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Provides tools and therapy techniques to help children improve gross motor skills, balance, coordination, strength, and posture. Physical therapy can also help children recover from injuries, improve flexibility and mobility, and manage pain. Pediatric therapists conduct an evaluation to assess each child's physical abilities and develops a personalized treatment plan.

Conditions treated:

- Tortcollis/plagiocephaly.

- Gait abnormalities (walking) and toe walking.

- Scoliosis.

- Sensory integration dysfunction.

- Hypotonia.

- Autism related conditions.

- Constipation and bed wetting.

- Cerebral palsy related conditions.

- Gross motor and movement dysfunction.

- Spina bifida.

- Muscular dystrophy.

- Fractures, soft tissue injuries.

- Sports related injuries.

- Muscular weakness.

Provides a scholarship program that gives access to discounts for households within Des Moines that meet established guidelines.

Provides a disaster relief program consisting of several basic services to address many of the typical needs of a disaster survivor. Disaster relief is flexible; services are adapted to the specific needs of individuals and communities and scalable according to the magnitude of the disaster.

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.

Offers STI testing, education and treatment, counseling including abstinence and risk reduction, and treatment including confidential HIV testing, counseling, and referral.

Provides a free medical clinic for anyone who are uninsured and under insured. Services include illness/minor injury care, well child exams, school/sport physicals, employment physicals, lead testing, patient assistance program enrollment, transportation, chronic disease management, diabetes/blood glucose testing, and high blood pressure testing.

Provides a community college.

Provides nutritious lunches in a friendly environment. Each meal includes a combination of protein, vegetables, fruit, grain, and milk.

Menus are approved by a registered dietitian to ensure they meet 1/3 of the daily recommended intake of essential nutrients.

Offers day camps for ages K-8th grade during the summer, spring, and winter breaks. Camps run Mon-Fri unless otherwise noted in the camp descriptions. Full-day camp hours are 9 am-4 pm. Half-day morning camp hours are 9 am-12 pm. Half-day afternoon camp hours are 1 pm-4 pm.

Addresses local community planning and economic development through initiatives such as community engagement, leadership development, economic development, improving regional food systems and creating welcoming recreational and functional spaces.

Provides individual, couples, and family therapy, as well as mental health evaluations, psychiatric medication evaluations and management. Therapeutic teams partner with clients to achieve goals related to mental health issues, including anxiety, depression, trauma, anger, relationship problems, behavior problems, personality disorders and chronic mental illness.

Works with the body's physiology and innate ability to heal in order to restore function and help prevent and treat diseases.

Therapies may include:

- Dietary changes

- Lifestyle modifications

- Herbal treatment

- Supplements

- Acupuncture

- Manual manipulation mindfulness exercises

Provides gifts to low income children in Jefferson County during the Christmas holiday.

Maintains and provides access to official real estate documents, contracts, articles of incorporation, partnerships, state and federal tax liens, military records, birth, divorce, death, and marriage records. Offers services for issuing and renewing licenses for ATVs, boats, snowmobiles, and fishing, as well as marriage licenses and certificates. Operates as a Passport acceptance facility with photo services and processes military records for tax exemptions and benefits.

Additionally, issues public health permits to certify compliance with health laws for various facilities and institutions. Services include the establishment of standards, review of applications, issuance of permits, and enforcement of compliance through inspections and monitoring.

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.