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Investigates reports of abuse, neglect, exploitation, and self-neglect of adults age 60 or older and adults age 18-59 with disabilities living in the community.

Adult Protective Services is locally coordinated through 36 provider agencies throughout Illinois. Local APS caseworkers investigate allegations and coordinate client service referrals to mitigate risk and assure client health, welfare, and safety.

Clients may visit the website for contact information for the 36 provider agencies or call/text the 24 Hour Adult Protective Services Hotline to be connected to their nearest APS provider agency.

Maintains public parks and facilities.

Offers the following programs:

• Prairie Fit
• Summer Camps
• Swimming Lessons
• Prairie Activity and Recreation Center
• Normantown Trails Equestrian Center

Offers comprehensive substance abuse treatment programs for individuals addicted to opiates, including support during the withdrawal period through drug detoxification services.>

Outpatient substance abuse treatment is available at the Extended Outpatient Level, with both group and individual sessions provided. Medication-assisted maintenance treatment is offered, utilizing approved medications such as methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone, in combination with counseling and behavioral therapies, to help individuals reduce or eliminate dependency on opioids or alcohol.

Additionally, OWI and substance abuse evaluations are available, along with referrals to other agencies for further support.

Offers FIP (Family Investment Program) a cash assistance program for children and their families who have low income, also available to relatives caring for children whose parents are not in the home. The goal of FIP is to help families leave poverty and become self supporting, can participate for up to 60 months. FIP is Iowa's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.

Provides amplified phones, CapTel phones, and Braille phones to those individuals whose hearing loss can be verified by by physician.

Offers information and referrals to additional local community resources that could potentially help residents and visitors of Linn County. 

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. 

Through a series of fun and unusual activities, participants learn valuable information about themselves, each other, and the group as a unit. By removing individuals from their usual environment and placing them in a new, unique setting, a challenge-course experience fosters shared learning, openness, cooperation, problem-solving, and communication goals.

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

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

County level services provide direct emergency economic aid for vital necessities to veterans, their widow, and dependents, according to their needs. Personal visits for assistance and claims to housebound veterans or dependents. Must have an honorable or under honorable conditions discharge from active duty or wartime service. Must be a resident in Nebraska for the past one year and 6 months of that year in Washington County.

State level services do not require wartime service. Assist in completing applications for the Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund; fee exempt fishing and hunting permits; applications to the Nebraska Veterans Homes; waivers of tuition.

Federal level services provide and/or complete Veteran Administration forms for claims relating but not limited to service connected compensation, disability pension, widow's pension, burial allowance, grave markers/headstones, educational benefits, home loans, insurance, indebtedness, and character of service upgrades.

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.

Offers both short and long-term experiences for youth. Short-term experiences include afterschool programs, camps, school-sponsored activities, conferences, and other events. Long-term experiences include learning communities in agriculture such as county clubs.

Provides mental health and substance abuse counseling services to veterans. Services include treatment for addictions, depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and OCD.

Provides a variety of services and supports for persons 60 years of age and older. The mission is to keep older adults as independent as possible.

Vocational, residential, and day services support and training to persons with developmental disabilities and/or related conditions.

Provides community-based youth services. Services include a 24-hour crisis response for homeless, runaway, and "locked out" youth individuals ages 11-17. Home-based family counseling, assistance in accessing community resources, anger management and life skills support groups is provided as a component of services.