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Provides violence prevention programs to help youth in the community. Services include activities that assist youth in making positive decisions in their lives and promote safer communities. The program often partners with area schools to provide presentations, educational curriculum, and resources to prevent bullying, dating violence, suicide, physical aggression, and delinquency among youth.

Offers law enforcement services to the Cedar County area. Issues gun/firearm permits, runs requested background checks, and manages the county Jail.

Offers a grief support group for individuals and families who have experienced a loss. 

Provides hot meals delivered to homebound seniors on a daily basis.

Outdoor activity center for adults with developmental disabilities. Sensory garden, outdoor recreation, and exercise.

Primarily responsible for the coordination of emergency management activities including planning, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation for Iroquois County. Emergency preparedness and recovery resources are available for natural hazards such as: 

• Droughts
• Earthquakes
• Floods
• Large-scale fires
• Tornadoes
• Winter storms

• Civil disorder incidents
• Hazardous material incidents
• Major transportation accidents
• Nuclear power plant accidents
• Pollution and sanitation problems
• Terrorism incidents

Provides remedial services that offer in-home skill development services to children who are eligible for Title 19 and have a mental health diagnosis to enhance functioning. Services provided to children and families include; conflict resolution, problem solving, anger management, coping, social interaction, self control, crisis intervention, and communication skills.

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 crisis intervention services for children and youth. Crisis services include short-term stabilization where a child is at risk of self-harm, or harming others, individual and family psychotherapy/counseling, mental health assessment, case management and resource linkage assistance, and psychiatric services.