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Provides information and services related to health and wellness topics, including heart health, cholesterol, blood pressure screening, smoking cessation, diabetes, obesity, and physical activity. Offers blood pressure screenings to identify individuals at risk for hypertension-related conditions, cholesterol and triglycerides tests to assess cardiovascular health, and hypoglycemia screenings to detect blood sugar deficiencies. Additionally, provides diabetes management support, including education on self-management skills, dietary planning, exercise, and prevention of complications. Health education presentations are also available for local schools.

Emergency operations center for the County, which handles emergency response incidents, including accidents, fires, floods, storms and other disasters. Also responsible for requesting federal assistance after a disaster.

Provides in-person and virtual tax assistance to anyone free of charge with a special focus on taxpayers who are over 50 or have low-to-moderate income for the 2026 tax season. Free, year-round tax assistance is also available on the Internet. Taxpayers can post tax questions to online tax assistors by visiting the website.

Services for adults dealing with behavioral health and emotional issues. Services include:

-- Adult and senior therapy.

-- Case management.

-- Help with transitioning from homelessness.

-- Couple and relationship therapy.

-- Family therapy.

-- Group therapy.

-- Employee assistance program.

-- Bariatric counseling.

-- Women: pregnancy and childbirth.

Accepts donations of new or gently-used items are needed for our clothing and household pantry. Items need to be clean, in good condition, in working order, and include all pieces. Damaged or broken items may be turned away. Donations should not be left outside. **Please Note: If you are bringing more than 5 boxes or bags of donations to the Bidwell Pantry, please schedule a delivery time. Contact Missy Reams by email at [email protected] or by phone at 515-244-6251 option 5 to schedule a delivery time. Items dropped off at The Home Connection cannot exceed 2 bags unless calling ahead. 

Provides general medical care for veterans and their families. Services include checkups, prevention, diagnosis, treatment of diseases, immunizations and vaccinations, labs and blood work.

Offers sexual health and wellness services including free pregnancy tests, STD/STI testing, HIV testing and treatment (PrEP/PEP), Case Management, anal Pap Smears, free condoms, outreach and prevention education, and more.

Certified Application Counselors help clients find healthcare coverage that fits their needs.

Helps homeowners and tenants save their homes through available legal strategies, including foreclosure defenses in court, bankruptcy, income generation, loan modification, and various alternatives to foreclosure.

Helps with:

- Subsidized housing (public housing, Section 8 and other rental assistance) evictions, termination of assistance, rent calculations, and admissions issues.

- Evictions from mobile home parks.

- Evictions by private landlords.

- Discrimination and disability accommodation (see Fair Housing Project).

- Foreclosure, property tax, and other homeownership issues.

- Housing protection for seniors, veterans, and people living with HIV/AIDS.

Chlamydia and gonorrhea testing.

Provides primary care to individuals and families, including obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, adolescent, adult, and geriatric medicine.

Provides primary care to individuals and families, including obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, adolescent, adult, and geriatric medicine.

- Drive-thru box service is available on Sundays. No appointments are necessary. Patrons should follow the signs to follow the flow of traffic, stay in their vehicle, and volunteers will load their box. Only one box will be provided per family. One adult from each household requesting a box must be present to receive a box (unless patron has a signed proxy form from that individual; proxy forms are available from the pantry).

- In-person shopping is only available on Wednesdays. Appointments are required for in-person shopping.

- Appointments: Day-of appointments must be created prior to 11 am on the days the pantry is open. 15 minutes to shop in the pantry; not allowed into the pantry until scheduled time.

Offers volunteer work with the community to provide housing for those in need. Services include build and sell decent, quality, affordable houses to families at a zero percent interest rate. Select families based on their level of need, willingness to partner with Habitat, and ability to repay a mortgage. Services may also provide home maintenance, budgeting, and financial educations classes free of charge to anyone in the community. 

Offers many recreation and enrichment programs and services.

- Drop in program, luncheons, holiday parties, exercise classes, and computer classes.

- Lawn Mowing and Snow Shoveling Program: Senior and disabled residents with standard yard size may qualify for the lawn-mowing and snow removal.

- Ride in Kane: Eligible residents are offered subsidized curb-to-curb transportation available all day and night, year-round.

Provides a local food pantry affiliated with 14 Morrison churches. Along with food, the pantry has laundry detergent, cleaning products, toothpaste, toilet paper, feminine products, and diapers. Other personal/grooming supplies are available as they are donated. Clients can access the pantry once per month.

Offers a food pantry for Iowa residents only. Individuals have accessed to the pantry every four weeks or as needed in emergency or unique situations.