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Offers undergraduate bachelor's degrees in over 40 majors, 8 graduate degrees, numerous graduate certificate programs, and a doctoral program in education. In addition, it provides youth and adult workshops, and day, evening, and weekend classes.

Offers a summer day camp and adult retreats are available. Camp activities include archery, sports, bible studies, canoeing (if the river is open), arts and crafts, fellowship, fishing, gaga ball, grassy and open field play, hayrides, hiking, stargazing, swimming and team courses. 

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

Provide services including pet licensing and registration, veterinary care to animals in need, animal welfare and cruelty investigations, pet adoptions, and more.

Provides help to senior citizens, who might otherwise need nursing home care, to remain in their own homes by providing in-home and community-based services. Services include:

- Comprehensive care coordination.

• Adult day services.
• In-home services (cleaning, meals, laundry, shopping/running errands, and personal hygiene).
• Emergency home response service.
• Automated medication dispenser service.

Provides oversight and maintenance for the parks, trail systems and recreational facilities.

Supplemental nutrition program that provides nutrition education and food instruments (coupons) to women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or postpartum; infants ages newborn to 1 year; and children ages 1 to 5. Coupons may be redeemed for milk, cheese, juice, cereal, and eggs, and formula is provided for the non-breast-feeding mom.

During the summer months, farmers market vouchers are offered.

Breastfeeding peer counselors are available.

Provides a pet food pantry for pet owners who are struggling to feed their pets due to financial difficulty. Individuals may use the pantry twice a month. Patrons may pick up food for up to 2 households (including their own). The pantry operates weekly at various locations across Des Moines on a first-come, first-served basis.

Dogs - 1 gallon-size bag (approximately 4 lbs.) per dog, up to 3 bags total.

Cats - 1 quart-size bag (approximately 1 lb.) per cat, up to 3 bags total.

Litter - 1 container per household.

Visit website to view a map of all the food pantry locations that have pet food supplies via ARL. 

Provides hygiene and cleaning supplies to families in Warren County and surrounding areas.

Provides congregate meals located at the Community Center. Please call ahead.

Provides intensive therapy after a stroke, car accident or a sports injury or proactive therapy to avoid injury. Offers to work with individuals and family members to develop an individualized treatment plan to meet your unique needs to help ensure you have the support you need to recover. Services include all types of physical, speech and occupational therapy, available through inpatient or outpatient settings. In addition, children's therapy services are offered, as well as a pain psychology program, and a physical medicine physiatry clinic for individuals living with pain or disabilities due to disease, disorders or injury.

Public education curriculum for K-12 students.

Preschool available for ages 3 and 4 years at David City and Bellwood.

Special education services for qualified students.

Assists Lancaster County residents in minimizing health risks posed by environmental factors. Provides public information and technical assistance to businesses, focusing on pollution prevention, toxicity reduction, and addressing health-related complaints. Responsibilities include inspections and responses concerning food establishments, grocery stores, private water supplies, on-site wastewater treatment systems, schools, solid waste management, swimming pools, vector control, childcare facilities, children's environmental health, salvage yards, refuse hauling, special waste, household hazardous waste, hazardous materials, and both indoor and outdoor air quality.

Emergency Response provides 24-hour, 7 days a week response to chemical spills or releases both indoors and in the environment. Makes decisions regarding public health and environmental protection, evacuation, protective gear, public information releases and environmental clean-up based on the risk posed by chemicals that have been released.

Assistance is provided to other agencies (primarily the Lincoln Fire Department, Lincoln Police Department, Lancaster County Sheriff's Office, and State Patrol) to stabilize the incident and assure proper clean-up.

Land Use Plan and Subdivision Review provides the following assurances: newly proposed land uses do not pose health or environmental risks, adequate water or acceptable quality will be available for the proposed use of the property, and that adequate on-site wastewater sewage disposal is planned. Review all new plats, subdivisions, change of zones, special permits, and community unit plans with regard to groundwater quality and quantity, soil types and implications for on-site wastewater treatment systems. Other environmental health concerns including proximity of residential uses or schools, childcare or assisted living facilities to industrially zoned areas and hazardous materials risks are addressed. Community wastewater treatment systems are also reviewed in conjunction with the Nebraska Department of Environmental and Energy (NDEE) and specific recommendations are made for approval or disapproval.

Provides small box of emergency food in emergency situations until food pantry in the area opens.