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Southwest Iowa Families

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Enhancing the lives of children and families in Southwest Iowa. Kindness Closet Hours: every Monday & Wednesday 9:00AM-12:00PM

Mission: “Enhancing the lives of children and their families in Southwest Iowa”

Purpose: Southwest Iowa Families, Inc. exists to provide social and mental health services and supports for families in the areas of Southwest Iowa and Northwest Missouri

Philosophy: We believe that children are a gift of God and that families are granted the responsibility of nurturing this gift. Agency programs will support families in caring for their families in accordance with the following principles:

All children have a right to be raised in a safe and nurturing environment. Programs and services that focus on the promotion of family life and the prevention of unhealthy circumstances for infants and young children are good stewardship of resources. Prevention is a key in the promotion of the well being of all children, including the aspects of physical and mental health and spiritual, educational and social development. It is more effective to help families prevent problems rather than to focus exclusively on treating existing problems. All families and individuals have the capacity to grow and change. This capacity is enhanced when families are provided support, information, alternatives, and resources. Parents who are confident and competent in parenting roles are more likely to raise healthy, productive children. All families have desires and priorities related to meeting their needs and these changes over time. A family’s own natural support system may need to be enhanced by varying levels of community support to meet their needs over time as well. The Christian Church offers a spiritual foundation for service and a caring community – families grow in communities and all families need supportive communities. Effective systems are responsive, flexible, integrated, and accessible to children and their families.

11/03/2026

🎉 Celebrating 20 Years with Southwest Iowa Families! 🎉
Help us congratulate Carol Brehmer on 20 years with Southwest Iowa Families! What an incredible milestone and an even more incredible impact on the children, teachers, and schools she's worked with along the way!
Through our Dinosaur School program, Carol has helped make a difference in the lives of:
🦕 500+ children
🦕 31+ teachers
🦕 18 preschools and schools
That's 20 years of helping little dinosaurs learn big lessons! Dinosaur School helps children develop important social-emotional skills, build positive relationships, and learn skills they can carry with them as they grow.
Carol, thank you for your dedication, hard work, and the countless little lives you've helped shape over the past 20 years. We are so lucky to have you as part of the SWIF team!
Congratulations, Carol! ❤️
Funding for Dinosaur School is provided by Thriving Families Alliance.

11/02/2026

The Kindness Closet is in need of boys winter coats if you have any you'd like to get rid of feel free to drop them off anytime 8:00am-5:00pm. Thank you!

11/02/2026

🎃🏆 Our Pumpkin Contest Winners! 🏆🎃

Thank you to everyone who took the time to cast a vote! It was soooo close!!

Our staff got creative, and we had some pretty fun pumpkins to choose from!

🥇 1st Place: Erica King

🥈 2nd Place: Brandi Herzberg

Congratulations to our winners, and thank you to all of our talented pumpkin decorators for making our office a little more festive!

We love a little friendly competition at SWIF!

10/27/2026

10/26/2026

🎃🍂 SWIF Pumpkin Decorating Contest! 🍂🎃

Our SWIF staff got creative and brought their pumpkin decorating skills to the table! From cute to spooky to downright fancy, we have some pretty fun entries!

Now it’s YOUR turn to help us pick a winner!

Between the number of photo likes and votes in the office, let’s see which pumpkin takes home the bragging rights!

10/26/2026

🎃👻 SWIF Celebrated Halloween a Little Early! 👻🎃

We decided to get a head start on Halloween since Mondays are the one day most of our SWIF crew is together in the building! 👻

Care Bears and our blue sky, we had some fun showing off our costumes and enjoying a little Halloween spirit together!

We hope everyone has a safe and happy Halloween!

Address

117 W Main Street
Clarinda, IA
51632

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

Telephone

+17125423501

Website

http://southwestiowafamilies.org/

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