Life Is a Journey
Welcome to County Rural Offices of Social Services!
County Rural Offices of Social Services (CROSS region) is designed to improve the health, hope, and successful outcomes for the adults in our region who have mental health disabilities and intellectual/ developmental disabilities, including those with multi-occurring issues with other complex human service needs, as well as children with a serious emotional disturbance in South Central Iowa.
Clarke County: 641-414-2968
Decatur County: 641-446-7178
Lucas County: 641-774-0423
Marion County: 641-828-2238 ext. 3869
Monroe County: 641-932-2427
Ringgold County: 641-464-0691
Wayne County: 641-872-1301
Children’s Services: 641-828-2238 ext 3866 Mobile Crisis 641-342-1742
Your Life Iowa Hotline: 855-581-8111
Your Life Iowa Hotline Text: 855-895-8398
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The local county offices of County Rural Offices of Social Services are the pillars of the agency and the link pins of the service delivery system.
You can find our offices in the following counties:
- Clarke
- Decatur
- Lucas
- Marion
- Monroe
- Ringgold
- Wayne

Vision Statement
County Rural Offices of Social Services will improve health, hope, and successful outcomes for the adults in our region who have mental health disabilities and intellectual/developmental disabilities, including those with multi-occurring issues with other complex human service needs.
In accordance with the principles enumerated in the legislative redesign, County Rural Offices of Social Services (CROSS) will work in a quality improvement partnership with stakeholders in the region (providers, families, individuals, and partner health and human service systems) to develop a system of care approach that is characterized by the following principles and values:
- Welcoming and individual-oriented
- Person and family driven
- Recovery/resiliency oriented
- Trauma-informed
- Culturally competent
- Multi-occurring capable




Check out more information about Brain Health
https://crossmentalhealth.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Brain-Health-Coloring-pages.pdf