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Material assistance including hygiene items for adults, children, and infants; food; furniture; household items including bedding, towels, kitchen utensils, silverware, plates, pots and pans, diapers, formula, etc.

Vouchers for ID and Driver's License fees.

Individualized referrals and budgeting assistance.

Transportation assistance in special circumstances, including gas vouchers and bus vouchers, for medical, immigration or housing appointments.

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Formula/Baby Food
Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Food Pantries
Diapers
Personal/Grooming Needs
Bedding/Linen
Furniture
Personal Financial Counseling
Transportation Expense Assistance
Kitchenware
Desoto City Clerk's Office offers city permits, forms, and ordinances

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Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance

Open to those facing barriers to employment, housing, transportation, and self-sufficiency. Funds can be given out to help those in need of car repairs, car registration and insurance, rent, utilities, cell phone reactivation/additional minutes, transportation accounts through HIRTA, UpLand, or the purchase of a bike. Other financial needs to maintain employment will be reviewed by a case by case basis.

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Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Transportation Passes
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Temporary Financial Assistance
Employment Related Transportation
Handles driver's license issuance and testing, motor vehicle registration and property tax payments.

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Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Motor Vehicle Registration
Driver License Testing Sites
Driver Licenses
Property Tax Payment Assistance

Provides emergency financial assistance for low-income individuals and families in Macon County. Assistance covers basic needs such as rent, prescription payment costs, and emergency shelter vouchers for those who are homeless and needing a place to stay,

Also offers financial support for the following on a case-by-case basis water bills, state issued IDs and birth certificates, GED testing fees, gas for out-of-town doctor appointments, bus cards and tokens, diapers and baby formula, and assistance with work-related items.

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Temporary Financial Assistance
Formula/Baby Food
Rent Payment Assistance
Diapers
Homeless Motel Vouchers
Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Prescription Medication Services
Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance

Provides assessment and linkage for people who are HUD homeless. Administers funds for direct services through case managers at the local shelters. Helps in obtaining a birth certificate and ID cards for clients seeking a clearance card in order to stay at one of the local shelters. Can sometimes assist with relocations, bus tokens for medical appointments, and homeless verifications. Completes VI-SPDAT housing assessments with clients in order to add them to the Prioritization List.

Motel funds may be available to homeless families when no other emergency shelter can be found.

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Identification Cards
Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Street Outreach Programs
Indigent Transportation
Homeless Motel Vouchers
Limited financial aid for emergency situations including utility deposits, rent, prescription medications, glasses, clothing, school supplies, holiday assistance, transportation, birth certificate retrieval, Iowa identification, books for GED testing, etc.

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Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Deposit Assistance
Medical Expense Assistance
Rent Payment Assistance
Christmas Programs
School Supplies
Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Assistive Technology Equipment Provision Options
City of De Soto requires pets to be licensed each year. The cost is $5.00 for spayed/neutered pets and $15.00 for unaltered pets. Must provide a current rabies vaccination certificate in order to purchase a license. License fees become delinquent after January 31st every year. The penalty is $5.00 plus $2.00 for each additional month the license is not obtained.

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Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Provides the funds to purchase a drivers license, State ID and birth certificates.
The Basic Needs Program assists Johnson County residents with paying for birth certificate applications and Iowa IDs for those who have the documentation required by each state.

May provide grants for gas, insurance, DMV fees (licensing and registration), vehicle repairs, bus/Uber/Lyft rides, and more, for local transportation only.

This grant program focuses on persons in a temporary transportation crisis, including persons who have lost a job, lost income due to a death of a loved one, experienced high medical bills, experienced a natural disaster, or are starting over due to domestic violence, as well as other possible emergencies.

Those who qualify need a way to show stability moving forward past the temporary assistance provided.

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Transportation Expense Assistance
Automotive Repair and Maintenance
Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Offers Birth Certificate expense assistance when funding is available.

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Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Employment assistance by providing a resident who is starting a job needing supplies before beginning employment. (ID, Uniform, Bus Tickets, etc.).

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Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Work Clothing
Offers Polk County residents several programs if they qualify as an alternative to the justice system.

MEDIATION is a confidential and "out-of-court" procedure which gives parties involved in a dispute a chance to meet and, with the help of a mediator, reach a resolution or agreement.

TRUANCY COURT PROGRAM is a joint effort between the Polk County Attorney's Office, the Des Moines Public Schools and the Polk County District Court to reach the parents of truant children between the ages of 6 to 16 years before the filing of formal charges.

VOD, or Victim-Offender Dialogue, offers crime victims the opportunity to confront offenders in a controlled setting with the assistance of a trained facilitator.

CHILD WELFARE MEDIATION assists parents and other involved adults in developing cooperative solutions for children and families.

YOUTHFUL OFFENDER PROGRAM uses a community approach to the rehabilitation of youthful offenders and is designed as an alternative for targeted offenders to divert them from prison sentences or ineffective probation sentences by providing programming in the areas needed.

JUVENILE DIVERSION SHOPLIFTING PROGRAM is for youth involved with the juvenile court system that meet with a facilitator, program staff and an individual from a volunteering business within the community to hear the impact Theft has on the community as a whole.

JUVENILE FIRE DIVERSION PROGRAM is to enable youth to understand the costs and dangers that exist with fire starting behavior by choosing better options besides fire starting. Youth will meet with a Fire Chief and complete some form of restitution that is mutually decided during a mediation with the chief.

VOLUNTARY PAYMENT PLANS and wage assignments are for those that don't qualify for LRP or who have court debt that is not traffic related. Staff will assist setting up a payment plan to get them off probation and their vehicle(s) registered.

COLLECTIONS FOR VICTIM RESTITUTION for Polk County victims who have been victimized by a crime, restitution has been ordered but payments are not being made.

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Legal Information Services
Mediation
Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Offers Birth Certificate expense assistance when funding is available.

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Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance
Assists homeless people with obtaining state issued ID or other identification necessary for employment, housing and community services. Must have no income. Available once in a lifetime.

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Records/Licenses/Permits Fee Payment Assistance