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Provides a daytime hospitality center for those in need. Anyone needing access to a shower, laundry facilities, a hot meal, or clothing can come into the Romero House to get assistance, Mon-Sun 1 pm-4 pm.

Provides an umbrella of services to help individuals that are experiencing homelessness.

Includes:

- Job training/earn a stipend daily based on sale of donated items; Stipend paid directly to a need

- Advocacy

- Free clothing and household items

- Transportation when other options are not available

- Mailbox usage for the purposes of obtaining a birth certificate, social security card, or employment

- Help with filling out forms

- Literacy help (Learn to read individual/groups offered)

Offers shelter to homeless adults. Clients are eligible for additional services such as case management services, showers, laundry and meals. The length of stay is eight weeks. The stay may be extended based on progress.

Day Center Services are offered to homeless individuals/families and include:

- Case management.

- Job development.

- Mental health counseling.

- Life skills.

- Agency referral.

- Laundry and shower facilities.

- Breakfast/lunch.

Provides shower facilities for those without access to private bathing facilities. Shower supplies/toiletries are not provided.

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Homeless Drop In Centers

Case managers connect clients experiencing homelessness to community supports - and provide them wrap-around services - to help them become self-sufficient and to develop their own housing plans.

Case managers may assist clients with:

-- Local Housing Programs and Housing Readiness Training

-- Rental Assistance, including Section 8 Housing Application Assistance

-- Utility Assistance

-- Employment Resources and Training

-- Financial/Money Management Education

-- Services Targeted to Veterans

-- Domestic Violence Counseling and Support

-- Addiction Treatment and Recovery Referrals

-- Medical, Mental & Dental Healthcare Referrals

-- Pharmacy/Prescriptions & Referrals

-- Identification Cards/Birth Certificates

-- Transportation

Provides a space where people can visit to get lunch, do laundry, check email, or make photocopies. Also provides heated facilities during extreme cold weather and air conditioned facilities during extreme hot weather. The space is available to those who are homeless, people new in town, and for anyone in need.

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Public Access Computers/Tools
Soup Kitchens
Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Homeless Drop In Centers
Provides shower facilities for those without access to private bathing facilities. Shower supplies/toiletries are not provided.
Emergency Shelter

Food pantry open all day

Breakfast served Mon-Fri 9 am-10 am, supper served Mon-Thu 4:30 pm-5:30 pm.

Church is located at 509 Mulberry.

Clothing Closet, located at 905 East 9th Street in Muscatine (563) 261-7456, has limited small furniture, household goods, child/baby and adult clothing (based on donations).

Support services for individuals in need, including showers, a warm place during the day, and transportation for homeless individuals to work.

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General Clothing Provision
Food Pantries
Homeless Drop In Centers
Children's Clothing
Soup Kitchens
Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Baby Clothing
Provides a safe place for at-risk and homeless youth (age 16-24) to connect with services. Services include street outreach, drop-in services, daily meals, emergency beds, an art studio, computer lab and mental health counseling options.

The center can also connect youth and young adults with additional YSS supportive housing programs, such as Lighthouses, Transitional Living Program, and Rapid Re-housing.

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Soup Kitchens
Street Outreach Programs
Post Pregnancy Shelter/Transitional Housing
Homeless Shelter
Transitional Housing/Shelter
Homeless Drop In Centers
Runaway/Homeless Youth Counseling

Street-based outreach services runaway youth and youth experiencing homelessness, near-homelessness, or street dependency.

Drop-in center services include food, basic first aid and hygiene supplies, advocacy, education and information, and referrals to appropriate community service providers. A nurse is onsite three days per week and offers testing for sexually transmitted diseases.

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Sexually Transmitted Infection Screening
Personal/Grooming Needs
Homeless Drop In Centers
Street Outreach Programs

Provides food, shelter, and access to critical services during the day.

Offers daytime homeless services including, use of shower, laundry, provision of clothing (if available), and case management.

Also acts as a warming center during general intake hours.

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Homeless Drop In Centers
Case/Care Management
Extreme Cold Warming Centers
General Clothing Provision

Offers free meals, daytime shelter, free laundry services, showers, and individual lockers to keep personal items secure.

Showers and laundry services for people experiencing homelessness available during regular business hours Mon-Fri only. Must meet with an outreach staff person before using the services for the first time.

