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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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Native American General Assistance
Case/Care Management
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling
Certificates/Forms Assistance
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.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Financial Literacy Training
Free evaluations, assessments, and interventions for problem gamblers. Help line service available 24 hours.

Five week family education program for anyone who wants to learn more about the affects of addiction.

Individual and group counseling.

Presentations to schools, community groups, churches, lawyers, probation, judges and businesses.

Substance abuse evaluations and individual counseling.

Mental health assessments and counseling for individuals, couples, and families. Overspending assessments and counseling.

Financial budgeting assistance.

Anger management.

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Gambling Disorder Counseling
Anger Management
Personal Financial Counseling
Gambling Disorder Support Groups
Provides financial counseling, debt management plan, credit report reviews, bankruptcy counseling and education, and pre-purchase education.
Helps individuals experiencing difficulty managing their financial obligations.
Budget counseling for individuals who are seeking financial stability through budget management.

Provides basic life necessities that helps keep clients in their homes.

MORE is not able to provide unlimited funds to anyone; however, it is available to provide advice and, if available, some funds to those facing eviction or utility shut-offs. The MORE Center is also a facilitator for Salvation Army assistance.

Those facing eviction or utility shut-off (gas, electric) may visit the MORE Center during regular hours to receive an application. Must provide proof of residence, all family income, 5 day notice to vacate or utility shut-off notice, social security number, and any other pertinent documentation. A case worker will call back to evaluate immediate needs and advise on a course of action.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Rent Payment Assistance
Utility Service Payment Assistance
Homebuyer education offers monthly workshops to help potential homeowners prepare for homeownership; one-on-one counseling is also available after completing the workshop.

Advocacy services include preparing mortgage plan, review purchase agreements, review credit reports, and assist with correcting incorrect information on credit reports.

Foreclosure prevention counseling.

Financial education.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Financial Literacy Training
Debt Management
Housing Counseling

Provides budget and debt counseling and education. Also offers HUD-approved Housing Counseling and education including: pre-purchase, mortgage default and foreclosure prevention, bankruptcy counseling and education and credit report review.

Debt Management Program (DMP) also available for clients to pay unsecured debt (credit cards and loans) at reduced interest and fees.

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Financial Literacy Training
Personal Financial Counseling
Housing Counseling

Allows clients to establish an affordable repayment plan with their creditors. MMI acts as an intermediary, negotiating lower monthly payments and reducing/waiving interest rates and penalty fees.

Iowa State University Extension and Outreach provides production agricultural assistance, farm financial counseling, and assisting farm families in transition.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Food Production Support Services
The ISU Extension and Outreach office offers education in the areas of: family financial management, including budget and credit counseling; consumer decision making; nutrition and health; food preservation and food safety; strengthening family relationships; child care issues; parenting education; and other family life topics.

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Parenting Skills Classes
Financial Literacy Training
Home Management Instruction
Nutrition Education
Food Safety Education
Family Life Education
Personal Financial Counseling
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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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Homeless Shelter
Personal Financial Counseling
Food Pantries
Mortgage Payment Assistance
Community Action Agencies
Medical Expense Assistance
Transportation Expense Assistance
Food Stamps/SNAP
Rent Payment Assistance
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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Native American General Assistance
Case/Care Management
Burial/Cremation Expense Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Helps individuals experiencing difficulty managing their financial obligations.
Provides one-on-one assistance to job seekers for job searches, resume assistance, interview preparation, and employer connections. Multiple Career Fairs during the year connect job seekers with employers. Walk-ins and also pre-arranged appointments with a Career Coach are available.

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Dropout Programs
Comprehensive Job Assistance Centers
Job Search/Placement
Computer Literacy Training Programs
Benefits Screening
Career Exploration
Personal Financial Counseling
Vocational Assessment
Prejob Guidance
Adult Basic Education
High School Equivalency/GED Test Instruction
Ex-Offender Employment Programs
Assistance with budget development, organizing debts, balancing checkbooks, managing bills, paying creditors in a timely manor, mediation between debtors and creditors, emergency assistance through low-interest rate loans.
Offers to learn about persons situation and needs, then help explore options and steps to help stabilize resources. Program support included but not limited to financial assistance, resource referral, budgeting and finance help, prayer and encouragement. Please enter the north door on the east side of the building.

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Personal Financial Counseling
Temporary Financial Assistance
Provides the following services: Budget Counseling, Debt Management Plans, Credit Report Review, Voluntary Bill Paying Services, Bankruptcy Counseling and Education, Certified Housing Counseling Agency (Pre-purchase education, Default/foreclosure prevention, Loss Mitigation).

Education program helps with: Basic financial knowledge, Credit education, Pre-Purchase education and Checking account education.

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Financial Assessment Tools
Housing Counseling
Debt Management
Representative Payee Services
Personal Financial Counseling

Offers to help create a detailed strategy to manage finances throughout the military career and beyond. It includes budgeting, savings, debt management, insurance, retirement, tax and transition planning. Aimed at optimizing resources, mitigating risks and achieving financial goals, it's essential for stability and security.


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Military Transition Assistance Programs
Personal Financial Counseling
Military Family Service/Support Centers

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

Housing stability to those at risk of homelessness and the most vulnerable in the community. In addition to assisting with rent and utility needs, case managers assist individuals and families in creating a budget, securing, improving, or maintaining employment, and applying for benefits.

The program allows individuals and families to achieve and maintain self-sufficiency and prevent homelessness. This program works in conjunction with the food pantry and the voucher program.

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Utility Service Payment Assistance
Personal Financial Counseling
Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Rent Payment Assistance

Provides help to individuals with develop and to achieve life goals. Offers participants social-emotional support and acts as a bridge in making connections to immediate needs, as well as developing life-changing skills. The program has 3 phases, each phase lasting 60 days. The participant will meet one on one with a Fountain of Youth professional each week to see how they are progressing with their goals and what can be done to help. This program consists of each participant making an individual success plan that pertains to one of the following areas: knowledge of self and others, citizenship, basic life skills, education, health and wellbeing, financial literacy and workplace success. The program is a minimum of 60 days commitment and a maximum of 6 months.


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Economic Self Sufficiency Programs
Life Skills Education
Personal Financial Counseling