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A life in your own community, with support that fits you.

Nezia Care provides Supported Community Living for adults with intellectual disabilities, brain injury and mental illness across the Des Moines metro.

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Iowa HCBS provider. We work alongside case managers, MCOs, families and guardians.

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Independence is built one everyday skill at a time.

Nezia Care is a community-based Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) provider. Our Supported Community Living (SCL) services help each person live as independently as possible while staying connected to the people and places that matter to them.

Support is shaped around the individual: their needs, preferences, goals and approved service plan. Our mission is to enable persons with disabilities to live in and access the resources of the community around them, and to realize their full potential.

Adults with intellectual disabilities

Building the routines, home skills and confidence that make independent living work day to day.

Adults living with brain injury

Rebuilding structure after a TBI, with prompting and practice that respects how far someone has already come.

Adults living with mental illness

Steady, person-centered support for health, safety, relationships and taking part in community life.

What support looks like

A young man with Down syndrome in an apron stirs a pot on the stove while his support worker smiles and gives a thumbs up

Daily living, at home

We help people develop and keep the skills of running a home: cooking, cleaning, laundry, budgeting for groceries, and keeping a routine that works.

  • Daily living and independent living skills
  • Household and home-management skills
  • A safe and healthy living environment
A man with Down syndrome raises his arms and high-fives his support worker after a strike at a bowling alley

Out in the community

Community is where people find friends, purpose and belonging. We support people to get there and take part, on their own terms.

  • Community integration and participation
  • Social, recreational and cultural activities
  • Finding and using community resources
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Built with the whole team

We work closely with each person, their family or guardian, case manager, MCO and interdisciplinary team, so services follow the approved plan and the person's own goals.

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How a referral works

Case managers, families and individuals can all start a referral. Here's what happens next.

  1. Reach out

    Send your contact details online or call us. It takes about a minute.

  2. We call you back

    We talk through the person's needs and the referral details by phone.

  3. Meet and plan

    We meet the person and their team to understand goals, needs and preferences.

  4. Support begins

    Services start under the approved service plan, and we keep the team updated.

Serving the Des Moines metro

Nezia Care supports people across the Des Moines metropolitan area and surrounding communities. Services take place in each person's home and community.

  • Des Moines
  • West Des Moines
  • Urbandale
  • Clive
  • Johnston
  • Ankeny
  • Waukee
  • Windsor Heights
  • Altoona
  • Pleasant Hill
  • Norwalk
  • Grimes

Not on the list? Ask us, we may still be able to help.

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Funding we accept

Nezia Care accepts SCL funding through these programs. Not sure how someone's services are funded? Their case manager can confirm, or ask us.

  • Wellpoint
  • Iowa Total Care
  • Molina
  • Medicaid Fee-for-Service / HPP Waiver

Looking for an SCL provider for someone you support?

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