Assistance

Website for employment. Looking for a job or need to post a position? 

Purchases local food for low-income residents of the Grinnell community through the form of CSA shares, farmers’ market credits, and bulk deliveries to agency partners.

Helps connect people to prescription assistance programs.

Find help with the cost of medicine.

Laundry program through Capstone Connection who meet certain criteria. If you have laundry detergent containers with a screw top lid for donation, please drop them off at the Pregnancy Center. 

Registration required for 6 restaurant meals per month, must be aged 60+. 

Call 800-779-8707, option 3, and ask about "Iowa Cafe" to sign up or leave a message.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

• STD testing and treatment for ages 13 and up
• STD, Rapid HIV, Hepatitis C Testing
• Rapid HIV test results will be available within 1 hour

Call (515) 286-3798 at 8:00 AM Monday through Friday for a same day appointment.   

Walk-in lab only STD testing

Individuals who are not experiencing symptoms and who have not been identified as a contact to a positive STD case can do a walk-in lab only STD test.

Testing available during walk-in lab only STD visit:

• HIV (Blood)
• Syphilis (Blood)
• Trichomoniasis (Urine)
• Chlamydia (Urine/Throat/Rectal)
• Gonorrhea (Urine/Throat/Rectal)

General assistance with rent, utilities, burial/cremation assistance.

West Side Entrance.

The Iowa Bureau of Refugee Services (BRS) is a federally funded office of the Iowa Department of Human Services and is charged with supporting the resettlement of refugees in Iowa. BRS works with a network of resettlement agencies (RA) across Iowa who do the bulk of the direct resettlement work with refugees.

Iowa HHS’ Rent Reimbursement is a statewide program that gives partial rent refunds to low-income Iowans who are ages 65 and older or are disabled adults.

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The mission of the CFSPH is to increase national and international preparedness for accidental or intentional introduction of diseases that threaten food production or public health.

Our mission at UnitedHealthcare Children’s Foundation is to provide medical grants that enhance the quality of life for children across the United States. These grants give kids the care they need by helping with medical expenses not covered, or not fully covered, by their family’s commercial health insurance. 

The agency’s direct and guaranteed rural credit programs help families find affordable housing, and assist. businesses, and allow communities to build or improve facilities. It is in the Iowa Rural Development State Office in Des Moines, Iowa.

Housing repair loan and grant programs. https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/single-family-housing-programs/single-family-housing-repair-loans-grants.

Poweshiek County ISU Extension & Outreach. Call for an appointment in February or March.

For children 0-5 years old and women who are pregnant, breastfeeding, or just had a baby. This program provides nutritional education and checks to families to purchase baby formula, milk, eggs, & other healthy foods.

The Young Women’s Resource Center provides a broad range of perinatal services for pregnant and parenting young women through the age of 24. At a time when young women can feel most alone or in need of help, the Young Women’s Resource Center can provide comfort and stability through its programs, resources, and groups. These programs are designed to equip the young mom or expecting mom with the skills to address the challenges of parenting so they can focus on its joys.

The Young Women’s Resource Center is not a medical provider, and we do not offer medical services. The YWRC is a private, independent organization and is not affiliated with any other organizations.

YPN was founded in 1985 by community leaders who recognized that there was a lack of support for young families in Cedar Rapids. Since that time YPN has taken on a leadership role in East Central Iowa as the provider of ongoing comprehensive year round programs that meet the most critical needs of thousands of families within our community.

Extended Reach Programming
YPN is proud to partner with other organizations and school systems to administer programming and share resources to further serve families community-wide in Eastern Iowa.

Home Visits
YPN offers Parents as Teachers Home Visits to extend prenatal and parenting skills.

Tools for Parents
YPN offers additional curriculum-based training opportunities to parents.

Literacy Initiatives
Literacy programming works to build literacy skills by offering parent and child reading activities.

Multi-Lingual Services
Ongoing opportunities for our communities’ growing diverse populations.

YouthPort
YouthPort combines resources to offers services to area youth.

YSS – Youth & Shelter Services – Youth Recovery House, located in Ames, Iowa, is a non-profit alcohol and drug rehab that offers treatment for a variety of substance abuse addictions, including alcoholism, co-occurring mental health disorders, and opiate addiction. They offer residential care, providing long-term support for addiction recovery. Additional levels of care offered include relapse prevention, recovery housing, and 12-step therapy.

Specialty rehab programs at YSS – Youth & Shelter Services – Youth Recovery House include gender-specific addiction treatment addressing unique challenges faced by men and age-appropriate treatment for teens addressing adolescent-specific issues.

Patients at YSS – Youth & Shelter Services – Youth Recovery House will find the residential setting creates an immersive environment promoting full engagement in recovery away from daily triggers. For recreation, patients can unwind in the rec room after a lengthy day of therapy, use the meditation room to promote mindfulness during recovery, or continue education during recovery with the day school.

YSS – Youth & Shelter Services – Youth Recovery House has received accreditations from CARF.