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Assists low-income homeowners and renters pay for a portion of their primary heating costs for the winter heating season. Assistance is based on household income, size, type of fuel and type of housing. The application period is from October 1-April 30 for elderly and disabled households and November 1-April 30th for the rest of the households. Persons applying must meet 200% poverty guidelines. LIHEAP also offers a crisis program that may be able to assist homeowners who are with no heat or limited heat. The furnace component for crisis runs October 1-April 30th. May be able to help with repairs on a furnace but cannot replace the furnace. Keep checking back on the furnace program as it is dependent on funding that changes frequently.

Offers the use of your library card to help individuals and families check out area attractions for free. The pass can be checked out with a library card and allows free admittance to the Blank Park Zoo, Science Center of Iowa and the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden. The Adventure Pass must be printed when presented upon admission into the attractions along with a photo ID. Each pass allows admission for up to 4 people, including up to 2 adults and 2 children for both the Zoo and Botanical Garden. The Science Center of Iowa allows admission for up to 2 adults and 3 children, but a maximum of 4 people total may be admitted.

Provides Nebraskans with a centralized location for viewing their current benefits, including helpful links to take action on their benefits programs.

Nebraskans may apply online for multiple assistance programs, including:

- Healthcare/Medicaid

- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

- Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

- Child Care Subsidy (CC)

- Aid to Dependent Children (ADC)

- Emergency Assistance (EA)

- Social Services for Families, Children, and Youth (SSCF)

- Refugee Resettlement Program (RRP)

- Assistance to Aged, Blind or Disabled (AABD)

- State Disability Program (SDP)

- Social Services for the Aged and Disabled (SSAD)

- Personal Assistance Services (PAS)

- Home and Community Based Services (HCBS)

Provides a wide range of employment and training services. Supportive services include assistance economically disadvantaged farmworker families while they are working in agriculture and offers employment and training services to assist enrolled farmworkers to acquire new occupational skills that lead to stable jobs. 

Camps for boys and girls age 7 through 16 years offered at the Walnut Creek and Waukee YMCA's. Day camps vary by location. Specialized camps are also offered at those YMCA locations. Scholarships may be available for those that qualify, call for more details.

Offers veterans and experts on federal, state, and local veteran resources. Services include assisting veterans to apply for federal and state benefits as well as provide resources related to compensation, pension, health care, education, employment, burial and survivor, housing, permits, transportation, and military records. 

Provides grants to area programs and agencies that focus on building economic mobility, fostering childhood success, improving access to healthcare and supporting safety net services.

Distributes sack lunches throughout the day for members of the community.

Offers services for older adults including congregate meals, home delivered meals, information and referral to community resources, transportation, and help applying for benefits.

IPR services are designed to focus on improving personal capabilities while reducing harmful effects of psychiatric disabilities, resulting in an individual's recovery techniques and the ability to function well within society.

Clients develop high levels of coping skills through self-discovery. Services are provided in natural settings where clients live, learn, work, and socialize.

Some services are offered in cohorts ranging from two to six people in each cohort. The use of cohorts help develop socialization techniques from the viewpoint of others. Each client will be committed to being services for four to ten hours per week for approximately a one-year time frame. Person-to-person services are available.

Provides trauma-informed, client-centered case management and connection to services as a pathway from risky behaviors, specifically group and gun violence, and toward positive relationships. We utilize the evidence-based model - Group Violence Intervention and are part of a community collaborative.

Offers, as resources allow, to help refugees and asylees reach economic self-sufficiency and to them with any problems, interests and concerns they may have. The Bureau of Refugee Services works to serve as a central clearinghouse in order to refer refugees and asylees to any resource necessary and available to them. The Bureau is the service agency for all refugees enrolled in FIP, the state welfare reform program. Now offering a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) program. This program will help participants prepare for the class, enroll into the DMACC CDL program at no cost, and obtain a job after completion. Participants will also qualify for “Jump Start” training specially designed to help English Language Learners.

Offers, as resources allow, to help refugees and asylees reach economic self-sufficiency and to them with any problems, interests and concerns they may have. The Bureau of Refugee Services works to serve as a central clearinghouse in order to refer refugees and asylees to any resource necessary and available to them. The Bureau is the service agency for all refugees enrolled in FIP, the state welfare reform program. Now offering a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) program. This program will help participants prepare for the class, enroll into the DMACC CDL program at no cost, and obtain a job after completion. Participants will also qualify for “Jump Start” training specially designed to help English Language Learners.

Offers, as resources allow, to help refugees and asylees reach economic self-sufficiency and to them with any problems, interests and concerns they may have. The Bureau of Refugee Services works to serve as a central clearinghouse in order to refer refugees and asylees to any resource necessary and available to them. The Bureau is the service agency for all refugees enrolled in FIP, the state welfare reform program. Now offering a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) program. This program will help participants prepare for the class, enroll into the DMACC CDL program at no cost, and obtain a job after completion. Participants will also qualify for “Jump Start” training specially designed to help English Language Learners.

Offers, as resources allow, to help refugees and asylees reach economic self-sufficiency and to them with any problems, interests and concerns they may have. The Bureau of Refugee Services works to serve as a central clearinghouse in order to refer refugees and asylees to any resource necessary and available to them. The Bureau is the service agency for all refugees enrolled in FIP, the state welfare reform program. Now offering a Commercial Drivers License (CDL) program. This program will help participants prepare for the class, enroll into the DMACC CDL program at no cost, and obtain a job after completion. Participants will also qualify for “Jump Start” training specially designed to help English Language Learners.

The maternal health program provides a home visit for mom and baby upon discharge from hospital, lactation consultation services and education on newborns, safe sleep and caring for yourself and baby.

Provides substance abuse evaluations and then referral to treatment appropriate to the client's needs.

Offers Adult Outpatient Treatment support groups that meet weekly, and Extended Adult Outpatient Treatment that meet three times a week for two hours per session for eight weeks and is followed by an individual aftercare group. The program consists of a combination of education, group, and individual sessions. AA and/or NA attendance is necessary in addition to the treatment hours. Individual sessions are provided as part of Aftercare planning and based on the individual's need. Aftercare Services provides structured group therapy on a weekly basis for individuals that have completed treatment with any agency. The focus of this group is recovery issues. Discover Program is an early intervention modality for adolescents who are or have the potential for developing an abuse pattern of chemical use and have issues such as self esteem, decision making, peer pressure, and help with communication skills. DUI Assessments are completed to determine an individual's educational and treatment needs. DUI Remedial Education class educates clients on the effects of alcohol/drugs, including the physical effects, the disease concept of alcoholism, DUI laws, and alcoholism as a family disease; meets on four consecutive Monday evenings.

Childhood immunizations, including Polio, Diphtheria, Tetanus, chicken pox, seasonal flu, Covid- 19 (for age 5 and above), and more.

Adult immunizations, including Pneumonia, Meningitis, Hepatitis A and B, Shingles, seasonal flu, Covid-19, and more.