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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.

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. 

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. 

Offers a thrift store with second hand items (clothing, furniture, household items, etc.) for sale at a low cost. Donations can be dropped off at the drive-through donation center, or call to make an appointment for the pick-up service.

Offers parenting support and education for women and men along with material assistance in the form of diapers, wipes, baby supplies, and more.

Reproductive health services for men and women at low or no cost. Includes pelvic exam, pap smear, and cervical cancer screening; teaching of breast self exam; sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment; pregnancy testing and preconception counseling; HIV testing; birth control and education counseling; and basic infertility evaluation and counseling.

Provides help with budgeting money and bill-paying. 

Connects grandparents caring for grandchildren or caregivers looking after aged loved ones to resources and support to help navigate the challenges of being a caregiver.

Provides information, referral, research data, etc. regarding Sickle Cell Disease.

Provides service coordination and advocacy services to children and adults with development delays and/or disabilities. Also provides case coordination for participants in the Brain Injury program through the Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services.

Developmental Disabilities Services may include:

- Pre-Admission Screening (PAS): Pre-admission screening to determine eligibility, secure provider agencies, and obtain funding.

- Bogard Individual Service Coordination: Ensure active treatment for seniors in nursing facilities. This service is for individuals from a closed lawsuit in 1988. No new individuals are eligible for this service.

- Case Coordination: Information and referrals; community awareness and education; enrollment of individuals on the PUNS statewide waitlist for services.

- Individual Services and Support Advocacy (ISSA): Assistance with accessing services to meet the individual's needs; act as advocates for the individual.

Provides information and referral, creates public awareness, fosters a supportive environment, raises funds for research, and facilitates mutual support groups for individuals with disabilities, illnesses, or other health conditions, as well as their families and friends. These groups offer opportunities to share information, resources, practical tips for daily living, and encouragement through in-person, telephone, or online meetings.

Offers the following programs:

ONLINE TRAININGS: Become a facilitator or educator with our many training and certification opportunities. Includes Better Breathers Clubs, Freedom From Smoking, INDEPTH, COPD, asthma programs and more. Attend an educational webinar or in-person class, such as spirometry training. Take part in continuing education. https://www.lung.org/professional-education/training-certification

HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAMS: presentations, programs and assistance are available for schools, community groups, hospitals, businesses and other groups. Materials are available free or at a low cost which address smoking, agricultural respiratory hazards, air pollution, occupational lung hazards, asthma, general lung health, and lung diseases.

QUIT LINE: Telephone counseling and support available for those who want to or are thinking about quitting. 1-800-784-8669.

LUNG HELPLINE is a FREE helpline staffed by respiratory therapists and registered nurses available to answer lung health questions on topics including tobacco cessation, COPD, lung cancer, medication, clinical trials and more. Call 1-800-LUNG-USA (586-4872).

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GRANT is dedicated to reducing tobacco use and the associated death and disease in Central Iowa. The program serves Adair, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marshall, Polk Union and Warren County.

FIGHT FOR AIR CLIMB is a unique event in downtown Des Moines. Individuals and teams climb the steps of EMC Insurance Companies, Financial Center, Hub Tower and Ruan Center. To learn more go to fightforairclimb.org.

LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) provides supplemental help for the winter heating bills November 1st through April 30th: LIHEAP Crisis Assistance when funding available provides in a life-threatening situation fuel, heaters, furnace repair; furnace replacement for homeowners when funds available. Applications are accepted October 1-April 30 for elderly or disabled households and November 1-April 30 for all other households. May have some crisis funding available outside the normal LIHEAP months, call local County Outreach Office for availability of funding.