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Provides individuals with supplies such as car seats, cribs, diapers, and formula.
Offers to connect youth and families to a wide range of resources and support to address immediate needs and foster long-term stability. Navigators work to bridge service gaps by facilitating partnerships among agencies and providing flexible funding for essential needs such as rent, utilities, transportation, work clothing, medical expenses, mental health care, and minor home repairs.
The initiative aims to reduce unnecessary involvement in child welfare and juvenile justice systems while enhancing informal and community supports. Participants are matched with resources to resolve urgent issues or establish ongoing coaching relationships. Services are open to anyone, with a focus on youth and families experiencing multiple needs, including housing, basic life skills, parenting, and employment readiness.
Provides access to books, movies, downloadable e-books, music and magazines, computers with internet access, and countless additional resources. Onsite services also include printing, copying and faxing, computer classes, as well as programs and events for all ages.
Provides a full service early childhood education center.
Early childhood parenting program provided in the home, using Parents as Teachers curriculum. The program works with families one-on-one that have children aged prenatal through age 5, or kindergarten entry.
Beyond the personalized visits with the family, the program also puts on family get together events where the families can socialize with the other families. An example of these events include pumpkin patch day, tie-die a shirt event, visit the zoo day, and make a craft together day.
Another benefit to enrolled families is that they earn Kid’s Korner points that can be used to ‘purchase’ items from our Kid’s Korner store (i.e. diapers, wipes, cabinet locks, car seats, etc.). There are various ways for the families to earn these points, such as personalized visits with our Program Educators and attending family get together events, prenatal medical checkups, and child medical checkups.
Offers a trauma informed environment for young adult men ages 10-18, must be referred by DCFS and DJJ heal from past trauma and develop life skills. Daily activities include celebrating holidays and birthdays, fitness groups and sports, fishing, arts and crafts, support groups, anger management, and off campus activities.
Centralia Residential - Provides mental health treatment for young adult women ages 15.5-17.5.
Offers a community fridge and pantries. Open to the public for pick up and donations.
See website for donation guidelines for each location.
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)/Healthy and Well Kids in Iowa (Hawki) CHIP covers children under the age of 19 in working families who have too much income to qualify for Medicaid but cannot afford private health insurance, and are not enrolled in other health insurance.
In Iowa, CHIP is offered through Hawki. Some households may be required to pay a monthly premium based on family income. No family pays more than $40 a month. Some families pay nothing at all. Eligibility ends on the first day of the month following the month of the youth’s 19th birthday.
Covered Health Services:
Substance use disorder treatment
Doctor visits
Primary care provider (PCP>
Specialists
Immunizations (vaccines, shots)
Check-ups
Hospital care
Surgery
Emergency visits
Non-emergency use of the ER
Out-of-network coverage
Eye exams, glasses, and contact lenses
Prescription medication
Mental health services
Substance use disorder treatment
Reviews the status of committed offenders, determines when committed offenders are released on parole, fixes parole condition, may revoke parole and issue warrants to arrest parole violators, and discharges an offender upon expiration of the parole term.
Visits and inspects state and local prisons or jails.
Recommends parole legislation to the Governor.
Supplemental nutrition program for infants, children up to the age of 5, and women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or have had a baby in the last 6 months. Provides education, resources and support to pregnant and postpartum women.
Offers nutritious home cooked meals provided by Golden Meals are available to help promote healthy eating and reduce isolation by encouraging fellowship. Many social activities (movies, bingo, friendly Mexican dominoes, card games, knitting/crocheting, pool, etc.) are offered before and after the meal on selected days of the week.
Emergency Shelter Services - Provides emergency/crisis short-term shelter for women with children of any age, including male children (ages 13-17). The shelter provides a safe place to sleep, evening meal, laundry, and shower facilities. The length of stay is 30 days. Residents are encouraged to meet with the Emergency Shelter Lead Supervisor for long term stability plan
Transitional Shelter Services for Women with Children - Provides immediate relief to women, 18 and over, with children (male children must be 12 years of age or younger). In addition, provides life's basic needs - food, clothing, personal care items, laundry facilities, transportation, and telephones to make appointments. Supportive services provided include life skill classes, employment assistance, budgeting, family literacy, parenting classes, tutoring, and case management with a goal of finding and maintaining permanent housing.
- Builds simple, decent, and affordable homes for families in need in the community.
- Program does not address immediate housing needs, rather a long-term solution to build a home that provides an affordable home for families in need.
- Typically, it takes anywhere between 12-24 months from the time that someone applies, becomes accepted into the program, attains the requisite "sweat equity" hours, and becomes a new Habitat homeowner.
Provides basic necessities and help those in crisis find the path to self-sufficiency. When available, food, clothing and household vouchers, and rent and utility assistance may be offered. Does not provide assistance with security deposits.
State agency that has responsibility for enforcing state laws, investigating crimes, providing laboratory analysis of criminal evidence, gathering and sharing criminal intelligence, and providing expertise and resources to other law enforcement agencies throughout the state.