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Provides a food pantry for DeWitt County residents needing food. May visit once every 30 days.

Provides hot meals delivered to homebound seniors on a daily basis.

Free medical clinic provides emergency response support, treatment for non-chronic ailments, referrals, dental care, and chiropractic care.

Embrace Iowa is a project through the Des Moines Register that is administered by Community Action Agencies in the state and is only accessible during a certain time period. Requests that are considered for this project may include beds, clothing, car repairs, medical expenses (including pharmacy, dental and corrective lenses), furniture, rent, utilities, home repairs, household items, appliances, and miscellaneous other things (computer, etc.) If there is not a service available to assist someone, this could be a possibility for them to apply for these funds during this time period. The maximum dollar amount awarded per household is $750.

Public door-to-door transportation services. Vehicles are handicap accessible.

- For Fairbury residents, calls for transportation must be made to the Beatrice Senior Center, at (402) 223-3055. Hours are Mon-Fri 8 am-2:30 pm.

Provides mental health and psychiatric services to children, adolescents and adults. Services include assessment, diagnosis, therapy, psychoeducation, and crisis intervention.

Psychiatric services are provided by a psychiatrist or psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner via telehealth, and in full collaboration with Crusader medical and behavioral health staff.

Provides counseling services to individuals who have experienced sexual and/or domestic violence. Counseling is also available to families, friends of the client. Counseling is available immediately after an assault or at any later date. Counseling sessions can provide a place for survivors to express their feelings, thoughts, and fears.

Provided at no cost if furnace is malfunctioning. Income must be at or below 200% of poverty guidelines. Applicant must be a county resident and homeowner. Applications are accepted on a year round basis but funding is limited.

Offers voluntary programs to eligible landowners and agricultural producers to provide financial and technical assistance to help manage natural resources in a sustainable manner. Through these programs the agency approves contracts to provide financial assistance to help plan and implement conservation practices that address natural resource concerns or opportunities to help save energy, improve soil, water, plant, air, animal and related resources on agricultural lands and non-industrial private forest land, with emphasis on market stability and commodity pricing.

Offers general assistance which is a locally administered welfare program which provides monthly financial assistance to persons who do not have adequate income or resources to provide for their own basic needs. Financial support is used to help cover basic needs such as food, housing, utilities.

Provides mental health treatment and residential services for adults with chronic mental illness. Residential services are available for 30 adults in two professionally staffed residential facilities located in Des Moines. The agency provides skills training, to assist the individual to live in the least restricted living environment.

Registered nurses, aides, physical, occupational, and speech therapists, and social workers. Medication management, disease management, wound care, patient and family education related to current conditions and chronic illnesses, assistance with personal care, and more. Hearts at Home (cardiac care, including congestive heart failure), diabetes management, infusion nursing, and fall prevention. In-home telemonitoring is available to monitor patient's blood pressure, pulse, and weight and oxygen, as ordered by the physician.

Provides a variety of counseling services for many different needs.

Offers scholarships, amounts are dependent of funding levels, to income eligible individuals who are planning to attend accredited Illinois University, community college, technical or vocational schools. Preference is given to applicants of racial or ethnic minorities.