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Provides mental health counseling services to veterans. Services include treatment for depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia and OCD.

Provides refugee services that include:

• Connecting senior refugees to community resources

• Culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health services, available statewide by telehealth

• English classes

• Community gardening and small farm business programs

• Child care business training in Polk, Buena Vista, Black Hawk, Scott, and Woodbury counties

• An Individual Development Account program with financial education and matched savings, available statewide

• Direct and financial help to foreign-born victims of human trafficking statewide

• Support for unaccompanied children and youth from Central America who want to connect with family in Iowa, available statewide

• Business training and technical help in central Iowa

• A Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program

Visits parents of all babies born at Kossuth Health Center and receive a packet on how to care for a newborn, parenting skills, and stress management.

Senior (60 years of age and up) focused activities taking in to consideration their personal, physical, social, and educational needs.

Activities include arts and crafts, bingo, yoga, playing games, socializing, outings in the community (museums, restaurants, nature centers).Limited free transportation is available to and from programming.

Provides monthly assistance to those with pending Social Security applications or in the appeal process.

Provides trauma-informed, client-centered case management and connection to services as a pathway from risky behaviors, specifically group and gun violence, and toward positive relationships. We utilize the evidence-based model - Group Violence Intervention and are part of a community collaborative.

Provides home delivered meals to seniors who qualify. When individuals call, an assessment will be set up to determine eligibility of the senior. If the senior has diabetes, let the intake specialist know so an appropriate meal can be provided. Sample menus can be sent out to individuals who are looking into signing up for the program.

Offers, as resources allow, to help refugees and asylees reach economic self-sufficiency and to them with any problems, interests and concerns they may have. The Bureau of Refugee Services works to serve as a central clearinghouse in order to refer refugees and asylees to any resource necessary and available to them. The Bureau is the service agency for all refugees enrolled in FIP, the state welfare reform program. Now offering a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) program. This program will help participants prepare for the class, enroll into the DMACC CDL program at no cost, and obtain a job after completion. Participants will also qualify for “Jump Start” training specially designed to help English Language Learners.

Offers, as resources allow, to help refugees and asylees reach economic self-sufficiency and to them with any problems, interests and concerns they may have. The Bureau of Refugee Services works to serve as a central clearinghouse in order to refer refugees and asylees to any resource necessary and available to them. The Bureau is the service agency for all refugees enrolled in FIP, the state welfare reform program. Now offering a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) program. This program will help participants prepare for the class, enroll into the DMACC CDL program at no cost, and obtain a job after completion. Participants will also qualify for “Jump Start” training specially designed to help English Language Learners.

Offers certificate, diploma, and degree programs and provide continuing education opportunities in many areas.

Provides training and technical assistance to refugees who desire to start a business as licensed in-home child care providers.

Provides a development program for youth that offers high school dropouts or Unit 5 transfers the opportunity to earn their high school diploma or GED while learning and becoming certified in residential construction, property maintenance, health care, and information. Program lasts 9-22 months.

Students have the opportunity to earn a scholarship for college or trade school by completing AmeriCorps service hours at a YouthBuild Vocational Site while building or providing maintenance services to economically disadvantaged individuals and families, volunteering in healthcare settings, and assisting with IT needs.

Students may be eligible for a monetary incentive according to the progress they make toward goals. Students' schedules rotate from school to vocational site. Students receive advocacy surrounding their social service needs, training in community leadership, computer training and support, and intensive case management throughout their college careers.

Oversees planning functions and administrates county zoning ordinances, including building permits, conditional use permits, variances, re-zonings, subdivision plats, mining permits, and appeals. 

Provides cancer care services that include brachytherapy, chemotherapy, an infusion unit, radiation therapy, rehabilitation and surgery. Also addresses emotional and spiritual needs with a dedicated nurse navigator, support groups and pastoral care for both the patient and the patient’s support network.

The Cancer Information Line provides resources on cancer, cancer prevention, screening and detection, as well as treatment options for many types of cancer.

Works with neighbors of all ages to identify and foster leadership skills through assessments, surveys, coaching, and opportunities to lead programs and initiatives in the neighborhood.

2025

Provides seasonal meal boxes to families in need for the holidays. We pack and distribute 350 boxes in November for our Turkey Time Together event, and 350 in December for our Family! Feast! These boxes are available by signing up. Information will be provided on the website when availability begins.

Turkey Time Together Event - Closed

December Family Feast - Registration will be available through the Holiday Food Box Collaborative form from November 17, 2025 to November 30, 2025 or until all 500 slots are filled.

Register here: http://bit.ly/HFBRegister