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Support group that meets monthly for members of the community, LGBTQ+ persons/youth, families, allies/advocates, and others interested in attending to learn and support. Every meeting has a support focus, and some meetings have an educational topic, speaker, or presentation.

Also provides other opportunities for meeting more informally throughout the month, including coffee hours and family-friendly activities, games, and fun, for youth, families, and older adults.

Provides foster care programs designed to find safe, secure, and nurturing homes for children who cannot live with their families.

Services offered:

• Licensing, training, and becoming a foster parent.
• Stable foster placements for children and adolescents.
• Specialized care plans for youth with special needs (mental, behavioral, medical, and developmental).
• Independent living opportunity for older adolescents to transition from foster care to an independent lifestyle.
• Finding permanent solutions for children in foster care (returning to biological parents, kinship/guardianship, and adoption).

Offer various resources and supports to families who have young children with disabilities and developmental delays.

- Early Intervention: Speech/language therapy, developmental therapy, and family support. Also offers medical equipment, such as bath aids, walkers, and therapy balls.

• T.I.K.E.S. Program: Bi-monthly home visits, parent-child activities, case management, loan of toys and parent resources, and Individual Family Service Plan (I.F.S.P.).

Offers Horticultural Education to area schools including field trips and outreach programs. Additional educational services include horticultural education programs for adults and groups.

Provides information regarding healthcare emergency preparedness plans and preparedness activities for the Greene County Emergency Response Coalition. Also provides personal and family emergency preparation information.

Offers congregate and home delivered meals for older adults. 

Provides energy assistance for eligible low income families in which a benefit is paid directly to the utility companies on behalf of eligible households, or directly to renters if the utility costs are included in their rent.

Some applicants may qualify for the Percentage of Income Payment Plan (PIPP), where an eligible client pays a percentage of their income, receives a monthly benefit towards their utility bill, and receives a reduction in overdue payments for every on-time payment they make by the bill due date. Contact for more information.

If the homeowner's furnace is not working or is dangerous or emitting carbon monoxide into the household, LIHEAP may be able to provide a furnace repair or replacement. Contact for more information.

Offers seasonal services, including holiday food baskets for Thanksgiving and Christmas, with gift cards for turkey, holiday toys and gifts as supplies last, Easter baskets for youth, and Back-to-school supplies and backpacks for students in August.

Provides help with a security deposit or a first month's rent to McHenry County residents who have been unable to save for their move due to no fault of their own, when funds are available. 

Clothing provided to those in need at no cost.

Provides services to survivors of sexual violence. Also offers education to the community in an effort to end violence and victimization. Services include counseling, 24 hours crisis and information hotline, support groups, medical and legal advocacy, training for police and criminal justice personnel, prevention education, case management, and protective orders. 

Provides comprehensive mental health services to individuals in central Iowa, including psychiatric evaluation and assessment, addiction medicine, crisis intervention, and access to community resources. Services are designed to address urgent mental health needs and offer timely care as an alternative to delayed appointments, ensuring immediate support for those in crisis.

On-site coordination is available with Eyerly Ball Community Mental Health Services and Orchard Place Child Guidance Center to enhance access to specialized care.

Offers therapy that incorporates the use of horses experientially for emotional growth and learning. 

Law enforcement agency.

Participates in the care for yourself program a national program that helps reduce risks from breast, cervical, and cardiovascular health issues. Mammogram testing is free for underinsured or uninsured women who meet program guidelines

Offers to assist households with window air conditioners (renters or homeowners) and also do some repairs to central air conditioners (homeowners). Must meet income guidelines for the program and have an application completed. Must have a medical need to be eligible for the program. Program runs May through September.

The Women, Infant, and Children Program (WIC) is nationwide nutrition education and breastfeeding program that helps pregnant women, new mothers, babies, and young children (up to age 5) eat well, learn about nutrition, and stay healthy. WIC provides nutrition education and counseling, nutritious foods, and referrals to health and other social services as needs.