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Offers Partner Abuse Intervention Program, (P.A.I.P.) is most often completed by individuals who have been accused of, or have engaged in, abusive behaviors with a significant other. This program focuses on resolving the root of the problem to help with long term change. Program is designed to help clients unlearn problematic behaviors, and understand why they are problematic, so you can have healthy relationships in the future. Healthy communication, respect, and conflict resolution are focused upon during the program.

Offers training, resources, and support for educators, parents, and other adults who teach sexual health, as well as direct programming for youth across Iowa. Services include professional development for teachers, curriculum support, youth leadership opportunities, and technical assistance on adolescent sexual health. Programs are designed to be inclusive, medically accurate, and age-appropriate. Also leads a Youth Advisory Council to ensure young people have a voice in shaping the conversations that affect them.

Offers a food pantry, includes dairy, eggs, meat, vegetarian options, dry goods, fresh produce and personal hygiene supplies may also be available. Pick up orders can be made online and picked up on Thursday. Individuals are offered Christmas and Thanksgiving dinners during the holidays.

Provides an emergency shelter for domestic or sexual violence victims. In this supportive environment, residents are able to focus on their safety and make plans for the future. Living arrangements are communal, with dorm-style bedrooms and a shared kitchen, living room and bathrooms.

Provides an educationally based after-school/out-of-school programs for students grades K-12 focused on increasing math and reading proficiency, increasing school attendance, as well as decreasing suspensions (in and out of school) and system involvement. This is accomplished through literacy/reading and math classes, individualized homework assistance, career exploration and planning, plus one-to-one and group tutoring sessions. Students are provided instruction by certified teachers, as well as enrichment activities and other social and emotional supports by academic intervention specialists.

Offers programs to support Veterans and their families, including grants, scholarships, and awards and honors.

Collects used items to sell, with a truck to pick up donations from a home or other setting. Also offers trailer sites for donation drop off.

Provides financial help for bus or train tickets so individuals can travel safely back home to family. 

Assists low-income homeowners and renters pay for a portion of their primary heating costs for the winter heating season. Assistance is based on household income, size, type of fuel and type of housing. Application period is from October 1-August 31 for elderly and disabled households and November 1-August 31 for the rest of the households. Persons applying must meet 200% poverty guidelines.

LIHEAP also offers a crisis program that may be able to assist homeowners who are with no heat or limited heat. The furnace component for crisis runs October 1-April 30th.

Provides police and dispatch services responsible for emergency assessment and response, including coordination with correctional facilities for the detention, confinement, and management of individuals involved in criminal offenses.

Offers a program for parents and youth individuals ages 10-14 to work together and build relationships. Participants will practice skills, play learning games, and do family projects in highly interactive sessions. Sessions are designed to increase family bonding, build positive communication skills, and solve problems together. 

Works with the body's physiology and innate ability to heal in order to restore function and help prevent and treat diseases.

Therapies may include:

- Dietary changes

- Lifestyle modifications

- Herbal treatment

- Supplements

- Acupuncture

- Manual manipulation mindfulness exercises

Provides personal help, team-based advocacy, clear training sessions, and useful resources for Iowa families of children and young adults with disabilities or special health care needs (birth to age 26), individuals with disabilities, and professionals who provide support.

*Note: This program does NOT provide furnace repairs, free furnaces, or free appliances*

Dollar and Energy Saving Loans are low-interest loans with no money down to qualified borrowers that can be used to purchase energy efficient heating or alternative energy systems, including air conditioners and furnaces, and to make other energy savings improvements. Loan terms and requirements are set by the bank or other qualified lender and loan amounts vary by energy efficiency measure. A list of Nebraska lenders eligible to make Dollar and Energy Saving Loans is available on the Nebraska Energy Office’s website.

Offers Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing  a technique that uses a set of standardized protocols which incorporate elements from many different treatment approaches in the treatment of trauma. EMDR involves three steps which targets past memories, present disturbance, and future actions to alleviate patients symptoms and address the complete clinical picture.

Outpatient treatment for individuals who struggle with alcohol and other drug addictions. DUI evaluations and risk education, substance abuse assessments, and individual and group therapy.

Outpatient treatment for gambling addiction is also available at the Watseka location.

Offers to perform evaluations and treatments that have been court ordered. Group programming is available for mental health, DUI, and substance abuse. Specific treatments for trauma and other difficulties are provided by staff who are specialists in their respective disciplines.