“Connecting youth and families with community resources to enhance

their wellness, help them successfully learn, and prepare for life.”

Services, Education, and Scan For While all young people in the Cedar
Referrals Available Valley age 0-21 are eligible for
services, Success Street centers are
 School Based Mental Health
Counseling
Our located in two high schools and one
middle school.
 Health and Medical Provider
services CARVER ACADEMY
Health Care Provider:
 Confidential STD testing and
Black Hawk County Health Dept.
treatment 1505 Logan Ave
 Confidential pregnancy testing Waterloo, IA 50703
 Health presentations upon request (319) 433-2530
 Referrals to parenting programs
EAST HIGH SCHOOL
Health Care Provider:
Peoples Community Health Clinic
We are so excited to announce that we are partnering with Peoples Community Health Clinic 214 High Street
THIS FALL to offer health services at our East High and West High locations. Students will Waterloo, Iowa 50703
still be able to access health services through the Black Hawk County Health Department at (319) 433-2450
Carver Academy. Peoples Community Health Clinic will offer the following services:

 Physicals, including sport physicals

WEST HIGH SCHOOL
 Immunizations Health Care Provider:
 Illness care Peoples Community Health Clinic
 Ongoing care for: asthma, nutrition and weight management, and other long-term health 425 East Ridgeway Avenue
issues Waterloo, Iowa 50702
 Pregnancy prevention education and testing (319) 433-2780
 Sexually Transmitted Disease screening and treatment
 Injury care

Success Street Facts

 Services are available Monday through Friday during school hours (8:00a.m. to 4:30p.m.), with early morning and evening services
available by appointment.
 Success
Street
 During COVID-19 Success Street staff are on the front lines helping young people and their families cope with COVID-19 related
stressors including mental health, sexual health and substance abuse needs.
 Clinics have been geographically situated to best meet the needs of the community’s medically underserved and diverse populations.

 At the Success Street locations, health care professionals, health educators, and mental health counselors work in collaboration with
schools and staff to develop and deliver effective services.
 Success Street staff are increasingly aware of the high level of mental health needs and work to support students social-emotional
health.
School Based Mental Individual Health Education
Health Counseling (IHE)
 Black Hawk-Grundy Mental  Health Educators are available to meet with students for Individual Health
Health Center addresses a variety of Education (IHE).
mental health needs through  Students who meet for IHE can have their questions or concerns about sexual
assessment and individual therapy health issues addressed in a private visit that is tailored to their individual needs.
during the school day: Depression,  Health Educators discuss the benefits of abstinence with each student, and
anxiety, relationship concerns, family encourage teens to discuss sexuality issues with their parents/guardians or other
issues, school-based problems, trusted adults.
behavioral concerns, high-risk  A "What's Where for Teens" resource card is given to each teen and brochures
behaviors, stress, etc. are provided on relevant topics as requested. Other topics discussed include healthy
 Therapists are in all Waterloo relationships, tactics for handling sexual pressure, birth control options, and STD
and Cedar Falls Districts schools. If
you are interested you can speak
Substance Use Prevention Counseling
with your school counselor and/or
parent. Guardian consent is required Provided by Pathways Behavioral Services
to be seen for therapy if under 18
years of age.  Counselors are able to address substance abuse concerns using evaluations
 This service is NO COST to and individual counseling.
students and young families  Counselors are available at all Waterloo and Cedar Falls Districts schools.
(Services are supported by  No-cost and confidential.

Outcomes of
 Absences decreasedSuccess
by 1.8 days per year for Success Street students, whereas the general student population
remained the same.
 Behavior referrals also decreased by 4.4 referrals per year for Success Street students and increased by .35 for the
general student population.
 During the 2018-19 school year, students receiving six or more services at Success Street increased their average
grade point average by .26. Non-Success Street students remained static.

Support for
Reasons to refer a student to Victims of
Success Street: Abuse
 Amani Community Services is a culturally specific domestic violence and sexual
A young person… assault agency serving African Americans
 Riverview Center provides compassionate care for those affected by sexual
 Discloses to you that they do not assault in Iowa
feel safe at home.  Waypoint Services offers comprehensive domestic violence victim services
 Has questions about healthy
relationships or sexual consent.
 Has shared they are feeling Success Success Street Funders
depressed or anxious.  Amani Community Services  Cedar Valley United
 Has been acting out or their  Black Hawk County Health Way
demeanor has changed. Department  Cedar Falls
 Who has concerns about  Black Hawk-Grundy Mental Health Community School District
substance use for themselves, a friend, Center  Community
or a family member.  MercyOne Waterloo Foundation of Northeast
 Who is concerned about  Pathways Behavioral Services Iowa
pregnancy, a sexually transmitted  Peoples Community Health Clinic  Otto Schoitz
infection, or who would like to lean  Riverview Center Foundation
more about birth control methods.  SuccessLink  SuccessLink
 If a child needs vaccination, child  Together For Youth  Waterloo Community
health exam, physical or referral.  UnityPoint Health-Allen Hospital School District
 WayPoint Services
 Young Parents Together