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Provides home-delivered meals to older adults ages 60 and older who are homebound. 

Provides engineering and design of County roadway projects, including local resurfacing and bridge replacement. The division is responsible for the construction and maintenance of the County Secondary Road System, including ditch cleaning, roadway surface repairs, bridge and culvert repairs, and snow removal.

Offers a free and confidential crisis line for veterans. Can also help with local suicide prevention coordinators, who can connect veterans to ongoing counseling and services in their area.

Offers budgeting, bill payor, representative payee, or advisory assistance through the Illinois Department on Aging's Illinois Volunteer Money Management Program, available to participants in the Community Care Program (CCP) or clients through the Adult Protective Service Program (APS).

Provides financial assistance (up to $125) to households with a termination notice on their water utilities. The assistance can be provided once per calendar year for eligible households. Households will still be responsible for a portion of the payment to Water Works. If you are not a Des Moines Water Works customer and have a termination notice. Call to see if any other assistance is available.

Offers one-and two-bedroom, non-smoking, apartments for low-income individuals ages 18 and older. 

Provides a wide range of hospital services including respiratory therapists, birth center, senior programs, psychiatric care, counseling, health screening, and physical therapy.

Short-term transitional housing, designed to assist people with a diagnosed mental health or co-occurring condition while they transition to stability in the community. Helps clients secure permanent housing and connects them with community-based mental health or substance abuse services and avoid unnecessary incarceration.

Staff are available 24 hours a day at the facility for resident oversight and assistance. The building consists of 15 beds that are arranged in either single- or double-occupancy bedrooms, plus bathrooms, kitchen, dining room, and living room. Residents pay 30% of their income toward their living expenses at the facility.

Staff can help clients:

- Create a plan for housing

- Connect to services to improve physical and mental health

- Support in recovery from substance use

- Support in finding employment or applying for Social Security benefits

- Connect to programs that help with life skills (cooking/cleaning, budgeting, relationship/communication skills, etc.)

Offers a list of Iowa farmers markets which is listed on the website.

HCBS (HOME AND COMMUNITY BASED SERVICES) programs provide training and support to people living in shared homes in the community with opportunities for learning skills to help develop independence. (Pella/Knoxville and Indianola/Des Moines regions).  SPIRITUAL SERVICES are available to all clients.

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

From Broadway to ballet, RTBS volunteers provide live Audio Description for performances and community events. This service empowers attendees with a visual disability to join family and friends for an exhibit, performance, or event. Then, using a headset provided by RTBS, they listen to a trained audio describer relate the visual information in real time. This can include costumes and sets, artwork, the antics of a team’s mascot, animals in a zoo habitat, the spectacle of a parade, and so much more.

Protection of individuals with disabilities when their civil and human rights are denied, especially those who are most vulnerable or who learn, live, or work in isolated, segregated, or congregated settings.

Legal advocacy, investigation, and representation to eligible persons whose disability related cases meet priorities set by our Board of Directors.

Information and referral.

Engaging people with disabilities in advocacy through education, information and training that builds self-advocacy skills, awareness, and understanding.

Policy advocacy, including analysis, monitoring, and recommend changes to state and federal legislation.

Provides testing of private well water, assistance with and permitting of private sewage disposal systems, health hazards related to the environment, general environmental issues such as radon, rat harborages, dangerous buildings, air quality, unhealthy living conditions, radon test kits, and waste tire collection information.

Maintains official real estate documents including mortgages, deeds, contracts, assignments, releases, plats, surveys, and easements, as well as state and federal tax liens. Records and preserves articles of incorporation, partnership agreements, military records for tax exemptions, and vital records such as birth, death, divorce, and marriage certificates. Provides licensing services for fishing, ATVs, boats, and snowmobiles and operates as a passport acceptance facility with photo services. 

Offers supportive care. Patients may receive visits or phone calls from a nurse practitioner, a nurse, or a social worker. Supportive care offers visits at FHN offices and at FHN Memorial Hospital, in long-term care facilities, and in the home for those unable to travel to the clinic due to physical disabilities or distressing symptoms.

A free program for those living with Parkinson's Disease in South Omaha, available in the Fall of 2024 and Spring of 2025.

Classes are offered throughout the grant period. The series is centered around the focus areas of music and art therapy, exercise and wellness through dance, and mental health.

Located at the Intercultural Senior Center. Visit the website for more information.

Provides information, advocacy, and referral services for deaf, deafblind, and hard of hearing Nebraskans, as well as families, businesses, and community partners.

Offers guidance on available programs, services, and technology, and supports individuals and organizations in navigating communication access and accessibility across Nebraska.

Services include:

- Information and referral to statewide and local resources.

- Sign language interpreter referral service.

- Advocacy and education on deaf culture, communication access, and disability rights.

- Guidance on accessibility solutions, including interpreters, assistive technology, and communication tools.

- Support in understanding rights and responsibilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

- Connection to programs such as the Nebraska Specialized Telecommunications Equipment Program (NSTEP) and the Hearing Aid Bank (HAB).