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Assistance with information, referral, distribution and completion of applications for the Food Assistance Program (formerly food stamps).

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Certificates/Forms Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
Assistance with information, referral, distribution and completion of applications for the Food Assistance Program (formerly food stamps).

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Certificates/Forms Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral

Education and assistance for Medicare beneficiaries.

Homestead exemptions filing assistance.

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Tax Information
Medicare Information/Counseling
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Assistance with information, referral, distribution and completion of applications for the Food Assistance Program (formerly food stamps).

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Certificates/Forms Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
Navigators help connect individuals to programs and services that improve their health and wellness. The Navigator provides information on available resources, provides social support, and advocates for individuals and community health needs. Navigators also assist individuals with enrollment in community programs.

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Disease Prevention Programs
Case/Care Management
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Provides Community events, adult classes such as English as a second language and citizenship classes. Also helps with applications and forms.

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English as a Second Language
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Citizenship Education
Increases awareness of public benefits to emergency food recipients, provides assistance to new applicants and help determining eligibility, provides assistance for current recipient recertification, and works alongside agencies to continue outreach efforts.

(A household is anyone/everyone who purchases food and prepares meals together more than 90% of the time)
The Jail Diversion Program is offered to individuals in Jasper and Poweshiek Counties who are in contact with the criminal justice system because of a mental health or co-occurring disorder. Participation in the Jail Diversion Program is voluntary.

Program staff are able to assist with locating housing, applying for community assistance programs, locating employment, budgeting, promoting independent living skills and identifying and intervening where there are gaps in care. Staff also provide goal-related transportation.

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Diversion Programs
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Case management for immigrant and refugees. Assists or refers with job applications, housing applications, DHS applications, medical applications, agency referrals, notarizations, and more.

Assistance with information, referral, distribution and completion of applications for the Food Assistance Program (formerly food stamps).

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Certificates/Forms Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral
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 Representation
Will Preparation Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Debt Management
Adoption Legal Services
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
General Legal Aid
Discrimination Assistance
School System Advocacy
Tax Information
Consumer Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Labor and Employment Law
Patient Rights Assistance
Protective/Restraining Orders
Legal Information Services
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Assistance with information, referral, distribution and completion of applications for the Food Assistance Program (formerly food stamps).

Categories

Certificates/Forms Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral

information and referral, assistance with social service applications, health workshops, and socialization activities.

General Social Services:

- Medicaid and Medicare assistance.

- Housing application.

- SNAP application assistance.

- Information and referrals.

- LIHEAP information and assistance.

- Free bus pass application assistance.

- Assisting residents with applying for adult daycare services, in-home care services, home-delivered meals, PACE, etc.


Also offers job training and job opportunities including:

- Senior job training program.

- Homemaker jobs.

- Driver jobs.


Health Workshops:

Topics cover comprehensive health topics, such as:

- Evidence-based chronic disease self-management (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, chronic lung disease, high blood pressure, etc.).

- Customized exercises for individuals.

- Falling prevention.

- Memory Caf (social gatherings where people with dementia and memory loss can enjoy and spend time with their caregivers).

- Hepatitis

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Senior Community Service Employment Programs
Fall Prevention Programs
General Health Education Programs
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Senior Housing Information and Referral
Certificates/Forms Assistance
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.

Categories

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

Staff help individuals determine their eligibility and assist their applications for the programs that the pharmaceutical companies have for the uninsured/under-insured. Also offers additional assistance with immediate medication costs/co-pays, depending on the situation.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
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.

Categories

Legal Representation
Will Preparation Assistance
Veteran Benefits Assistance
Human Trafficking Legal Assistance
Debt Management
Adoption Legal Services
Protection and Advocacy for Individuals With Disabilities
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
General Legal Aid
Discrimination Assistance
School System Advocacy
Tax Information
Consumer Law
Welfare Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Advance Medical Directives
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Labor and Employment Law
Patient Rights Assistance
Protective/Restraining Orders
Legal Information Services
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Provides legal representation in civil cases for low-income eligible Story County residents. Services include civil protective orders (domestic, sexual, and elder abuse), dissolution of marriage, child custody, visitation, will, power of attorney, paternity, guardianship, conservatorship, debtor/creditor, landlord/tenant, unemployment benefits appeals.

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Child Custody/Visitation Assistance
Child Support Assistance/Enforcement
Advance Medical Directives
Protective/Restraining Orders
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Will Preparation Assistance
Unemployment Insurance Benefits Assistance
Landlord/Tenant Assistance
Domestic/Family Violence Legal Services
Consumer Law
Labor and Employment Law
General Legal Aid
Legal Representation
Assistance with information, referral, distribution and completion of applications for the Food Assistance Program (formerly food stamps).

Categories

Certificates/Forms Assistance
Specialized Information and Referral

Offers a safe space for individuals experiencing emotional stress or overwhelming symptoms due to live circumstances.

Service may include, emotional support groups, assistance in applying for Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, housing applications, and Social Security and a safe place to enjoy a snack, watch TV, make art, or play a game.

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Certificates/Forms Assistance
Mental Health Drop In Centers
Emotional Issues Support Groups
The Jail Diversion Program is offered to individuals in Jasper and Poweshiek Counties who are in contact with the criminal justice system because of a mental health or co-occurring disorder. Participation in the Jail Diversion Program is voluntary.

Program staff are able to assist with locating housing, applying for community assistance programs, locating employment, budgeting, promoting independent living skills and identifying and intervening where there are gaps in care. Staff also provide goal-related transportation.

Categories

Diversion Programs
Independent Living Skills Instruction
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Federally-trained Certified Application Counselors (CACs) on staff to assist with questions about Medicaid, SHIP and the Affordable Care Act. CACs are available to meet to provide a consultation and assist with the enrollment process.

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Welfare Rights Assistance
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Medicare Information/Counseling
Affordable Care Act Insurance Information/Counseling
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
Case/Care Management
Personal Financial Counseling
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Native American General Assistance

information and referral, assistance with social service applications, health workshops, and socialization activities.

General Social Services:

- Medicaid and Medicare assistance.

- Housing application.

- SNAP application assistance.

- Information and referrals.

- LIHEAP information and assistance.

- Free bus pass application assistance.

- Assisting residents with applying for adult daycare services, in-home care services, home-delivered meals, PACE, etc.


Also offers job training and job opportunities including:

- Senior job training program.

- Homemaker jobs.

- Driver jobs.


Health Workshops:

Topics cover comprehensive health topics, such as:

- Evidence-based chronic disease self-management (diabetes, cardiovascular disease, arthritis, chronic lung disease, high blood pressure, etc.).

- Customized exercises for individuals.

- Falling prevention.

- Memory Caf (social gatherings where people with dementia and memory loss can enjoy and spend time with their caregivers).

- Hepatitis

Categories

Senior Community Service Employment Programs
Fall Prevention Programs
General Health Education Programs
Comprehensive Information and Referral
Senior Housing Information and Referral
Certificates/Forms Assistance

Assistance with applying for benefits and services, including Medicare, Medicaid, SNAP, and discounted license plate sticker program. Referrals to other community partners for assistance when applicable.

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Medicare Information/Counseling
Certificates/Forms Assistance
Medicaid Information/Counseling
Food Stamps/SNAP
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.

Categories

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