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Offers a client choice pantry where individuals can browse food items. Meat, milk, cheese, canned goods, dry goods, and butter are all typically available.

Assists SNAP participants in finding employment and/or training for employment. Provides gas vouchers and other supportive services for independent job search, to attend job search training, vocational training and for job retention.

Provides peer support, mentoring, advocacy, and guidance to parents involved with the child welfare system. Services include one-on-one support, help understanding the child welfare process, and encouragement as parents work toward their family goals. The program is mainly for parents whose children are in foster or kinship care.

Provides assistance for stray cats and dogs, barking dogs, rabies control, emergency medical care for injured animals, animal bite reporting and investigation, tagging and registration, animal shelter facility and adoption program.

Non-residential level-4 outpatient substance abuse program which provides substance abuse counseling and relapse prevention program. Services are offered to individuals abusing substances or individuals who have been affected by someone else's use or abuse of alcohol or other drugs. The availability and accessibility of community-based services allows individuals to remain in their own environment while receiving services that meet their needs in the least restrictive environment.

Provides outdoor public parks and open space to the community.

Provides nutritious foods, nutrition education, breastfeeding education and support, healthcare and community referral programs.

Meals on Wheels provides hot, home delivered meals to eligible persons. Frozen meal program available on a limited basis.

Offers immunizations to children and adults. Can also provide travel immunizations.

Offers home delivered meals for Marion County residents ages 60 and older. Individuals not on a waiver in Pella or Knoxville must contract the congregate meal site for home delivery. Individuals may choose meal options and scheduled delivery days. 

Provides an assistance program for Kankakee Township residents administered and funded entirely by Kankakee Township that provides financial assistance for rent and/or utilities. This program is an income based program primarily for adults who have no minor children in the home and are ineligible for any of the federally-funded cash grant programs.

Provides an online resource for individuals seeking assistance with opioid or other drug addictions. The website includes information on Medication for Addictions Treatment (MAT) and features a map to locate nearby providers contracted with the State of Iowa. While the online list is not exhaustive, additional facility options can be found at yourlifeiowa.org/facility-locator. The platform also emphasizes access to resources such as opioid antidotes, including Narcan, which can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose and help prevent fatalities. The service is open to anyone. 

Appointment website opens mid-January 2026

Tax preparation for low and moderate income taxpayers of all ages, with special attention to people 60 and older during tax season (Feb 1-April 15).

Assistance in finding education/training or employment.

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.

Locally administered welfare program which provides monthly financial assistance to persons who do not have adequate income or resources to provide for their own basic needs. To qualify, the individual must meet certain financial and residential criteria, and not be eligible for any other state or federal assistance programs.