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"Partnering with persons with disabilities to guarantee opportunities and choices for success."


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Community Support Advocates (CSA) is a cooperative effort of Mainstream Living, Progress Industries, and The Homestead.

Our Purpose

CSA was formed to assist persons with mental illness, intellectual disabilities, or other developmental disabilities in gaining access to appropriate housing, needed medical services, and interrelated social, vocational, and educational services.

Consumer Choice

These services are driven by consumer choice, with a focus on individualized community services and supports, and maximum community integration.




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Community Support Advocates

333 SW 9th Street Ste. C

Des Moines, IA 50309

Phone (515) 883-1776

Fax (515) 883-2171

CSA Executive Director

Christina Smith

Executive Director

(515) 883-1776, Ext. 264

Case Management & Service Coordination

Melissa Ahrens, LBSW

Case Management Director

(515) 883-1776, Ext. 246

Integrated Services & Knowledge Empowers Youth (KEY)

Angela Wacker

Director of Integrated Services

(515) 883-1776, Ext. 330

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