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Assists individuals with mental illness, intellectual disabilities, and developmental disabilities in accessing needed services and supports. Coordinators provide information, referral, assess individuals for needs, develop a treatment plan, and coordinate funding as needed.

Offers a food pantry to those in need in the Cedar Rapids and surrounding areas. 

Offers items such as wheelchairs, walkers, tub handrails, crutches and other assistive equipment and items. After 30 days client must return item or contact the public health nurse if needed for a longer period of time.

Offers medium and long term housing to individuals and families experiencing homelessness.

Community action agency.

Provides door-to-door transportation services in Washington County for residents in need, including older adults who require special accommodations and are unable to travel independently. Services include rides for work, shopping trips, medical appointments, social events, and banking. Transportation to Johnson County is available exclusively for medical appointments.

Provides supportive services to victims of sexual assault and educational services to at-risk populations. Services include medical advocacy/hospital response, individual counseling, group counseling, legal advocacy (assistance with civil/stalking no contact orders), 24-hour crisis hotline, referrals, and prevention education.

Nutrition education to adults and youth of limited resources about healthy eating and food resources to improve food resource management skills. The program offers lessons in the areas of diet quality, food safety, and food resource management individually or in small groups.

Nutrition education to adults and youth of limited resources about healthy eating and food resources to improve food resource management skills. The program offers lessons in the areas of diet quality, food safety, and food resource management individually or in small groups.

Provides donated and purchased food to various charitable organizations for emergency food assistance. Individuals requesting food may call and specify a zip code or area within the service area so they can be given a location to receive food.

Provides assistance to adults with serious mental health conditions who are Medicaid beneficiaries in coordinating and managing their health and mental health care services. The program provides support and assistance for clients in identifying goals and working with the healthcare team to ensure that the needs of the client are met. Services include coordinating the client's primary and specialty care providers, coordinating the care provided in the hospital, clinic, and the community, and access to a Peer Support Specialist who have experienced living with mental illness.

Provides home delivered meals to seniors in a seven-county region. Peace Meal works to improve the nutritional status of older adults through the provision of meals, nutrition assessment, nutrition education, food safety instruction and information about other community services.

Provides medical, dental, and specialized clinics serving low-income, uninsured residents. Services include care for illness and injury, medication assistance, flu immunizations, TB screening, smoking cessation, women's health, mammograms, wellness checks, lab services, chiropractic, physical therapy, health planning, vision, dental services, pediatric care addressing the physical, emotional, and social health of children and adolescents, and podiatry services for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of foot-related conditions.

Engages clients in structured activities centered on personal choice, individualized care, and goal setting. The program offers social interaction and community engagement. Typical activities range from day trips and volunteering with local organizations to working on personal goals like self-advocacy, health monitoring, and adaptive skills.

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

Negotiates with current creditors to lower or eliminate the interest rate (typically to 2% to 8%) and have clients debt-free in five years or less. There is no prepayment penalty. Clients can leave the program at any time, although the creditors may return the interest rates to previous levels. Regardless of how many creditors are owed, this program works on a single, consolidated monthly payment.

Provides professional educational materials and workshops to childcare providers, parents, early childhood students and other community professionals. A resource library and toll-free “warm line” are available to provide a personal response to questions and concerns a client may have regarding childcare.

Offers in-services and workshops on topics such as child development, discipline, nutrition, CPR/First aid, and activities for children.

State Supplement adds to the benefits of the federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) Program to bring the income of aged and disabled individuals up to the need of standards of Nebraska. Additionally, some persons are not eligible for SSI payments, but qualify for a State Supplement payment because of different standards and regulations.

State Disability provides aid to needy persons who have a disability expected to last for at least six months, but less than the 12 months required to be eligible for the federal Supplemental Security Income Program.