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Provides temporary financial assistance for pregnant women and families with one or more dependent children.

TANF provides financial assistance to help pay for food, shelter, utilities, and expenses other than medical.

Transitional services are also available to help families become independent, such as GED preparation, vocational training, job retention programs, etc.

Provides help with rent and rent deposit assistance. Can also help with financial counseling. 

Provides in-person and virtual tax assistance to anyone free of charge with a special focus on taxpayers who are over 50 or have low-to-moderate income for the 2026 tax season. Free, year-round tax assistance is also available on the Internet. Taxpayers can post tax questions to online tax assistors by visiting the website.

Provides in-person and virtual tax assistance to anyone free of charge with a special focus on taxpayers who are over 50 or have low-to-moderate income for the 2026 tax season. Free, year-round tax assistance is also available on the Internet. Taxpayers can post tax questions to online tax assistors by visiting the website.

Provides services to children who reside in a foster home or children who have returned home from residential placement. In order to help preserve the placement, this program provides counseling, respite care, and mentoring along with hard services, such as clothing, furniture, recreational opportunities, etc.

Offers home visitation program. Parent educators visit homes to offer support and information about the changing needs of children. Focuses on children as born learners who learn best from their parents. Serves families who are expecting a child as well as those with children up to five years of age who live in Fremont and Page Counties.

Provides the following services

- Case coordination. 

• Advocacy.
• Transportation resources.
• Financial resources.
• Medication assistance.
• Special care.
• Education outreach.
• Seizure response training.

Financial education including monthly workshops to help individuals gain or regain control over their finances. One on one counseling is also available after completing the workshop.

Asset Management Individual Development Account (IDAs) are matched savings accounts which may be used for the purchase of assets such as buying a home, pursuing post-secondary education or vocational training, and starting or expanding a small business.

Opportunity Passport Account program helps youth leaving foster care become financially literate as they gain experience with the banking system. Youth amass assets for education, housing, health care, vehicle, investments and other specified expenses.

Advocacy, including reviewing credit report, preparing financial action plan, assisting with setup of debt repayment schedules, and ongoing review of household budget.

Full-Time community Living Services: Group homes for adults with intellectual disabilities in the Decatur area, for four to eight people, with full-time daily support staff.

Intermittent Community Integrated Living Services: Assists people who live independently in the community, whether with family or in their own homes or apartments.

CILA assists clients with:

- Medical appointments/medication review.

- Money management.

- Social skills/leisure activities.

- Grocery shopping and other nutrition needs.

- Laundry assistance.

- Housekeeping training.

- Personal shopping.

- Transportation.

- Counseling.

- Community Orientation.

- Accessing community services.

- Crisis intervention.

Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.

Helps with:

- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.

- Evictions from mobile home parks.

- Evictions by private landlords.

- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).

- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.

- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.

College scholarships for area students.