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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 a combination of electricity, natural gas and fiber optic Internet services.

Helps low-income households increase the energy efficiency of their homes and save money on fuel costs. Typical energy-saving measures include sealing air leaks, installing insulation in attics, walls and crawl spaces, tuning and upgrading heating systems, and installing low-cost energy conservation measures.

Provides day habilitation services, which offers activities designed to foster the acquisition of skills, build positive social behavior, greater independence and personal choice. Services and supports are based on the identified needs and desires of the person served. Services offered work to enable and enhance intellectual functioning, physical and emotional health and development, language and communication development, cognitive functioning, socialization and community integration, functional skill development, behavior management, responsibility and self direction, daily living skills, self-advocacy skills or mobility.

Offers therapy that incorporates the use of horses experientially for emotional growth and learning. 

Fire and rescue services.

Provides a food pantry. Includes meat, fresh fruit and vegetables, dairy items, breads, canned and dry goods, and personal care products. Distribution is outdoors into trunk, hatchback, or cart.

Provides various forms of transportation assistance to residents of Champaign County who are employed or actively seeking employment.

Services include:

-- Assistance with vehicle repairs

-- Annual bus passes for public transportation

Provides information regarding healthcare emergency preparedness plans and preparedness activities for the Greene County Emergency Response Coalition. Also provides personal and family emergency preparation information.

Medical equipment company providing professional home care products and services.

Nutrition education to adults and youth of limited resources about healthy eating and food resources to improve food resource management skills. The program offers lessons in the areas of diet quality, food safety, and food resource management individually or in small groups.

Provides community resource flyers and information offering referrals to programming. 

Provides subsidized housing units for lower income individuals and families through USDA Rural Development program. Also provides affordable conventional housing that accepts Section 8. Multifamily units are available in a variety of towns throughout Iowa.

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits and burial benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or mortgage interest payments, utilities and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Offers all DHS offices across the state during open hours for people to use as a warm/cool place to stay.

Help neighbors increase employment success and economic self-sufficiency through adult education, language classes, resume writing and interview skills, job placement, and financial workshops.

CASA offers trained adult volunteers assisting children who are going through the court system due to child abuse or neglect.

CASA volunteers maintain contact with the children for the duration of time they are involved in the juvenile justice system.  Volunteers work with all case professionals involved in the children's case, including attorneys, therapists, foster parents, school officials, and biological parents.  CASA volunteers become deeply rooted into the child's life to better understand the wants and needs of the child and to establish and report the best recommendations to give to the court, so a more informed decision can be made.

County level services include the following: County Veterans’ Aid Fund (CVA) to meet immediate emergency financial needs; flag holders for placement on the grave of every veteran buried in Platte County; mapping each veteran’s grave in all of the Platte County Cemeteries; assist eligible veterans with completion and filing of Homestead Exemption forms; enrollment of new veterans to Platte County; filing discharges (DD214’s) for local veterans; assisting retired veterans with benefits, such as health care services and insurance benefits; assisting bereaved dependents of deceased veterans with burial benefits, headstone applications, claims for veterans life insurance policies; filing necessary paperwork for educational benefits for veterans and/or their dependents; assist eligible veterans with applications for VA Home Loans.

State level services do not require wartime service and include the following: Nebraska Veterans’ Aid Fund (NVA) for unforeseen emergency financial need; waiver of tuition for state college/university cost to qualified dependents; discharges and replacement of lost military service records (DD-214); grave registration and report of grave location for veterans buried in the state; complete application for residency in a Veterans Home; filing for Hunt and Fish Permits for qualified veterans (age 64 or 50% or greater VA disability; Nebraska Veterans’ Driver’s License and License Plate Registry.

Federal level services provide and/or complete Veteran Administration forms for claims relating but not limited to: Service Connected Disability Compensation, appeals of VA Claim Decisions; non-service connected pensions for veterans or widowers; education and vocational rehabilitation, including GI Bill and disability retraining; life insurance, VGLI/NSLI or disability; burial benefits including grave marker application and burial allowance assistance; VA Home Loan Programs; residential improvement for the handicapped; enrollment in VA Health Care; VA Medical Center inpatient and outpatient services; Long Term Nursing Home Care for veterans rated at 70% or higher; military records, discharge upgrades, and location of service and medical records; military medals replacement; military retirement benefits (20 plus years); dependent and survivors benefits; Reserve and National Guard benefits.