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Offers a voucher program for individuals needing extra financial assistance for food or gas during difficult financial times. ​

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

Grief groups are sponsored by Serenity Hospice and Home and open to anyone in the community who has suffered a loss.

Monthly Bereavement Support Groups are varied throughout the month. Contact for more information regarding group meeting dates, times, and locations.

Provides a pre-kindergarten program for students ages 3-5. Services are available free of charge to eligible students living within district boundaries. Pre-k staff determines eligibility and student acceptance into the program and placement is based on student needs. Program is designed to increase student opportunities, help prepare for future achievements, meet individual needs and goals in eight domains of learning. Including language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, physical development and health, fine arts, foreign and primary language, social and emotional. 

Provides food to individuals and families that present for assistance and who meet the Department of Human Services requirements.

Also available, refrigerated Mobile Food Pantry truck which delivers food to pre-registered individuals and families in rural communities.

Mobile Food Pantry requires pre-registration for services.

Information and entertainment resource for all ages; specializes in serving as a popular materials library, community activities center, formal educational support center, and independent learning center.

Internet and computers are available. Adult Services provides answers to questions by telephone and in person, collections of books and media on a broad range of topics, and recreational reading and literacy materials. Classes and programs of interest to adults. Youth Services provides informational and recreational materials and programs for children from birth through 12th grade, and their caregivers. Collection includes materials in a variety of formats, including books, DVDs, CDs, and more. Programs and services include toddler and preschool story times, seasonal reading programs, a parent/toddler program, book talks, group tours, and classes and programs of interest to youth.

Offers rental and utility assistance.

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 cancer care treatment to those in need. This is one of four cancer centers that now offers the Brachytherapy treatment option, which is targeted cancer treatment that focuses on sending a beam of radiation directly to the cancer cells. 

Day services available to clients and walk-ins with showers, laundry, meals, resource case management, computer lab, and more.

Provides research-based strategies to support the holistic development of the young child. Offers information and/or classes about parenting, grandparenting, discipline, child care selection, children and divorce, and money management.

Offers online professional development for early childhood professionals.

Offers free group-education parenting skills classes,  subjects such as Wellness, managing or prevent diabetes, heart disease, or obesity.

Positive Parenting, focusing on discipline, temperament and development, and sibling rivalry.

Prenatal care, preparing for birth and questions and answers about breast feeding. Expectant moms are encouraged to bring support person.

Provides formal gowns, shoes and accessories for high school formal events at no charge.

Offers mental health assessments and outpatient counseling for adults, couples, teens, children and families.

Offers chemical dependency assessments and outpatient services.

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.

Offers emergency and trauma services, chronic care management, radiology, hospice services, OBGYN services, skilled nursing care, cardiology services, general surgery, pain management, podiatry, pulmonology, oncgology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, urology, sports and medical rehabilitation and a wellnes center.

Provides Farmer's Market vouchers to persons 60 and older during the months of June and July.