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Invests in critical health and human service programs and coordinates community initiatives to improve lives and strengthen communities.

A listing of local services can be found on the website.

Offers healthcare services for seniors, which includes health assessments, medication management, individual, group, and family therapy, fall prevention, home modifications, and health and wellness training.

Offers free cleaning and hygiene supplies to households and individuals.

Offers a matching fund program to help with utility bills for Ameren customers only.

English Language Acquisition (ELA) classes are offered in Clinton, Muscatine, Davenport, Bettendorf, Columbus Junction, and West Liberty.

ELA classes expand English communication skills for students who are not native English speakers. Classroom, small group and computer instruction are designed to promote reading, writing, listening and speaking skills. Students learn about personal communication, conducting business, work-related communication, and civic engagement.

County level services provide direct emergency economic aid for vital necessities to veterans, their widow, and dependents, according to their needs. Personal visits for assistance and claims to housebound veterans or dependents. Must have an honorable or under honorable conditions discharge from active duty or wartime service. Must be a resident in Nebraska for the past one year and 6 months of that year in Douglas County.

State level services do not require wartime service. Assist in completing applications for the Nebraska Veterans Aid Fund, fee exempt fishing and hunting permits, applications to the Nebraska Veterans Homes, and waivers of tuition.

Federal level services provide and/or complete Veteran Administration forms for claims relating but not limited to service connected compensation, disability pension, widow's pension, burial allowance, grave markers/headstones, educational benefits, home loans, insurance, indebtedness, and character of service upgrades.

Offers diagnostic services and treatment for STDs/STIs. Also offers testing for HIV and Hepatitis C, as well as the Gardasil vaccine. Hepatitis A and B immunizations are provided to all STD/STI clinic clients.

Diagnostics and treatment provided for the following STDs/STIs:

-- Gonorrhea

-- Chlamydia

-- Human papilloma virus infections (genital warts)

-- Syphilis

-- Trichomonas

Provides an outreach programs seeking to assure that limited-English-proficient immigrants and refugees eligible for WIC and SNAP benefits can successfully access these programs administered by IDHS.

The Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (ICIRR) administers this program through a network of community-based partner agencies.

Offers both short and long-term experiences for youth. Short-term experiences include afterschool programs, camps, school-sponsored activities, conferences, and other events. Long-term experiences include learning communities in agriculture such as county clubs.

Family resource program to support parents in educating and nurturing their children. Health and mental health services are also provided. Helps parents better understand their child’s stages of development with individualized visits in the home.

- Weekly visits are 90 minutes and are designed to meet the needs of each family.

- Staff will assist families in planning activities that encourage the child’s growth.

- Social activities will be held twice monthly, to interact with the child and other families.

Offers a program that helps you to save time and money through planning your meals and shopping strategies. Programming and materials may also be available online. 

Provides nutritious food as well as social contact to the homebound and elderly through the Meals on Wheels program.

Provides medical and cash assistance for customers who are 65 years of age or older, blind, or disabled. Also includes the QMB (Qualified Medicare Beneficiary) program which provides payment of Medicare premiums and some Medicare co-payments.

The online application is called "Application for Benefits Eligibility (ABE)."  When applying, the state will determine the applicant's eligibility for this AABD, as well as SNAP and medical assistance (Medicaid).

Provides residential substance use treatment services.