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Offers GED, English as a Second Language (ESL), and Academic ESL (AEP) programs, as well as basic skill instruction in reading, writing, and math.

GED Program provides instruction in language arts, science, social studies, and math to prepare students to complete their State of Illinois High School Diploma (GED), and to assist the interested students in preparing for enrollment in college courses, training programs, and employment.

ESL Program can help students improve their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills. Classes range from providing basic language skills for beginners to helping advanced students prepare for high education, training, or a career.

Academic ESL Program program is designed to assist advanced-level, non-native English speakers to prepare for and transition to further education at RCV, career readiness, and success skills are included.

AEP coursework covers grammar, writing, reading strategies, listening and speaking vocabulary development

Offers workshops that teach individuals and families how to get more out of money and how to save money for financial goals. This is a series of workshops that are a blend of instruction and hands on activities so each concept can be mastered. 

Provides clinical services to address mental illness and substance abuse issues for all ages, individuals, couples and families.

Mental health and substance abuse assessments are designed to provide a diagnosis, treatment plan, and intervention services.

Free screenings for depression, bi-polar disorder, anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, and alcohol use accessible on the website.

Subsidized apartments for those 62 or older.

Offers assistance to those in need with rent, utilities, food, and burial expense assistance. Must meet eligibility guidelines.

Offers public housing for the elderly, disabled and families, and Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers.

Youth board with 30 members from 7th to 12th grade, from all Buffalo County communities.

- Provides grants for youth-led community projects.

- Youths tackle a range of social problems that concern them, from the economy and environment to safety, tobacco, alcohol, and illegal drugs.

- Applications are open in the spring for the following school year term on the board.

Provides financial assistance to those wanting to get their GED. Assistance includes covering the costs of books and/or GED test fees.

Offers educational websites and blogs on topics such as gardening, fruits and vegetables, flowers, insects and diseases, composting, and landscaping.

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws, including burial benefits.

Provides temporary handicapped placards for those with temporary disabilities; doctor’s form and placards are available at the township.

Maintains public parks and facilities.

Offers the following programs:

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

Holiday Adoption program.  Christmas 2026 information TBD.

[For Christmas 2025, the deadline to apply for Shelby County is December 1st.

For Monona County, deadline is December 5, 2025, and must be a client receiving services from LIHEAP. Call to make appointment for LIHEAP and then receive application for Holiday Adoption.

This program is especially designed to help families who are facing financial hardships and are unable to afford a Christmas dinner or new toys and warm clothing for their children. The Holiday Adoption Program hopes to address the needs of low-income children and families during the holidays and winter season.]

Provides 24-hour nursing care services for pain and symptom management, skilled care for the dying and respite care to allow a loved one a break from caregiving. 

Community education including a complete listing of Bryan Medical Center educational programs for the community, and special education events.

Ongoing programs include Breastfeeding Basics, a class for expectant couples planning to breastfeed their baby; Essentials of Childbirth; Infant Massage, which teaches parents techniques to help a baby relax, sleep better and relieve gas and symptoms of colic; and Super Siblings, a class for brothers/sisters preparing them for a new baby in the family.

Serves as a crisis team with an Engagement Specialist and Crisis Counselor providing mobile crisis response intervention including on-site counseling, mental health evaluation, and asessment for psychiatric hospitalization.

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.

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.

Provides free or low-cost health coverage to people with low incomes, families and children, pregnant women, the elderly, and people with disabilities.

DHS administers the applications for Medicaid through ABE (Application for Benefits Eligibility), which is the part of the DHS website where Illinois residents can apply for Medicaid, SNAP, and cash benefits.

All colleges within the IECC district provide tuition-free classes and serve as official testing sites for students seeking a high school equivalency certificate, including the GED. 

Programs administer the required examinations in math, reading, writing, science, and social studies, as well as the Constitution exam. Classes are available in 8- or 16-week formats with day and evening scheduling options to prepare adults and eligible minors to obtain their high school equivalency credentials.

Childhood and adult vaccines and flu shots available.