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Provides up to $150 to families for utilities, diapers, groceries, gas for vehicles, and other needs.

Provides various forms of transportation assistance to residents of Champaign County who are employed or actively seeking employment.

Services include:

-- Assistance with vehicle repairs

-- Annual bus passes for public transportation

Offers emergency financial assistance once per year to anyone in need. Assistance may be given in the areas of rental assistance, disaster relief, gasoline, utility (water/sewage/trash only), and uniforms assistance.

Provides financial assistance for basic needs (food, gas, rent and utilities), transportation assistance (car repairs, gas and paying for public transportation) offering coaching and family goal-setting support, and facilitating access to early childhood resources. Additionally, we offer referrals for mental health and counseling services.

Provides financial assistance (assistance with utilities, gas, groceries, and more), a limited food pantry, and other care as needed.

Offers emergency services following any kind of local disaster (tornado, fire, power outage, and more); often serves as a designated Red Cross shelter in those situations.

Offers a Disability Access Point, or “DAP”, which help people with disabilities, their families, and their caregivers find the services and support they need—both short-term and long-term. DAPs help by giving information, making plans, making referrals and checking in to make sure people are getting the right support to live healthy, independent lives.

Can help with the following services:

- Information and Assistance - based on presented and identified needs, provides information about programs and services, and helps to connect individuals to service providers in their communities.

- Options Counseling - provides guidance to individuals so that they may make informed choices about supports and services, typically over a period of 90 days or less. This includes benefits screening and application assistance for programs and services and follow-ups to make sure supports and decisions are assisting the individual.

- Financial Assistance - provides gap funding and service coordination for programs and services that support individuals and their caregivers so that individuals may live in the home and community of their choice. Help with short-term services and long term services are also provided.

Short-term supports (time-limited) include adaptive and assistive equipment, home and vehicle modifications, peer and parent support services, transportation assistance, and other basic needs (not covered by insurance).

Long-term services and supports includes adult day programs, consumer-directed attendant care (CDAC) (non-skilled and skilled), day habilitation, employment like job skills training, prevocational services, and supported employment, intensive residential services (IRSH), personal response systems, respite services like in-home, in-facility, and day camps, supported community living (SCL) and home-based habilitation (hourly), and residential living settings.

Program focused on removing transportation barriers for victims of domestic violence and human trafficking.

Provides a one-way trip to a safe house or program facility. The program’s transports are limited, available to single mothers fleeing an abusive relationship or survivors of human trafficking seeking refuge.

Individuals in need of transport services must complete an application or have an agency they’re working with submit an application. Once the application is submitted the client/agency will receive an email outlining the next steps.

More information is available on the program’s website.

Provides emergency assistance and addresses the causes of poverty as a Community Action Agency. Services include housing assistance for rent and utilities, a food pantry, prescription assistance, and gas vouchers for medical appointments.

Offers short-term financial assistance to qualified persons residing in Carroll County. Assistance can be for rent, utilities, transportation for medical care, prescription medications, and burial expenses.

Starting January 1, 2026, disabled veterans in Nebraska can receive a motor vehicle tax and fee exemption for one vehicle owned and used for their personal transportation.

Veterans are encouraged to apply in advance of their registration or renewal, as it may take up to 48 hours for information to be available to the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) after a registry application is approved.

When registering or renewing a vehicle in person, a qualifying veteran will need to inform the county treasurer’s staff they qualify for the exemption. When renewing online, they will need to select the “Disabled Veteran Tax Exemption” option on the online application.

The request for the tax exemption must occur within 30 days after purchase of a vehicle.

For registration renewal, the request must occur prior to the final day of the expiration month. If the request is made outside the required timeframe, the veteran will not qualify for the exemption until the next renewal period.

Provides limited bus passes for those needing transportation to and from work.

Assists in obtaining birth certificates for those seeking an ID.

Provides limited gas vouchers.

Other needs considered on an individual basis.

Requests for individual assistance may be emailed to the Social Services Desk ([email protected]).

Provides a bus pass, up to 90-days, to individuals who lack transportation to get to their employment and maintain employment. Must already have proof of employment.

Offers help with limited financial assistance (as funding allows) for basic needs such as rent, rent deposits, utilities, food, hygiene products, and more.

Clients must participate in ongoing case management.

Offers students free bus rides on all fixed routes operated by Cedar Rapids Transit. Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD) high school students, and Coe College, and Kirkwood Community College students will need to show their student ID. CRCSD middle and high school students are required to show ID. Elementary students are not required to show ID.

Provides emergency assistance and addresses the causes of poverty as a Community Action Agency. Services include housing assistance for rent and utilities, a food pantry, prescription assistance, and gas vouchers for medical appointments.

Offers help with limited financial assistance (as funding allows) for basic needs such as rent, rent deposits, utilities, food, hygiene products, and more.

Clients must participate in ongoing case management.

Bus tickets are provided for for those participating in the General Assistance program and Work Readiness Program.

Rent assistance.

Utility payment assistance.

Gas vouchers are available for doctor appointments and job interviews.

Offers gas vouchers to those who have a vehicle and a medical appointment in Iowa City.

Offers help with limited financial assistance (as funding allows) for basic needs such as rent, rent deposits, utilities, food, hygiene products, and more.

Clients must participate in ongoing case management.

Offers emergency financial assistance once per year to anyone in need. Assistance may be given in the areas of rental assistance, disaster relief, gasoline, utility (water/sewage/trash only), and uniforms assistance.