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This guide provides resources on a variety of social topics and is primarily used to create other guides for service-learning courses/projects.  Each box includes key sources from government agencies and non-profit organizations, but they are not designed to be comprehensive. Topics are arranged alphabetically & include:

Affordable Housing

Animal Welfare

Charitable Giving/Volunteerism

Child Abuse Prevention

Children & Physical Activity

College Student Transitions

Colleges & Financial Access

Colleges & Safety/Security

College Students & Chronic/Mental Health

College Students & Food Insecurity

Department of Human Services

Individuals with Disabilities

Domestic & Family Violence

Early Childhood

Elderly

 

Empowerment for Girls

Entrepreneurship & Minority-Owned Businesses

Environmental Justice (see also Mapping Climate Change)

Financial Literacy (Youth)

Foster Care/Adoption

Health Care Access

Health Care: Hospitals

Health Care: Pediatrics

Hospice/Palliative Care

Homelessness/Housing Insecurity

Hunger/Food Insecurity

Immigration & Refugee Resettlement

Language Learning

LGBTA+ Rights

Mapping Climate Change (see also Environmental Justice)

 

Mental Health

MLK Day of Service

Museums/Cultural Institutions

Non-Profits & Social Media

Older Adults & Physical Activity

Poverty (U.S./Local)

Premature Infants

Pregnancy & Parenting

Service Animals

Sexual Assault Prevention

Spirituality (Young People)

Substance Abuse

Veterans

Workplace Wellness

Youth Development/Mentoring

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Affordable Housing

Children & Physical Activity

College Student Transition

College Students & Chronic/Mental Health Conditions

College Students & Food Insecurity

Department of Human Services (DHS)

Education & Youth Well-being

Environmental Justice (see also Mapping Climate Change)

Financial Literacy (Youth)

Foster Care/Adoption

Health Care Access

Health Care: Pediatrics

Homelessness/Housing Insecurity

Hospice/Palliative Care

Hunger/Food Insecurity

LGBTQ+ Rights

Mapping Climate Change

Mental Health

MLK Day of Service

Older Adults & Physical Activity

Premature Infants

Pregnancy & Parenting

Sexual Assault Prevention & Services

Spirituality (Young People)

Workplace Wellness

Youth and the Arts

Demographic Resources

Iowa Resources

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