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Offers an outreach program with an emphasis on reaching those who are living unsheltered. Provides basic needs and referrals to housing support resources and shelter services.

Provides remedial services that offer in-home skill development services to children who are eligible for Title 19 and have a mental health diagnosis to enhance functioning. Services provided to children and families include; conflict resolution, problem solving, anger management, coping, social interaction, self control, crisis intervention, and communication skills.

Provides information on Parkinson's disease, including its causes, symptoms, treatment options, and therapeutic activities to do at home. Also offers resources and insights to foster understanding and awareness about living with Parkinson's disease, promoting positive communication and interaction with individuals affected by the condition. 

Provides information on Parkinson's disease, including its causes, symptoms, treatment options, and therapeutic activities to do at home. Also offers resources and insights to foster understanding and awareness about living with Parkinson's disease, promoting positive communication and interaction with individuals affected by the condition. 

Provides information on Parkinson's disease, including its causes, symptoms, treatment options, and therapeutic activities to do at home. Also offers resources and insights to foster understanding and awareness about living with Parkinson's disease, promoting positive communication and interaction with individuals affected by the condition. 

Provides information on Parkinson's disease, including its causes, symptoms, treatment options, and therapeutic activities to do at home. Also offers resources and insights to foster understanding and awareness about living with Parkinson's disease, promoting positive communication and interaction with individuals affected by the condition. 

Offers a program that helps you to save time and money through planning your meals and shopping strategies. Programming and materials may also be available online. 

Mobile crisis response provides immediate services when law enforcement, area shelters, and referrals from The Nebraska Family Helpline are confronted with someone experiencing a mental health crisis. Therapists help resolve an immediate behavioral health crisis to avoid emergency protective custody holds, avoid inpatient psychiatric hospitalization, and link individuals to community services.

Post-crisis services include a 90-day stabilization program offered in partnership with other agencies.

Peer Support Specialists available to those referred through Omaha Police Department officers who encounter individuals in crisis.

Offers HAWK-I which provides the CHIP benefits (Children's Health Insurance Program) which offers health care insurance coverage for Iowa children in families with limited incomes. Depending on the size of the family Hawk-I is from free to no more than $40.00 per month; See website for income guidelines. TO APPLY call 1-800-257-8563 or visit www.hawk-i.org

Provides a community institution for families dealing with child abuse, domestic abuse, and elder abuse. Services include education and prevention, contributes to the improvement of the legal system and the administration of justice.

Offers a wide variety of summer day camp programs throughout central Iowa fitting the needs of day campers alike.

Canwita Day Camp (Ames) – Grades 1-6

Discovery Day Camp (DSM) – Grades 1-6

Hantesa Outrageous (Ames, Boone, DSM, & Madrid) – Grades 5-10

Canwita Outrageous (Ames) – Grades 6-10

Des Moines Outrageous (DSM) – Grades 6-10

Hantesa Day Camp (Ames, Boone, DSM)

***Scholarships may be available.

Provides limited financial assistance in the event of a Governor Disaster Declaration for eligible households that have disaster-related needs and are unable to meet such needs through other means. The program awards reimbursement grants to a maximum per household grant of $7,000. Household income must be at 200% of federal poverty level. Grants may be available for home or car repairs, replacement of clothing or food, and for the expense of temporary housing. Original receipts are required for those seeking reimbursement for actual expenses related to storm recovery.

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

- Must live in Governor Disaster Declaration area.

• Must be a legal resident of the United States and at least 18 years old
• Income guidelines for families, income must be at or below 200% of federal poverty level.
• Individuals residing in the household must be able to verify occupancy.

2. Go to your local Community Action Partnership and they can help you apply.

COUNTIES ELIGIBLE FOR ASSISTANCE: The Governor has issued a disaster proclamation for the following counties in Iowa:

- Emmet, Hancock, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pocahontas, Winnebago, Woodbury, and Worth Counties are now eligible for the Individual Disaster Assistance Grant and Disaster Case Management through the local community action agency in response to a severe weather incident (proclaimed May 20, 2026). Deadline to apply for the grant is July 6, 2026 (45 days from proclamation).

- Cherokee, Clay, Kossuth, Montgomery, and Ringgold Counties are now eligible for the Individual Disaster Assistance Grant and Disaster Case Management through the local community action agency in response to a severe weather incident (proclaimed May 22, 2026). Deadline to apply for the grant is July 6, 2026.

- Adams, Dubuque, Madison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Taylor, Union, and Wapello Counties are now eligible for the Individual Disaster Assistance Grant and Disaster Case Management through the local community action agency in response to a severe weather incident (proclaimed June 12, 2026). Deadline to apply for the grant is July 27, 2026 (45 days from proclamation).

- Cass and Decatur Counties are now eligible for the Individual Disaster Assistance Grant and Disaster Case Management through the local community action agency in response to a severe weather incident (proclaimed June 16, 2026). Deadline to apply for the grant is July 31, 2026 (45 days from proclamation).

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​**If FEMA has declared the county as a National Disaster, clients should apply with FEMA first 1-800-621-3362 for Allamakee, Cass, Des Moines, Fayette, Henry, and Lee counties

Offers SERVSAFE® classes for food service professionals, providing comprehensive training on food hazards, proper food handling practices, and regulatory requirements to ensure food safety and prevent foodborne-illness outbreaks. 

Traditional Foster Care for children ages 0-18 whose families are unable or unwilling to meet the minimum standards of parents as defined by the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

Specialized Foster Care provides intensive services to behaviorally challenged children ages 3-18. Relative Foster Care allows children who need to be placed out of their home to be placed with relatives.

Aftercare Program is specially designed to assist children and their families upon their return home from living with a foster family.

Other services include foster parent recruitment, adoption conversions.

Offers voluntary programs to eligible landowners and agricultural producers to provide financial and technical assistance to help manage natural resources in a sustainable manner. Through these programs the agency approves contracts to provide financial assistance to help plan and implement conservation practices that address natural resource concerns or opportunities to help save energy, improve soil, water, plant, air, animal and related resources on agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest land, with emphasis on market stability and commodity pricing.

Assists in the Library and Archives Research. Whether researching as an author, educator, student, reporter, curator, archeologist, preservationist, historian or genealogist, research materials are provided on microfilm, and books. Most books are browsable on the shelves. Patrons who are interested in accessing the State Archives and Special Collections or Library materials that are not on the open stacks are encouraged to make an appointment and advise staff two business days in advance about the materials they would like to research. Below are the two research locations.

State Historical Building 600 E. Locust St. Des Moines, IA 50319 (515) 281-6200

Centennial Building 402 Iowa Ave. Iowa City, IA 52240 (319) 335-3926

Provides a 70-bed shelter for adults, children, and families experiencing homelessness. Stays range from several days to a maximum of 45 days. A men's dorm, women's dorm and family rooms are provided. Services may also include cold breakfast and dinner meals to all residents during stay.