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Holiday assistance is available to income-eligible West Des Moines residents.

Applications for December 2026 food assistance and Giftland Program (for children up to age 18) will follow the deadlines listed in the Hours below.

Summer day camp available to individuals with developmental disabilities.

Intensive, gender-specific, leadership development program that builds self-awareness, emotional intelligence, communications skills, and leadership agility. Graduates master effective techniques for leading, living and working in alignment with their values, ethics and strengths.

Defining Leadership is held twice a year for men and twice a year for women, both in the spring and fall.

Emergency, critical care, and non-emergency ambulance transportation. Select ambulances are equipped with bariatric rigs that have ramps and winch to transport large patients.

Offers clinical rides for students at community colleges.

Assists families with a portion of heating utilities, burials, medical expenses, rent or mortgage payments, bus tokens, cab fare, or a one way bus ticket. Must meet qualification guidelines.

Communicable disease control and surveillance.

Provides community resource flyers and information offering referrals to programming. 

Provides community resource flyers and information offering referrals to programming. 

Provides help to low-income people and families buy food.

Offers the Restaurant Meals Program, which allows eligible SNAP customers to buy meals at authorized restaurants. (Available to SNAP customers who are homeless, elderly, and/or disabled.)

The LINK card is accepted at many farmers' markets.

Expedited/Emergency SNAP Benefits may be available (in 5 days or less from the date of application) to eligible clients if:

- Monthly income, cash, and bank accounts are less than client's rent or mortgage plus utility costs, OR

- Monthly income is less than $150 and client's cash and bank accounts are not more than $100, OR

- At least one person in the household is a migrant farm worker and client's cash and bank accounts are not more than $100.

Maintains county parks and recreation areas and provides hunter safety classes, camping, fishing and boating information. Outdoor recreational opportunities are available through county parks and outdoor wildlife areas.

Offers to address and focus on prevention, intervention, detection and reporting elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation by presenting the senior consumer with options to enhance and protect their life and independence.

Provides a food pantry for persons in need and low-income families in the Lone Tree area. Call administrative number to talk to someone or to leave a message to request food distribution.