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Provides the Unemployment Compensation Insurance programs and assists with questions regarding and applications for unemployment compensation, and provide resources for those seeking employment and retraining information.

Keep Lincoln-Lancaster County Beautiful (KLLCB) works to keep Lincoln and Lancaster County clean, prevent and reduce litter and promote good waste management practices among residents.

Educational material is available for youth, community members and businesses.

Small grants are available to Neighborhood Associations and other community groups for clean-up projects on public property, lakes and streams.

Volunteer opportunities are available.

Provides a 7 acre public garden in the heart of downtown Des Moines. Offers opportunities for learning, socializing and respite for gardening enthusiasts and casual visitors.

Provides help to veterans who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless due to financial hardship, unemployment, addiction, depression, or transition from jail. Services include immediate food and shelter needs, including both transitional and permanent housing, job training, life skills development, and education, financial support to prevent homelessness, addiction and depression treatment, health and dental care, and justice system navigation and community reentry from jail.

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent or mortgage payments, utilities and food may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Caregiver services are available to informal or family caregivers of persons over the age of 60 or to grandparents raising grandchildren.

Services can include respite care (services that give caregivers a rest), home modification, assistive devices, transportation, and financial assistance.

Offers out-of-school youth an opportunity to participate in training for certificate and degree programs, which will assist in obtaining marketable skills for employment in their desired field of study. Funding provides financial assistance with tuition, books and supplies for participants who meet eligibility requirements. Many programs at Kish qualify for WIOA assistance.

Offers a loan closet that includes walkers, wheelchairs, crutches, chairs, canes, commodes, and bed pans as available. Also offers eyeglass recycling.

Advises and aids veterans and their dependents in applying for federal benefits through compensation or pension claims. Emergency financial assistance for basic necessities such as rent, mortgage interests payments, utilities, and burial expense may be available. Can also assists with applications for benefits made available by federal, state or local laws.

Offers a food pantry to those in need.

Incentive program for pregnant women, men, and women with children less than two years old, including parenting skills education.

Transportation services for medical and social service appointments.