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Offers a variety of educational and empowerment programs. Services include youth empowerment programs, book clubs, educational programs, and mortgage seminars. 

Tax preparation offered free to low- and moderate-income individuals throughout the Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Jones and Linn County areas.

Offers expert reviewed content including webinars and blogs highlighting how to recognize signs and symptoms of anxiety disorders and depression. ADAA also provides a directory of mental health treatment providers and information about anxiety disorders, PTSD, OCD, depression and related disorders.

Provides an after school reading, writing and math tutor program and will help with homework when needed.

Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) Program provides monthly rent subsidy for eligible individuals and families. Housing Rehabilitation: Financial assistance to home owners and landlords for emergency rehabilitation to property and home ownership down payment assistance program. Housing & Redevelopment initiatives involving City participation. Must apply on the website. 

Advocacy and services for persons with all types of disabilities including skills training, peer counseling, information and referral, and technical assistance about the Americans with Disabilities Act.

- Blind Services works with individuals one-on-one to instruct persons who have lost (or are losing) their vision, on how to read Braille and organize their household and travel. Produces and replicates Braille materials. Translates materials such as menus and brochures into Braille and produces multiple copies as a service to the community. (There is a normal cost per Braille page produced, plus $25 per hour for formatting.)

- Captioning at Real Time (CART) provides the translation of spoken words into text using a stenotype machine operated by a stenographer/reporter. Real-time software is used to display the text onto a computer monitor, and a projector or other device is used to display the text on a television or larger screen. CART is especially valuable in large meetings or in communications with a person who is deaf or has hearing loss. CART can be utilized in following settings: community events and workshops, government, legal, educational, medical, theater and auditorium, and captioning of movies and videos.

- Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services provides one-on-one services for independent living skills training, information and referral, advocacy, and peer counseling. Serves as a TTY Distribution site for ITAC (Illinois Telecommunications Access Commission), which provides free TTY devices to Illinois residents. Distributes applications for Iowa TTY distributions for Iowa residents who are qualified (speech impaired or hard of hearing). Distributes amplified phones for residents of Illinois of all ages who have a difficult time hearing on the phone.

- Provides information and resources on low-tech independent living devices such as magnifiers, talking watches, etc., when funding is available.

- Housing assistance provides information and problem-solving assistance with locating and securing affordable, accessible housing, including research into public and private-sector housing markets.

- Information and Referral service provides information through Illinois/Iowa Center for Independent Living's system and library. Requests for information can be made by phone, mail, or in person, and can include loans of library materials.

- Outreach services offers presentations, brochures, media releases, public service announcements, media interviews, and video programs to inform the public of programs and services offered.

- Volunteers are utilized in programs, services, and office operations; volunteers receive training and supervision appropriate to their duties.

Employment agency for job seekers with developmental disabilities.

Career planning, job placement, and ongoing support and consultation to employee and employer.

Provides community based day services, residential supports, and respite services.

Diversity training to employers on working with people experiencing developmental disabilities.

Services provided by bilingual staff to address needs of non-English speaking families. Includes translation, interpretation, referrals, job assistance services and teaches an English class. Notary services may also be provided for individuals in need. Childcare services are available at no cost for individuals participating in the program. 

Prenatal care for low income women. Patients deliver at University Hospital.

Social workers see patients on their first visit to connect with Medicaid, if necessary.

Financial counselors assist with uninsured/underinsured patients.

WIC services provided in clinic.

Incentive program to earn baby items.

Referrals to community agencies for pregnancy education, parenting, baby items, etc.

Offers a new treatment for mental illness which involves the assessment of clinical imbalances through the patient's medical history, physical examination, and laboratory tests. Functional medicine also looks into the genetic makeup of a patient and environmental factors such as diet, physical activities, traumatic experience, and exposure to toxic substances. 

Offers a free and confidential crisis line for veterans. Can also help with local suicide prevention coordinators, who can connect veterans to ongoing counseling and services in their area.