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Financial assistance for rent, mortgage, and utilities.

Emergency services to homeless and other individuals in need, including motel vouchers.

Food pantry.

Gas vouchers.

Prescription expense assistance.

Money management education.

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Rent Payment Assistance
Food Stamps/SNAP
Community Action Agencies
Homeless Shelter
Medical Expense Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Food Pantries
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling
Free legal assistance with civil legal problems involving basic necessities for low-income individuals in all 99 Iowa counties. Assistance ranges from providing counsel and advice to representation before various agencies and courts.

Community legal education presentations offered, as well as over 20 printed booklets on various legal topics; a wide variety of legal education materials are also available on the website.

Legal services are provided in all civil legal areas, including:
Consumer/Finance - debt collection, repossession, garnishment, contracts/warranties, predatory lending, and public utilities (including utility disconnection or shut off notices).

Education - expulsion/suspension, special education, learning disabilities, school fees, access, vocational education, and student financial aid.

Employment - employment discrimination, wage claims, earned income tax credit, and taxes.

Family - adoption, custody, visitation, guardianship, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation, family violence (child abuse, elder abuse, battered women/men), including assistance with restraining orders, and child support.

Health - Medicaid, Medicare, government children's health insurance programs, long term health care facilities, nursing homes, supplemental medical insurance, and hospital care.

Housing - federally subsidized housing, homeownership, real property, landlord/tenant, public housing, mobile homes, housing discrimination, foreclosures, forfeitures, and mortgage predatory lending practices.

Benefit Programs - ADFC/FIP, Social Security, food stamps, Social Security Disability (SSD), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), unemployment compensation, veterans benefits, FEMA, government benefits, and utility assistance applications.

Individual Rights - mental health, disability rights, civil rights, human trafficking, AIDS/HIV issues, assistive devices, and institutional confinement.

End of Life Planning - wills, living wills, advance directives, and power of attorney.

Drivers License.

Advocacy and legal assistance for people with disabilities, people with Alzheimer's disease, people with brain injury, people with mental illness, children, migrants, and veterans.

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Legal Information Services
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Tax Information
Adoption Legal Services
Patient Rights Assistance
General Legal Aid
Veteran Benefits Assistance
School System Advocacy
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Consumer Law
Advance Medical Directives
Debt Management
Welfare Rights Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Legal Representation
Labor and Employment Law
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Protective/Restraining Orders
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Provides pre-filing counseling about filing for bankruptcy and pre-discharge education.

Combines classroom job training from Work Life, Faith and Finances class, and 30-90 days of paid, part-time employment with job support and coaching as participants search for long-term employment.

Case managers assist families and individuals experiencing a personal crisis. Information and referrals provided for a variety of needs. Direct services include budgeting, funeral assistance, elder care services, and application/forms assistance for tribal and government programs.

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Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Native American General Assistance
Case/Care Management
Personal Financial Counseling
Offers workshops that teach individuals and families how to get more out of money and how to save money for financial goals. This is a series of workshops that are a blend of instruction and hands on activities so each concept can be mastered. Please find your county office here: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/countyservices
Offers workshops that teach individuals and families how to get more out of money and how to save money for financial goals. This is a series of workshops that are a blend of instruction and hands on activities so each concept can be mastered. Please find your county office here: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/countyservices
Offers workshops that teach individuals and families how to get more out of money and how to save money for financial goals. This is a series of workshops that are a blend of instruction and hands on activities so each concept can be mastered. Please find your county office here: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/countyservices
Offers a home visiting program that works with families on budgeting, parenting, and goal setting. This is a voluntary program to help families in need.

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Home Based Parenting Education
Personal Financial Counseling

Certified Financial Counselors help anyone in the community to better understand their finances, set up a budget, pay down debts, or improve their credit score and borrowing power.

Provides financial counseling services to Eastern Iowa. Counseling and educational programming is held in-person and online. Services include housing, budget and credit counseling and financial literacy programs. The goal is to improve the financial capability of those seeking services, as well as raise the level of financial stability in the community.
Offers an educational course on home buying for those looking to become more knowledgeable in purchasing a new home. Lessons focus on preparing for home ownership, shopping for a home, securing a mortgage, closing the loan, and being a home owner. Upon completion of the lessons, individuals may earn a homebuyer's certificate to take to your local lender.

