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Offers an emergency food pantry once every 30 days for canned goods, packaged foods and other staples.

Offers group counseling services that integrates mental health treatment with that for substance abuse. This enables clients to learn skills to manage mental health challenges as well as skills related to substance use modification, which can significantly enhance their success rates.

Provides and coordinates legal representation for eligible individuals who cannot afford an attorney in criminal, juvenile, appellate, and other eligible court proceedings throughout Iowa.

Offers SERVSAFE® classes for food service professionals, providing comprehensive training on food hazards, proper food handling practices, and regulatory requirements to ensure food safety and prevent foodborne-illness outbreaks. 

Offers transition assistance services to persons who are in a Nursing Home and would like to move back into the community but do not have the resources or help they need to live independently. Services can include help with rent, furniture, appliances, utilities, home accessibility, and services from a personal assistant or other home health care based on consumers needs. 

Offers free adapted equipment loan program to its members only.

Title X Family Planning is a voluntary birth control program that provides information about birth control methods or the number and spacing of children.

Services are confidential and include:

• Physical exams
• Pregnancy testing and options counseling
• STD education, testing, and treatment
• Birth control methods and counseling, including emergency contraception
• Community education services for professionals, schools, parents, and teens

Offers a variety of youth, activity, and community programs. Activities and programs include aquatics, swimming lessons, visual arts, summer camp, fitness and wellness, youth sports, and preschool.

Offers rental education workshops, pre-purchase home buying counseling, and financial education workshops. 

Reimburses for funeral and burial expenses when a person's resources and all other sources of payment are less than the DHS standard payment rates. The maximum amount that DHS will pay is $1370 for a funeral and $686 for a cremation/burial.

Camperships offered to a limited number of Scott County residents ages 6-17. Both day camps and resident camps are included.

Offers problem gambling education to clients, such as learning about the process of addiction, relapse prevention, and medical/psychological aspects of addiction.

- Outpatient structure enables the gambler to continue to meet personal obligations while managing their financial situation. Services include individual and group therapy, plus financial counseling.

Offers many options for relaxation and stress management, including:

- Massage.

• Yoga.
• Reiki.
• Acupuncture.

Offers to help veterans maneuver through the Department of Veterans Affairs in regards to:

- Healthcare.

- Disability Claims.

- Pension Claims.

- Education.

Also helps surviving family members with their dealings with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Financial assistance is provided to Military Veterans who served in the Armed Forces of the United States. This assistance is designed to help veterans and their families, who are in need of shelter. All assistance is paid by voucher to the vendor.

Offers to coordinate health services by giving a social assessment and help obtaining a physician, payment sources, child birth education, prenatal education, and postpartum care.

Provides a program that offers nutritious meals and snacks to children and adults receiving child care. The CACFP reimburses child care providers for serving these healthy meals and snacks to children in their care up through age 12.

Provides energy assistance for eligible low income families in which a benefit is paid directly to the utility companies on behalf of eligible households, or directly to renters if the utility costs are included in their rent.

Some applicants may qualify for the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP), where an eligible client pays a percentage of their income, receives a monthly benefit towards their utility bill, and receives a reduction in overdue payments for every on-time payment they make by the bill due date. Contact for more information.

If the homeowner's furnace is not working or is dangerous or emitting carbon monoxide into the household, LIHEAP may be able to provide a furnace repair or replacement. Contact for more information.

Offers library services. Items that may be borrowed from or used in the library include books, music recordings, videos and DVDs, audiobooks; computer software, magazines, and newspapers. The library also has computers and WiFi for public access. There are also library sponsored programs for all ages offered.