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DCFS has the primary responsibility of protecting children and strengthening families through the investigation and intervention of suspected child abuse or neglect by parents and other caregivers.

DCFS links families with community services to address struggles families are having, offers preventative services to referred families in an attempt to keep family units together to address findings of abuse/neglect, and works with families who have children under the legal custody of DCFS while working to reunify families when possible or provide a permanent home for children.

As part of its duties, DCFS also licenses and monitors all Illinois child welfare agencies, child care agencies, domestic and international adoption providers, and group homes in the state.

DCFS has the primary responsibility of protecting children and strengthening families through the investigation and intervention of suspected child abuse or neglect by parents and other caregivers.

DCFS links families with community services to address struggles families are having, offers preventative services to referred families in an attempt to keep family units together to address findings of abuse/neglect, and works with families who have children under the legal custody of DCFS while working to reunify families when possible or provide a permanent home for children.

As part of its duties, DCFS also licenses and monitors all Illinois child welfare agencies, child care agencies, domestic and international adoption providers, and group homes in the state.

- Self-Sufficiency: Provides voluntary home visitation services to parents and kinship caregivers seeking to build the skills and mindsets necessary for the complex task of moving themselves out of poverty and finding their path toward upward economic mobility. Utilizing the Mobility Mentoring service model, the program provides flexible one-on-one services to help clients make progress towards personal goals and access resources to meet identified needs.

- Home Visiting Services: Serves low-income pregnant women while the Young Parent Support Program serves pregnant and parenting teens, and young adults ages 25 and younger, residing anywhere within the Omaha-metro area, including Bellevue and Council Bluffs.

- Parents As Teachers: Early childhood home visiting program that improves the early learning, development, and health of babies and toddlers starting as early as pregnancy through kindergarten.

- In home visiting: A trained Family Resource Specialist (FRS) provides weekly home visits where parents learn about the development of their child, from before birth through their fifth birthday. The specialist will also support each family’s goals and connect them with resources in the community to meet their needs.

Provides police and dispatch services responsible for emergency assessment and response.

Reimburses for funeral and burial expenses when a person's resources and all other sources of payment are less than the DHS standard payment rates. The maximum amount that DHS will pay is $1,370 for a funeral and $686 for a cremation/burial.

Traveling food pantries deliver food directly to individuals. Working with local community groups and network partners, trucks deliver meat, produce, nonperishable food, and other products to communities where hunger needs surpass the capacity of current food pantry resources.

Provides health care services for care of acute and chronic illness. Services can include breast exams and pap smears, immunizations, flu, and pneumonia shots, pregnancy testing, physicals for school, sports, and work, and sexually transmitted disease tests and treatment.

Provides health care services for care of acute and chronic illness. Services can include breast exams and pap smears, immunizations, flu, and pneumonia shots, pregnancy testing, physicals for school, sports, and work, and sexually transmitted disease tests and treatment.

Provides volunteer drivers in to Story County residents with transportation to and from medical appointments and other essential services. Although not exclusive, our priority is serving Story County’s older adult population.

Provides housing, meals, clothing, case management, life skills, health care and mental health care referrals, substance abuse treatment referrals, financial and job skills coaching, socialization and recreation opportunities to assist men experiencing homelessness to overcome the barriers that keep them from becoming housed and self-sufficient.

Cold Weather Shelter "Cold Cots": During the winter months when the temperatures are severely cold, the cold weather shelter opens expanding the 30 bed men's shelter to handle an additional 20 men providing them with a cot, a meal, and access to showers while space is available.

Prosecutes all felony, misdemeanor and traffic crimes within the county, assists those petitioning for Orders of Protection, and goes to court to collect unpaid child support.

Provides education and consumer assistance designed to facilitate enrollment of county residents in the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace through the In-Person Counseling Program.

Access to health insurance through the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace is one of the many changes in the health care and health insurance fields made possible by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). People in need of assistance due to language barriers, technology disadvantages, or a lack of understanding of health insurance can arrange to meet an In-Person Counselor to assist them.

Provides education and consumer assistance designed to facilitate enrollment of county residents in the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace through the In-Person Counseling Program.

Access to health insurance through the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace is one of the many changes in the health care and health insurance fields made possible by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). People in need of assistance due to language barriers, technology disadvantages, or a lack of understanding of health insurance can arrange to meet an In-Person Counselor to assist them.

Prevention of teen alcohol and other drug use, and the many related issues that result from that abuse. Offers training, consultation, information services, and advocacy.

Childhood and adult vaccines and flu shots available.