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Information about pests, food production (including gardening), turf and landscape, and water quality.

Information about pests, food production (including gardening), turf and landscape, and water quality.

Provides emergency food boxes with canned fruits and vegetables, tomatoes, soups, peanut butter, macaroni and cheese, pasta and pasta sauce, meal starters like "Hamburger Helper", tuna and chicken, rice, beans, juice, breakfast cereals, fresh fruit vegetables, meat, and bread items (some items may be out of stock). Services may also include a voucher to get milk, eggs, margarine, and bananas that is good for seven days.

Domestic violence program offers assessment and treatment. A domestic violence victim advocate is available. Prevention and Support Services

• Prevention Services include: New Parent Support Program that provides prenatal and postnatal assistance, education, in home visits by a community health nurse for parents of children 0-3 years of age
• Marriage and family counseling
• Classes: Anger Management, PREP (couple relationship skills training), Dads 101, Parent University (April)

Offers help up to $300 once every 12 months. Emergency financial assistance is available for rent, utilities, prescriptions, etc.

Provides a free break time program for single parents to enjoy several hours of uninterrupted time (support) for running errands, studying, or simply having some alone time. Break Time is held throughout the year at Valley Community Center in West Des Moines. Based on survey data collected from single parents, Break Times are primarily held on Saturdays.

Career resources, job search and placement, academic improvement services, financial assistance for supportive services.

Program provides support to pregnant and post partum women and their infants and  children including medical and nutrition education, home visits, and resource referral information for promotion of proper growth and development of infants and children.

Offers a transitional living maternity home that provides a safe haven for vulnerable pregnant women and their infants, offering a stable and supportive environment. The focus is on encouraging women to become self-sufficient, and to help develop the mother spiritually, emotionally and intellectually throughout pregnancy and into early motherhood. Creates an individualized case plan for each mother that incorporates both comprehensive health services and transitional housing. Case workers provide each mother with access to preventative care, prenatal care, delivery and postpartum care, and even transportation to and from appointments. Also provides educational resources and life skills support. Works with healthcare providers to provide specialized care to mothers and babies with medical complications, providing medical care and treatment for every pregnant woman and her baby. Supports pregnant women and their babies in desperate circumstances, including those who are fleeing domestic violence, experiencing mental health issues, or experiencing homelessness.

Patients in need of help paying for a prescription can obtain assistance through a voucher.

Works to bring women into full participation in society, sharing equal rights, responsibilities, and opportunities with men while living free from discrimination.

Provides a Veteran's Employment Specialist to assist with coordinating counseling, testing, and identifying training and employment opportunities for veterans.

Offers VITA Tax Assistance for those who qualify.

Offers a member-directed group of retirement-age people who seek new learning experiences. Members, regardless of their education, continue to learn in an informal, flexible, and non-competitive environment with individual participation. Rekindling old interests and pursue new ones at a reasonable cost without being concerned about credits, grades, exams, or prerequisites. Information about upcoming courses can be found on the website.

Provides a community college.

Maintains official vital records (birth, death, marriage, civil union, etc.), property taxes (maintains property tax information), election authority and county board. 

Provides nutritious supplemental food from USDA to seniors 60 years of age and older. Participants must meet income guidelines.

CSFP does not provide all the food a person needs. It provides supplemental food with good sources of nutrients which may be lacking in the diets of the participants

Provides a free of cost distribution for women and children needing items such as clothing, diapers, wipes, pack and plays, formula, car seats, bottles and blankets, women's toiletries and gift cards.

Provides free medical transportation for children diagnosed with cancer. Services help prevent missed medical appointments and improving outcomes for children living in poverty or families that are facing cancer-related financial toxicity.