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- Center for Independent Living.

- Information and referral for disability services.

- Independent living skills training that will enable an individual with disabilities to remain in their home, or when transitioning into their first independent living.

- Advocacy for individuals and systems that serve them.

- Driver's Education School is DMV certified; provides evaluation of reaction time, visual perception, and behind the wheel skills. Education and training includes classroom and on-the-road instruction. Offers adaptive equipment evaluation and training.

- Durable medical equipment rent/loan at Grand Island and Scottsbluff locations. Donations of equipment accepted.

- Peer mentoring, where people with disabilities support each other in their daily lives.

- Housing counseling assists people with disabilities in locating, acquiring, and maintaining safe, affordable, accessible housing.

Offers a free and confidential crisis line for veterans. Can also help with local suicide prevention coordinators, who can connect veterans to ongoing counseling and services in their area.

Provides medical and cash assistance for customers who are 65 years of age or older, blind, or disabled. Also includes the QMB (Qualified Medicare Beneficiary) program which provides payment of Medicare premiums and some Medicare co-payments.

The online application is called "Application for Benefits Eligibility (ABE)."  When applying, the state will determine the applicant's eligibility for this AABD, as well as SNAP and medical assistance (Medicaid).

Offers many activities and a wide variety of programs for families to participate in. Facility is equipped with a training center, wellness, fitness, and exercise classes, locker rooms, gymnasium, youth and family center, and child watch. Some locations offer an indoor pool as well. 

Also offers physical therapy and rehabilitation services on site through partnership with Swedish American Health System.

Offers the Adventure Pass, a program designed to help individuals and families check out area attractions for free. The pass can be checked out with a library card and allows free admittance to the Blank Park Zoo, Science Center of Iowa, Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden, Reiman Gardens, Museum of Danish America, and Des Moines Children's Museum. The Adventure Pass must be printed when presented upon admission into the attractions along with a photo ID.

Provides assistance for children or dependent adults who may be victims of abuse or have witnessed a violent crime.

LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program) assists low-income homeowners and renters pay for a portion of their primary heating costs for the winter heating season. Also encourages households to make regular utility payments, to promote energy awareness and to encourage reduction of energy usage. All customers applying for this prgram will simultaneously be making an application for weatherization assistance as required by state law. Assistance is based on household income. size, type of fuel, and type of housing. Applications accepted October 1-April 30 for the elderly and disabled households and November 1-April 30 for the rest of the households.

Offers nutrition and health information to income-risk clients who are pregnant, post-partum, or breastfeeding, or children ages 0-5.

Provides nutritional vouchers for items in local WIC-approved grocery stores.

Provides urgent, clinical health care services to those in need on a first come, first served basis, no appointment necessary.

Offers free legal advice to the victims of the April 26 and May 21, 2024 severe storms who are experiencing legal problems due to the storms. Legal problems may include issues such as: FEMA denials, problems with insurance, landlord/tenant issues, unemployment benefits or denials, employment issues, contractor issues and identity theft. After calling 1-866-761-4692, callers will be connected to the Hotline voicemail. Callers should leave their name, phone number, brief description of their legal problem, and whether the issue is urgent. Callers will receive a call back from an experienced Iowa Legal Aid staff member to go through a screening. Callers who meet Iowa Legal Aid’s guidelines will be connected with an Iowa Legal Aid attorney.

Salvation Army of Streator runs a summer camp for kids at 823 Columbia Road, Washburn, IL.

Provides outpatient mental health therapy for individuals, couples, and families. Services include EMDR, Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), art therapy, virtual therapy, and comprehensive mental health care. Staff may work with primary care providers when medication may be needed. Services are available in person and through telehealth.

Offers temporary refuge for lost, stray, or unwanted animals, facilitates adoptions of animals to new owners, and offers a variety of behavior training courses, fear free training, and pet education classes for pet owners. The Foster Program offers animals a temporary home for animals waiting on a forever home.

Provides direct and referral services to connect callers with local resources, such as public benefits, food, clothing, legal services, and employment resources.

Provides a registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator to help manage diabetes and eating disorders. In-person at Christopher location, but via telehealth for other locations.

Provides a licensed child placing agency, finding adoptive homes for both infants and special needs children.

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

Nutrition education and counseling, supplemental foods, and information for women, children, and infants about other health services based on assessment findings.

Accepts all electronics and appliances in any condition, working or not, for residential customers only. Items accepted includes all types of cable receivers, computers, digital converter boxes, DVD players/recorders, computer keyboards/mice, fax machines, monitors, portable digital music players, printers, satellite receivers, scanners, televisions, VCRs, video game consoles, cell phones, portable digital assistant (PDA), computer cables, and zip drives. Drop off cell phones and chargers at the Normal Police department for re-use by victims of domestic violence. 

Offers MEDICAID (Medical Assistance) to people who are low income and aged (65 and older), disabled (including blindness), women needing treatment for cancer or pre-cancerous conditions of breast or cervix (who have been screened and diagnosed through the Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection program and who do not have credible health insurance coverage), children under 21 years of age, pregnant women, parents or other caretaker relatives of children under age 18 (or under age 19 if they are attending secondary school and are expected to graduate before age 19). Medicaid will pay the costs of Health care, Dental care, In-home health care, Nursing facility care or Residential facility care.