Mailing address and on-site message service for those who are homeless. Mail pick-up times are Mon-Fri 11 am-1 pm and 5 pm-6:30 pm or by appointment. Messages are posted on the message board in the dining room.

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Homeless Drop In Centers
Personal/Grooming Needs

A space where people experiencing homeless or loneliness may gather to be together in a safe environment. Coffee and cool drinks are available, as well as games, puzzles, and a children's room. Community case management is available, as well as appointments with the community health navigator. A classroom may be reserved for meetings or classes.

Case managers connect clients experiencing homelessness to community supports - and provide them wrap-around services - to help them become self-sufficient and to develop their own housing plans.

Case managers may assist clients with:

-- Local Housing Programs and Housing Readiness Training

-- Rental Assistance, including Section 8 Housing Application Assistance

-- Utility Assistance

-- Employment Resources and Training

-- Financial/Money Management Education

-- Services Targeted to Veterans

-- Domestic Violence Counseling and Support

-- Addiction Treatment and Recovery Referrals

-- Medical, Mental & Dental Healthcare Referrals

-- Pharmacy/Prescriptions & Referrals

-- Identification Cards/Birth Certificates

-- Transportation

For persons in the community who experience homelessness, housing instability, mental illness, substance use, or extreme poverty.

Provides:

-- Safe, hospitable environment.

-- Protection from the elements.

-- Showers/hygiene.

-- Laundry.

-- Mail delivery and postage for client's correspondence.

-- Socialization.

-- Access to telephone and messages.

-- Nurse practitioner through Crossing Healthcare.

-- Connection to community resources, i.e., basic needs, food, shelter/housing, clothing, medical needs, job opportunities.

Also acts as a warming and cooling center for people during extreme weather.

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Homeless Drop In Centers
Public Internet Access Sites
Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Homelessness Prevention Programs
Drop-in day center, with shower, laundry facilities, and hot coffee. Clothing vouchers may be available.

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Homeless Drop In Centers
Clothing Vouchers
Personal/Grooming Needs
Soup Kitchen Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday at 12 pm (closed in July).

Phones, bathrooms, and showers available; fully accessible facility.

Clothing and jackets in season.

Blankets.

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Soup Kitchens
Bedding/Linen
General Clothing Provision
Homeless Drop In Centers

A non-clinical, membership drop-in-center.

Advocates for consumers in the areas of mental health services, housing, financial issues, substance abuse, and medical issues. These services are offered through local support agencies.

Offers a pscyho-social environment with access to computers, TV, a pool table, newspapers, a telephone, and limited food services.

Day services available to clients and walk-ins with showers, laundry, meals, resource case management, computer lab, etc.

Day time drop-in center for adults who are homeless. All services at the facility are accessed through case management. Residential services may be available but must be accessed through case management.


Services include showers and bathrooms, storage for personal belongings, laundry facility, kitchen, employment and training, classrooms, art room, office space, and donation room.


Also serves as a warming center during regular hours in the winter months.

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Extreme Heat Cooling Centers
Extreme Cold Warming Centers
Homeless Drop In Centers
Case/Care Management

Hot meals served 7 days a week from 12 pm-1 pm and 5 pm-6 pm. Continental breakfast from 8 am-9 am.

Community-wide giveaways of proteins, fresh fruit, and vegetables.

Drive-thru food pantry the third Thursday 1 pm-3 pm.

Clothing when available, or referrals given.

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General Clothing Provision
Food Pantries
HIV Testing
Homeless Drop In Centers
Fresh Food
Soup Kitchens

Provides a safe, home-like daily living environment away from male Guests in the Lazarus House program. The Day center provides

Separate, enhanced space to allow women and children to focus on and more effectively achieve their goals.

Indoor and fenced outdoor play area and recreational space for children.

Additional bathroom facilities, including showers and a bathtub for children.

Classes specific to women's issues.

Individualized attention and support.

Primary Health Care Centralized Intake is the centralized intake location for Polk County. Anyone experiencing homelessness can be referred to PHC for assistance. Each case manager will complete an intake with the household and may provide referrals to shelter, housing, public benefits or any other resource that will meet the household needs. Anyone who may be seeking emergency shelter for their family should come to PHC to complete an intake as all three emergency family shelters placements are referred through PHC.

Also offers a shower to those who are homeless and in need.

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Housing Related Coordinated Entry
Homeless Shelter
Homeless Drop In Centers