, a doctor’s appointment is made. A severe cut or a broken bone, and you’re off to the emergency room — in a hurry. Physical ailments are easy to spot. In contrast, mental health challenges continue to fly under the radar.…

Together We Achieve

About Us, Prevention

We’ve all heard that statement “it takes a village to raise a child”. Well, it’s true. That’s why we created the Together We Achieve (TWA) mentorship program. The program supports the concept that children can accomplish their dreams when they are given support, guidance, hope and opportunity. We teach our…

March ASD Information Workshop

Autism Spectrum Disorder, Support Groups

In March, the Austim Spectrum Disorder parent support group will be hosting a financial planning session specializing in financial planning for parents with children who have special needs. Presenters, Dennis Burns and Jeffrey Raun, are from Connect the Dots 4 Life, which support individuals with special needs find ways to financially afford necessities…

Expanded Clinic Outcomes

About Us, Contribute, Treatment

The lack of access to mental health treatment for children continues to be a crisis in our country. Iowa is not immune to this service crisis. In Linn and the surrounding counties, over 4,500 children and their families are seeking behavioral health services. In 2014, Tanager Place recognized this need…

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Education

Tanager Place invites you to join us for one of our FREE Youth Mental Health First Aid certification courses we are offering in March and May. 1 in 5. One in five children will experience a diagnosable mental illness. It’s easy to tell when someone might be suffering from a heart…

Fall Career Fair 2015

About Us, Careers

Are you looking for a career in the Human Services, Psychology or Social Work fields? Do you have a passion for working with children at a pioneering organization that delivers high quality, comprehensive mental and behavioral health solutions for children and families? Join us on Thursday, November 12th from…