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Provides information, counseling, and assistance to Medicare recipients living in Pella and surrounding areas. Trained  staff and volunteers offer one-on-one guidance about Medicare, medicine, and other insurance options tailored to individual circumstances. Services include counseling on long-term care insurance, helping individuals evaluate benefit plans, select policies, or explore alternatives based on their needs. 

Additionally, the program provides Medicaid information and counseling, offering guidance on eligibility requirements, application processes, benefits, managed care options, and the connections between Medicaid and Medicare. Support may include enrollment assistance and referrals to providers who accept State Medicaid health insurance. Free "Welcome to Medicare" seminars are also available, typically held in May and September.

Provides therapy services for individuals, children, couples, and families. Services include mental health evaluations, parent counseling, anger management, marriage and relationships counseling, adolescent/youth counseling, and general counseling services.

Offers general immunizations for children, adolescents, and adults.

Provided to ensure the health of mothers in the Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Wayne Counties. Services include finding health care coverage, finding a health care provider or dentists, education to promote a healthy pregnancy, evaluate emotional stress and family adjustment to pregnancy and parenting, oral health services, arranging transportation to medical and dental appointments, making doctor appointments, social support and guidance, nutrition education and home visit after delivery of the baby. Helps to ensure the health of children, birth to 21 years of age in Appanoose, Clarke, Decatur, Jasper, Lucas, Marion, Monroe, Poweshiek, Ringgold, Wayne Counties. Services include help locating a doctor or dentist, finding health care coverage -Title XIX or Hawk-i, reminders for child/children medical and dental checkups, making doctor appointments, help to find community resources, health education and support, oral health services, help with payments for physical and dental exams, blood lead testing, immunizations 0-6 years, 7-18 years and adult immunizations.

Provides outpatient mental health care to children, youth and families through the Pediatric and Adolescent Therapy, Medication Management and Behavioral Health Intervention Services.

- Addresses the mental health needs of children, adolescents and their families through individual and family therapy.

- Psychiatric nurse practitioner available to provide evaluation, medication management and health education as needed.

- Behavioral health intervention services offered at Children's Square campus; provides skills-based interventions for children and their families.

Education and assistance for Medicare beneficiaries.

Homestead exemptions filing assistance.

Need-based Scholarship Program - Provides approximately $1.55 million in scholarship funding each year to Nebraska’s nonprofit public and private colleges. The colleges then award the funds to eligible students who demonstrate financial need, which may include middle-income as well as low-income students. Reaching Your Potential Scholarship Program - Students who face significant obstacles to higher education are the target of this need-based, renewable scholarship program which provides approximately $100,000 in scholarships each year. Applicants are referred to the program by community agencies and colleges statewide. College Access Grants Program - Provides funding for Nebraska high schools that seek to develop or enhance college access activities within their school. The program’s goal is to increase the number of Nebraska students going to college. Every two years, EducationQuest provides grants to approximately 15 high schools and commits funding to each school for four years. Funding amounts depend on the high school’s enrollment.

Provides monthly delivery or onsite pick-up of USDA commodity foods to income-eligible seniors.

Provides federally-funded subsidized rental units for low-income families, the elderly, and persons with disabilities. The Iowa City Housing Authority serves as the landlord and rents these units to eligible tenants.

Offers affordable housing under Section 42 as well as market rate housing, Senior and Income Restricted. Call management office for more details.