To earn a homebuyer's certificate, complete all six lessons and taking/passing the final test earns a homebuyer's certificate. Many home loan programs require completion of a homebuyer course to qualify for a loan. Participants may access the course any time of day from any computer with Internet access.
Offers an educational course on home buying for those looking to become more knowledgeable in purchasing a new home. Lessons focus on preparing for home ownership, shopping for a home, securing a mortgage, closing the loan, and being a home owner. Upon completion of the lessons, individuals may earn a homebuyer's certificate to take to your local lender.

To earn a homebuyer's certificate, complete all six lessons and taking/passing the final test earns a homebuyer's certificate. Many home loan programs require completion of a homebuyer course to qualify for a loan. Participants may access the course any time of day from any computer with Internet access.
Offers an educational course on home buying for those looking to become more knowledgeable in purchasing a new home. Lessons focus on preparing for home ownership, shopping for a home, securing a mortgage, closing the loan, and being a home owner. Upon completion of the lessons, individuals may earn a homebuyer's certificate to take to your local lender.

To earn a homebuyer's certificate, complete all six lessons and taking/passing the final test earns a homebuyer's certificate. Many home loan programs require completion of a homebuyer course to qualify for a loan. Participants may access the course any time of day from any computer with Internet access.
Foreclosure prevention includes one on one sessions with a counselor to review current status and review possible options. Advocacy services including contacting lenders, reviewing documents, and assisting with completing budget.

Routes callers to IRS tax relief help centers across the country to connect with an expert for free advice to assist with any tax problem, find tax debt forgiveness, and other solutions.

Tax experts seek options for reductions and affordable payment plans.

Provides a private and confidential, non-judgmental review of your household finances. A counselor will help you create a budget. Can also provide some housing counseling for those looking to buy a house or currently own a house.

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Housing Counseling
Personal Financial Counseling

Provides assistance to limited-income seniors who need help managing their finances. The level of care provided is based on the need of the person. The goal of the program is to assist low-income seniors and persons with disability (who are financially exploited) to assure independence and to prevent pre-mature institutional care and abuse.

The program helps with such bill-paying activities as opening and organizing mail, setting up budgets, and balancing checkbooks for seniors who remain in control of their finances, but need some help keeping things in order.

Representative Payee volunteers help clients manage their Social Security benefits, if the client is unable to handle his or her own finances. The Representative Payee volunteer manages and pays the client's expenses from an account into which the Social Security benefit is automatically deposited.

Helps individuals experiencing difficulty managing their financial obligations.

Provides programs and training for adults, including:

- Life skills training

- Counseling

- Life and health coaching

- Health and wellness training

- Career coaching and job application/resume training

- Financial literacy

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General Counseling Services
General Health Education Programs
Life Skills Education
Financial Literacy Training
Career Counseling
Offers financial literacy counseling to help individuals and families gain tools to help them become economically self-sufficient. Adults and children learn how to reduce debt, build savings, improve credit, create a budget, and develop a plan to accomplish financial stability.

Provides financial literacy workshops to help families and individuals achieve stability and secure homeownership. Services include credit building, debt reduction coaching, homeownership/homebuyer education, access to income support services, employment coaching/career services, and financial education and coaching.

Offers workshops that teach individuals and families how to get more out of money and how to save money for financial goals. This is a series of workshops that are a blend of instruction and hands on activities so each concept can be mastered. Please find your county office here: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/countyservices
Offers workshops that teach individuals and families how to get more out of money and how to save money for financial goals. This is a series of workshops that are a blend of instruction and hands on activities so each concept can be mastered. Please find your county office here: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/countyservices
Offers workshops that teach individuals and families how to get more out of money and how to save money for financial goals. This is a series of workshops that are a blend of instruction and hands on activities so each concept can be mastered. Please find your county office here: https://www.extension.iastate.edu/countyservices